A couple of questions
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Capricorn One
AureliaBuendia — 13 years ago(September 16, 2012 06:53 AM)
Missed the beginning of this so don't understand the time-frame. At the cemetery, the President mentioned "8 months ago". Now I know the memorial service wouldn't take place straight after the deaths, but how long were the astronauts "away"? How long were they cooped up for in order to carry out the hoax?
Also, in the credits at the end, it stated FBI agents. The FBI wouldn't be involved in something like this or were they just the guys who raided Elliot Gould's apartent? Thanks -
Jerseyporter — 13 years ago(September 16, 2012 01:23 PM)
It was 8 months since the start of the mission (i.e. the fake blast off). It took that long to get to and back from Mars (in theory, obviously, as they didn't really do it). Between the 'accident' on re-entry and the memorial service was only the period of days, the days between the astronauts escaping their government captivity by stealing the Lear jet and Caulfield's subsequent rescue of Brubaker. The other guys were captured very soon after escape in real terms.
Hope that helps! This film is still the best evidence of all that the moon landings weren't faked - the lengths they would have to go to to cover it all up/expunge anyone who started digging around/asking the wrong questions would soon draw attention in the wrong way.
Jerseyporter
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hornacek — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 07:09 AM)
"The other guys were captured very soon after escape in real terms."
Waterston and Simpson's characters were killed, not captured. Leaving them alive just threatens to expose the conspiracy. They had to be killed.