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Plot. Capricorn One—the first crewed mission to Mars—is on the launch pad. Just before liftoff, astronauts Charles Brubaker, Peter Willis, and John Walker are suddenly removed from the spacecraft. Bewildered, they are flown to an abandoned military base in the desert. The launch proceeds on schedule, with the public unaware the ...
Summaries. 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 funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched. Charles Brubaker is the astronaut leading NASA's first manned mission to Mars. Seconds before the launch, the entire ...
5 de may. de 1978 · Capricorn One: Directed by Peter Hyams. With Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston. 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 funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.
1 Answer. Sorted by: 1. There is no definitive answer in the movie *. We do not see what happens to Willis or Walker but it's certainly implied that they are executed.
Overview. 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.
A string of questionable plot contrivances threaten to bury its story, but Capricorn One manages to unfurl an amusing, sharply cynical conspiracy yarn. Three astronauts (James Brolin, Sam ...
30 de abr. de 2013 · A movie review of Capricorn One, a sci-fi thriller about a faked manned mission to Mars. The reviewer discusses the plot, the cast, the conspiracy theory and the cultural context of the film.
