The movie holds not just one superb monologue but TWO. Think about the quality of the acting in this 'mere' little action flick. Peter Hyams film, and it really grows on you over time. Anyway okay-this is a 'pseudo-book' in itself. If so, he did a great job at summing up the American national character. Sure, it's just the novelization of a screenplay but there's strong evidence that Ken Follett himself handled this assignment. I don't remember the movie being that good!□□ Pretty exciting, action packed, very suspenseful book. He starts tracking down the hidden astronauts. Meanwhile, a reporter is putting clues together. All goes well until the ship burns up coming back into Earth's atmosphere. They are forced to pretend they are on the flight and on Mars. But they are taken away to a staging area. The book has three astronauts heading for Mars on Capricorn One, at least that's what most people think. I couldn't remember the movie or the book much since it's been about 30+ years since I read it. I watched this when it first came out but the only think I remember was the joke one of the astronauts said as climbing the mountain! I have been re-reading some oldies and this was handy. I've never read the Follett book, but thought it would interesting to compare the two, and maybe figure out why they did two different versions.moreĬapricorn One by Ron Goulart I watched this when it first came out but the only think I remember was the joke one of the astronauts said as climbing the mountain! I have been re-reading some oldies and this was handy. with the same title which was written by none other than Ken Follett under the pseudonym of Bernard L. A completely different novelization was published in the U.K. A curious point of trivia is that Goulart's book is one of -two- novelizations of that same film. Despite a really terrific cast, I didn't much care for the film, but Goulart made the characters' stories interesting. As best I can recall, Goulart didn't follow the movie script with too much precision, but tossed in some wry witticisms and slants that reflected his ability to throw some humor in every situation. As best I can recall, Goulart didn't follow the movie script with too much precision, but tossed in some wry witticisms and slants that reflected his ability to throw some humo This is an unusual (I believe the only other such adaptations Goulart wrote were from the original Battlestar Galactica television series) novelization of a popular film that told the story of a faked-NASA Mars expedition, an obvious play to the conspiracy theorists who were sure that the lunar expeditions never happened. This is an unusual (I believe the only other such adaptations Goulart wrote were from the original Battlestar Galactica television series) novelization of a popular film that told the story of a faked-NASA Mars expedition, an obvious play to the conspiracy theorists who were sure that the lunar expeditions never happened. For them, a special fate had been arranged.more Especially not the astronauts, who become unwilling conspirators. Failure would mean the end of the space program. This way they could convince the President the mission had succeeded. He told them they must fake the trip via computer magic. A NASA director was warning the three astronauts that their spacecraft was faulty. Everybody in the country was watching the countdown on television.īut behind the scenes, two and a half hours before lift-off, a strange and terrifying drama was being played out. He told To all appearances the launching of Capricorn One, the first spaceship to Mars, seemed perfectly normal. But behind the scenes, two and a half hours before lift-off, a strange and terrifying drama was being played out. Everybody in the country was watching the countdown on television. To all appearances the launching of Capricorn One, the first spaceship to Mars, seemed perfectly normal.
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