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There are three kinds of 2001: A Space Odyssey fans - those who love only the Kubrick film, those who like only 2010, 'cause its easier too watch, and those who love BOTH: I'm one of those. Hyams is an actual fan of Americas' manned space program and I think his version of 2010 is a fine movie in its own right. I think this is a side effect that talented director Peter Hyams NEVER intended.
Although I don't think "Capricorn 1" is a bad movie per se its effect all these years later is to help amplify the garbage. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, but presents characters you care about.Because of the sickening popularity of the "Moon Hoax" excrement, someone thinks there is a market for it. It also manages to satisfyingly combine suspense with comedy. We won’t give away any more of the twists and turns, but we will say that Capricorn One is ingenious, and it takes audacious risks that pay off. With only fifteen minutes or so of screen time, Savalas creates a hysterical character that becomes one of the most memorable of the movie. Elliott Gould (M*A*S*H) is perfectly cast in the part, and just as you think the movie can’t be any more fun, he has scenes with the late Karen Black (Hitchcock’s Family Plot), and co-opts the services of an eccentric and potty-mouthed pilot – played with gusto by Telly Savalas (who loves you, baby? We do). No conspiracy thriller would be complete without a plucky investigative journalist who never knows when he’s beaten (yes, it’s a cliché, but it’s all done tongue-in-cheek).
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You’ll have seen him as supporting characters in dozens of movies and TV series. Hal Holbrook is also excellent in this movie as the deeply conflicted Kelloway – the head of the Mars mission who will resort to murder before allowing the truth to out. The third astronaut is played by pre-infamy OJ Simpson, who is at his most convincing without dialogue. The fine character actor Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields) plays Willis, the astronaut with a dry sense of humour, and he gets most of the best lines.
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James Brolin (Westworld) plays the dashing astronaut Brubaker, and he excels as the matcho leading man, leaping through windows and killing snakes as he survives as a hunted man. In short, Capricorn One has a lot going for it.
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The dialogue is full of witty one-liners, peppery put-downs and a healthy dose of self-referential parody. As well as boasting a clever and imaginative script, Capricorn One is also very funny. Peter Hyams conspiracy thriller is a delightfully inventive movie that romps through its two-hour running time, taking the viewer on an exciting adventure along an unexpected route. Yet how do you keep the lid on such a monumental lie? And when NASA announce the astronauts have been killed, isn’t their very existence a threat to national security?
The astronauts are threatened into complying with the travesty which runs to the heart of NASA, where even the ordinary Houston operatives believe they are sending men to Mars. They are taken to a studio and made to enact a Mars landing from earth, to dupe an expectant public and keep the dream of space travel alive. The conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landings were faked by NASA and the American government is cranked up a notch for this stylish, witty and ceaselessly entertaining late 1970s venture.Ĭapricorn One sees three astronauts taking a manned mission to Mars pulled out of the rocket at the last minute.
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