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But we're still post-Watergate, know what I mean? There are real things happening in that-area-we're-not-supposed-to-discuss that fall right in with the same cynicism, only it's not pop-culture now, it's current events.
I can't believe anyone connected with this film regarded it as anything but a fun goof, including the hyper-paranoid "what if?" story idea. Goldsmith's sincerity makes it all even more fun.
Agreed. What is HAL 9000 if not a piece of technology driven insane by its own hyper-paranoia. Ultimately, HAL was a metaphor for what humankind's technology would make of it. Sadly, an accurate vision presently. Not permanently, I hope.
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Saw this movie with my cousins back in 1978 when it was released. The audience was wired. Had a blast for a "spot the star" movie. Yes, corny at times... but, extremely well done with Peter Hyams in top form.
Great action sequences and a superb score by Jerry Goldsmith.
We were humming the theme as we left the theater.
Fond memories.
Just watched it recently and it's lost non of it's "Popcorn" fun.
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Certainly one of those films that was taken up a notch by the score.
i think it was one of that ITC batch we have discussed on here before.
i would like to see it again, not least so i can sort out my jallopy pilots and differentiate between Telly Savalas and the mad old bag from silver streak!!
i do recall - spoiler - the end scene with the astronaut running across the graveyard and Jerrys music in full flow.
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Capricorn One is a chase movie. The faked Mars Landing conspiracy is little more than a McGuffin (an especially compelling one, but a mere McGuffin none the less).
Repeat viewings tend to show up the weaknesses in the story (esp between seeing it as a kid and watching it again much later).
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