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'''''Capricorn One''''' is a [[The Seventies|1978 film]] [[Inspired By]] the [[Conspiracy Theories|moon landing conspiracy theories]]. Astronauts Charles Brubaker, Peter Willis and John Walker are the crew for the first manned mission to [[The Red Planet|Mars]], [[Title Drop|Capricorn One]]. Except they're not. A poorly-made life-support system that would have killed the astronauts three weeks into their trip means they'll have to fake it, as [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Congress can't afford another screw up]]. The crew are taken to a remote Air Force base where they [[I Have Your Wife|are forced]] to act out the Mars landing in a studio for the benefit of television cameras.
Elliot Whitter, one of the technicians at mission control notices something strange, that the television signals are being transmitted ahead of the telemetry and tells his reporter friend [[Intrepid Reporter|Robert Caulfield]]. But Elliot [[Killed to Uphold
Then, when the space craft burns up on re-entry due to a defective heat shield -- so NASA says -- the astronauts realise they [[He Knows Too Much|know too much]] and decide to make a run for it.
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* [[Black Helicopter]]: A matched set of Army Loaches. (Olive drab, but still.)
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Willis
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* [[Faceless Goons]]: The relentless Army aviators.
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* [[Something They Would Never Say]]: This is what leads Caulfield to think something is up.
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