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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
Loïs Aldrin	...	Herself
Jan Harlan	...	Himself
Farouk Elbaz	...	Himself
Christiane Kubrick	...	Herself
Lawrence Eagleburger	...	Himself (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jeffrey Hoffman	...	Himself
Richard Helms	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alexander Haig	...	Himself (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Scott	...	Himself
Tad Brown	...	David Bowman
Jacquelyn Toman	...	Maria Vargas
Bernard Kirschoff	...	Dimitri Muffley

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,Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC),Point du Jour

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The origin of the fictitious characters' names:

-Jack Torrance: a writer played by Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980)

-David Bowman: an astronaut played by Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

-Dimitri Muffley: a combination of the names of the two presidents (Dimitri Kissov and Merkin Muffley) in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).

-Eve Kendall, a woman played by Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest (1959).

-Marla Vargas: a noble woman played by Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa (1954).

-Ambrose Chapel: center of the spies' activity in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).

-W.A. Koenigsberg: a play-on-words about Woody Allen's (W.A.) real name, Allen Stuart Koenigsberg.

-George Kaplan: a man wrongly taken by a spy played by Cary Grant in North by Northwest (1959).

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Connections

References The Shining (1980)

User Reviews

Questioning the authority of documentaries

This is a film that will change the way you look at documentaries and their authenticity. Afterall, it is not difficult to prove that Stanley Kubrick was involved in a shady deal with NASA and the Nixon administration to fabricate a story about man's first trip to the moon.

Don't want to spoil the fun, so I am not saying more... after watching it, just ask your self one question: what if news channels do this on a daily basis?

A must see!

Rating: 10/10