

according to Capricorn One's DVD production notes (1999), Hyams tried to.

So much for the plot, the rest is yours to find out about. Director: Peter Hyams Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. in the 1977 thriller, the entire trip to Mars is a deception fabricated by nasa. They figure that now that they’re all supposed to be dead, the government will have them killed for real…. Further Details Title: Capricorn One Director: Peter Hyams Catalogue Number: 7952294 Barcode: 5027626229443 Format: DVD Condition: New Number Of Discs: 1. That is, until their real-life landing capsule disintegrates while re-entering the earth’s atmosphere. When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their. Things go somewhat well and although the astronauts really begin to resent the big swindle they were drawn into, nobody really notices.

It’s got everything in place to fool the public about an actual Mars landing. Upon arrival, they are told that they’ll have to play make-believe using the facility’s very own “Mars” sound stage. The capsule of the first manned flight to Mars burns up on re-entry into Earths atmosphere but all is not as it seems. When three would-be Mars astronauts are secretly pulled out of their capsule just minutes before liftoff due to a malfunctioning life support system that would have meant certain death, they are quickly transferred to an abandoned air force base out in the desert. Storyline: A NASA Mars mission wont work, and its funding is endangered, so they decide to fake it just this once.
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Unmistakeably based on the real-life “moon hoax” pseudo-conspiracy, it takes the issue one step further and explores just how far your government might go to cover up its own incapacity and silence everyone who gets in its way (Ironically enough for that matter, the moon landings are portrayed in this movie as a non-hoax and really did take place). Capricorn One, This movie is indeed a noteworthy sci-fi/conspiracy flick, even after all these years.
