
Charles Brubaker is the astronaut leading NASA's first manned mission to Mars. Seconds before the launch, the entire team is pulled from the capsule and the rocket leaves earth unmanned much to Brubaker's anger. The head of the programme explains that the life support system was faulty and that NASA can't afford the publicity of a scratched mission. The plan is to fake the Mars landing and keep the astronauts at a remote base until the mission is over, but then investigative ... (Full plot summary below)
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Charles Brubaker is the astronaut leading NASA's first manned mission to Mars. Seconds before the launch, the entire team is pulled from the capsule and the rocket leaves earth unmanned much to Brubaker's anger. The head of the programme explains that the life support system was faulty and that NASA can't afford the publicity of a scratched mission. The plan is to fake the Mars landing and keep the astronauts at a remote base until the mission is over, but then investigative journalist Robert Caulfield starts to suspect something.
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| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenIt is very entertaining in terms of its story and acting, mainly because it is not trying to convince anyone of a real life conspiracy. It is just a science fiction movie meant to entertain and amuse its audience. |
| Dispatch-Tribune NewspapersSteve CrumControversial for its time, now so-so conspiracy theory plot about faked moon landing. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzCan you imagine O. J. Simpson as an astronaut? |
| DVDTalk.comDavid CorneliusA memorable exercise in the paranoia genre. |
| User ReviewJohn EThe moon landing never happened, people! Watch this movie. Excellent, from start to finish. OJ is superb. One of the best movie endings ever! |
| User ReviewSubhro RGreat conspiracy film....or is it! Pure cinema fun with a story to tell. |
| User ReviewDavid JAbsolutely cracking 70's thriller. Given the lack of ideas in Hollywood, this will surely be re-made shortly. I love these 70's thrillers!!! |
| User ReviewPepe KDon't miss this classic '70s conspiracy thriller about a faked mission to Mars. Worth watching alone for Hal Holbrook's (recently seen in Into the Wild) superb monologue in which he attempts to talk the astronauts into going along with the cover-up. Its on Tuesday July 1 @ 11.35pm on BBC1. |
| User ReviewKarina TJUST A GREAT MOVIE, THEY DO NOT MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE...OH, I FORGOT TO ADD, IT'S ALL TRUE.......THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE... |
| User ReviewStuart CBrilliant, exciting stuff and some amazing helicopter chase scenes. |