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Capricorn One (1977) More at IMDbPro »

• One of the stunt pilots, Frank Tallman, who flew the red stearman plane, claimed this film was the most dangerous film he'd ever flown for. He was killed in a crash soon after filming finished.
  
  
• Barbra Streisand's two husbands, Elliott Gould and James Brolin, both star in this movie.
  
  
• The helicopters are Hughes OH6 "Cayuse".
  
  
• The end helicopter-crop-duster sequence was used in an episode of the television series "The Fall Guy" (1981).
  
  
• Telly Savalas plays a pilot, but in real life he was afraid to fly.
  
  
• The sunrise at the launch complex at the beginning of the film is actually a sunset played backwards.
  
  
• NASA was approached for technical assistance, but refused to take part.
  
  
• The recovery ship for the return from Mars was specified at the USS Oriskany (CV-34) which was decommissioned in 1975. The short shot we see of the Oriskany was footage from The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), with the Korean War era straight-winged F9F Panthers in place on the deck catapults. Main characters in both films, William Holden's character in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" and James Brolin's character in "Capricorn One," are both named Brubaker.
  
  
• Jerry Goldsmith wrote the soundtrack for Capricorn One (1977) as well as Star Trek: Insurrection (1998). If you listen to the Insurrection soundtrack at about 3:30-3:45 minutes, you will hear the distinct theme of Capricorn One.
  
  

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