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Capricorn One

Capricorn One

1978
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 3m
Classic conspiracy tale about the first manned mission to Mars. All appears to be going well until the astronauts are pulled off the ship just before launch by shadowy government types and whisked off to a film studio in the desert. It transpires that the space vehicle has a major defect which NASA just daren't admit. (imdb)
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Capricorn One

1978
Drama, Sci-fi
2h 3m
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Rated 02 Nov 2009
78
38th
Pretty cool premise takes too long to get going and takes to long to reach the denoument. The whole film just TAKES TOO LONG.
Rated 06 Apr 2011
50
15th
Superficially pandering to conspiracy theorists, Hyam's straight-faced mockery of such theories is his film's greatest asset. The main conspiracy is comically overdone and a central speech directly references technology's role in the ubiquity of modern conspiracy theories - "you could get anyone to believe anything" indeed. However, there are major narrative issues - the comic relief is incredibly annoying and the entire subplot involving Elliot Gould's investigative journalist feels half-baked.
Rated 18 May 2008
80
68th
Movies like this are the reason I don't join the Peter-Hyams-bashing so common on the net these days. Goofy, fun movie about a faked Mars landing featuring a host of stars whose careers were all about to die at about the same time
Rated 23 Dec 2009
71
73rd
A big-budget, all-star, action-packed thrill ride of the post-Watergate '70s, this is packed with the sort of cynicism you just don't find in movies today. Though the plotting won't bear too close an examination, this moves along so quickly that you'll hardly notice the contrivances.
Rated 06 Jul 2015
78
38th
When making a tense thriller, it is perhaps not a good idea to suddenly bring in a wacky crop duster pilot for your climax.
Rated 05 Dec 2021
68
32nd
Ain't no paranoia thriller like a 70s paranoia thriller - this starts quite well, with a hilariously bitchy dynamic between Karen and Huddleston that I hoped would continue throughout the film, and that grimy, post-Watergate feel that always amplifies when a Holbrook character shows up; unfortunately turns absurd in its second act (the silliness of Gould's car troubles at least made Savalas' crop duster seem a little more reasonable), ultimately sputtering out sluggishly to a "m'eh" finale.
Rated 12 Feb 2007
60
62nd
Great film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
43rd
Very silly movie with a couple of good scenes.
Rated 27 Jun 2008
83
93rd
Nice
Rated 24 Feb 2009
78
51st
Nicely paced and an intriguing concept.
Rated 18 Jun 2009
91
96th
Highly implausible but ultra fun flick. Tension never lets up until Telly Savalas appears. Then I just want to b-slap my TV.
Rated 09 Mar 2010
71
50th
Imaginative adventure flick.
Rated 13 Jul 2010
60
46th
Complete Horseshit!!! But hey we faked the moon landings as well
Rated 13 Feb 2012
83
72nd
Another film that viewers need to keep in mind, is a product of its time. That said, this film contains a stellar cast and story.
Rated 13 Jun 2012
64
22nd
Loved its conspiracy paranoia vibe when I was a kid, now it seems like enjoyable hokum. Some really great flying in the helicopter chase: proper old-school stunt stuff, no CGI.
Rated 08 Sep 2012
27
19th
It is striking that a good idea becomes a miserable script. Good start but afterwards is full of plot holes, inaccuracies and discontinuities.
Rated 21 Jul 2013
35
27th
I hate the "this movie is too long" argument, but as fudgieb said, this one really is too long for what it is
Rated 10 Mar 2017
79
40th
Started off great and intriguing, but unfortunately lapsed into cliche and schmaltz. Ending awful, a real wasted opportunity.
Rated 31 Jul 2017
61
40th
I'll bet this makes a great book. It's also a great look back in time at the 70s. As a movie it takes a long time to get moving and even once it does all the real action surrounds one reporter doing his due diligence as his 70s thriller trope requires him to unveil the conspiracy. Gould is great, brolin underused thrown out in the desert for a meandering uninteresting amount of time. The aerial chase at the end is an improbable escape, but the camerawork for the sequence is impressive
Rated 09 Apr 2019
88
36th
Good conspiracy movie and sci-fi, but there was virtually no character development and dialogue wasn't much.
Rated 02 Jul 2019
5
22nd
Tone way too serious for so much silliness.
Rated 16 Jan 2020
80
60th
Nasa’nın uzay araştırmalarının aslında sadece bir tv şovu olduğuna dair keskin bir teori içeren oldukça dikkat çekici bir film.Film her nedense hak ettiği ilgiyi pek görememiştir.Belki de Amerika’nın en saygın kurumlarından birini yalancılıkla suçlayan bu film, kasıtlı olarak göz ardı edilmiştir. Film açıkçası oldukça akıcı bir senaryoya ve epey güçlü bir oyuncu kadrosuna sahip.
Rated 10 Aug 2020
58
42nd
Not in the same league as The Parallax View, CO at least has a somewhat tongue in cheek approach to its subject, which helps when it becomes increasingly silly in its 3rd act. Hyams' script is loaded with overripe dialogue, his use of slo-mo is bad, even laughable, the acting is hit and miss, and it drags in the middle act, but it does just enough to keep your attention, and the scene with Savalas culminates in a very finely executed aerial chase
Rated 03 Feb 2021
66
40th
Em honra de Hal Holbrook (1925 - 2021). Ele é bem interessante no início, construído a partir da teoria que rola há 50 anos que o pouso na lua era hoax, mas o filme perde a mão quando os astronautas "voltam" para a Terra e tudo se transforma num filme de ação. Teria sido brilhante se mostrasse os astronautas convivendo com a mentira no dia-a-dia. BlurayRip RARBG.
Rated 19 Dec 2021
65
45th
OJ. Telly.
Rated 30 Apr 2023
65
33rd
Here we have a film with an identity crisis. It doesn't know if it wants to be a space flick, an escape flick, or a reporter flick. Had it done all of those competently, it might be a classic. But it only did one of them (the space bit) well, and then in the second half it falls down, becoming boring and idiotic. The cast is good and does what it can, but the plot is stretched out and unsalvageable. I can't decide if the proper word for the ending is "silly". "ridiculous", or "fantasy".
Rated 31 Dec 2023
70
52nd
Good take on a conspiracy thriller

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