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This hard-hitting mockumentary exposes how Stanley Kubrick faked the 1969 moon landing, with seeming-endorsements from many key players in NASA and the US government.

Director:

William Karel

Stars:

Buzz Aldrin, Loïs Aldrin, Jan Harlan

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Buzz Aldrin	...	Himself - Apollo 11
Loïs Aldrin	...	Herself
Jan Harlan	...	Himself
Farouk Elbaz	...	Himself - NASA
Christiane Kubrick	...	Herself
Lawrence Eagleburger	...	Himself (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger	...	Himself - NSC (archive footage)
Jeffrey Hoffman	...	Himself - NASA
Richard Helms	...	Himself - CIA (archive footage)
Alexander Haig	...	Himself (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Scott	...	Himself - Apollo 15
Tad Brown	...	David Bowman - NASA Houston
Jacquelyn Toman	...	Maria Vargas
Bernard Kirschoff	...	Dimitri - KGB / CIA

Storyline

This hard-hitting mockumentary exposes how Stanley Kubrick faked the 1969 moon landing, with seeming-endorsements from many key players in NASA and the US government.

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Plot Keywords:

mockumentary | moon landing | hoax | fake documentary | apollo 11 | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

16 October 2002 (France)

Also Known As:

Dark Side of the Moon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arte France, Point du Jour, Procirep

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This films contains clips from the following documentaries:

-Australie, route de Tanami, directed by Hervé Rebillon and Arnaud Mansir.

-L'archipel des savants, directed by Laurence Graffin and François Landesman.

-La vallée des rizières éternelles, directed by Patrick Boitet.

-Païlin, le refuge des criminels, directed by H. Dubois.

-Chine, union furtive, directed by Fangzhi Wang.

-Laos, les montagnards de l'opium, directed by Frédéric Pierrot.

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Connections

References The Shining (1980)

User Reviews

Not great.

I have to write something because I can't let the existing review be the only one. This is not a set of anti-American lies passed off as a documentary; it's a straightforward mockumentary. You were supposed to know that.

That said, the writer gave us a nice little conspiracy theory story, but I really didn't think the results were all that interesting. I felt things turned out kind of stiff in the end. People were too serious about things. Could've used a bit more humor. Forgotten Silver, which comes to mind when discussing this film, shows how a balance could be hit when making a mockumentary of this tone.

On an unrelated note, Chomsky > Moore.