However, the ending is completely unsatisfying…better suited to an 80’s made-for-tv movie. ![]() Two action sequences, a runaway car sequence and a helicopter chase, are the film’s best moments. The script is solid with some moments of suspense and even some good humor mixed in. “Caprcorn One” is not without it’s problems, but it is an intriguing story. Now they are making their way across the desert, with Holbrook’s hired goons in pursuit and Gould trying to discover the truth. The men quick catch on to the situation and make their escape. All three astronauts are believed to be dead. As the module returns to earth, the heat shield fails, causing the craft to completely disintegrate. The time finally arrives to stage the splashdown of the astronauts, but a problem occurs. Gould begins to investigate and soon finds himself in danger as well. He begins to share his quandary with a reporter friend (Elliott Gould) over a pool game, and then suddenly vanishes. Everything comes off without a hitch, except for an industrious NASA technician (Robert Walden) who begins to notice some of the signals from this ship in outer space seem to be coming from only 300 miles away. After all, a trip to Mars and back takes awhile. The astronauts are hidden away for months. At first the three men refuse, but when Holbrook threatens harm to their families (who are all returning from the launch on the same plane), they comply. The astronauts are needed to film scenes of the landing. Recordings from run-throughs with the astronauts are being used and the rocket was actually launched, and will return many months later. Mission control in Houston thinks everything is real. So, a decision was made to fake the mission rather than face cancellation. But a contractor delivered a faulty life support system, making that known to Washington would’ve been disastrous for NASA. The future of the organization depends on the success of the Mars mission. It seems that the president has been threatening to end the space program. Now, I’ve seen enough movies to know that if Hal Holbrook suddenly shows up in a white room at an abandoned army base, chances are he’s not bringing good news. They are flown to an abandoned army base and dropped in a white room where they are soon joined by a NASA bigwig played by Hal Holbrook. All is going as planned when, at the last moment, the three astronauts (James Brolin, Sam Waterston, and OJ Simpson) are told there is an emergency and asked to vacate the ship. The film begins as the clock is counting down to the launch of the Mars mission. Years later, it led to a film about NASA faking the first manned trip to Mars, 1977’s “Capricorn One.” Writer director Peter Hyams started thinking about this subject when he was working on CBS’ television coverage of the historic events. ![]() ![]() There has to be more to the story! There are many folks out there who believe one such conspiracy was that NASA faked the Apollo moon landings. When something earth shattering happens, a simple explanation just doesn’t seem good enough for them. I guess it’s just the nature of some people to believe in highly improbable conspiracy theories.
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