![]() In a rambling confession, Bru's longtime friend and colleague, NASA executive Dr. Simpson - yes indeedy) are pulled from their capsule and secretly whisked 300 miles due west of Houston while the first manned mission to Mars is launched into space - with no men inside it. The set-up goes like this: On the launching pad moments before lift-off, astronauts Charles "Bru" Brubaker (James Brolin), Pete Willis (Sam Waterston), and John Walker (O.J. Though the film doesn't really hold up to multiple viewings, for first-time viewers unfamiliar with the story, Capricorn One is clever and full of surprises. Though currently unavailable in the U.S., the British Blu-ray disc from ITV DVD is not region-encoded and sells for about $38.95 retail. It's Hyams' best and most entertaining film, a personal favorite of many despite an inconsistent tone and a few plot holes. In Poseidon it was stranded passengers trying to escape a capsized ocean liner in Capricorn One it's astronauts and a reporter trying to expose a faked NASA mission to Mars while escaping murderous conspirators. ![]() Like Poseidon, Capricorn One finds its all-star cast (for the most part) logically working their way through an ingenious, outrageous premise. Falling squarely into that category Irwin Allen used to describe his production of The Poseidon Adventure, Peter Hyams' Capricorn One (1978) is a "movie-movie," and just about a definitive example at that.
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