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Inspired by conspiracy theories that the moon landing was a hoax, Capricorn One depicts a fictitious manned trip to Mars. Hal Holbrook gives a face to the evil government who forces astronauts James Brolin, Sam Waterston, and O.J. Simpson to play along, and then seeks to destroy them when the conspiracy is threatened to be uncovered, thanks to a probing journalist played by Elliott Gould. You either suspend your disbelief with the concept, or you don’t. I don’t. The final act features a half-way decent helicopter chase, but the overwrought ending features the most laughably atrocious use of slow-motion I believe I’ve ever seen. Trivia I learned from TCM: This is the only movie to feature two of Barbra Streisand’s husbands, Misters Gould and Brolin. With Karen Black, Telly Savalas, and Brenda Vaccaro.