1977 · conspiracy · mars-hoax · thriller
Capricorn One
Directed by Peter Hyams2h 3m1977
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Our read: Capricorn One (1977) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded conspiracy · mars-hoax · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured conspiracy / mars-hoax, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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