Operation Avalanche

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Operation Avalanche

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2016

1h 34m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Recruited by the CIA in 1967, young filmmakers (Matt Johnson, Owen Williams) shoot footage of a fake moon landing after learning that NASA is losing the space race to the Russians.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

10/01/2016

3/5

"Operation Avalanche" is an inventive grab-bag of a film, a movie about making a movie that no one was supposed to know was a movie at all.

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

09/30/2016

3.5/4

That's one small step for Apollo 11 hoaxers, one giant leap for Matt Johnson.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

09/30/2016

3.5/4

Part mockumentary, party black comedy, part action-adventure and part cinematic dare, the movie is a bizarre, engrossing creation that will leave audiences either delighted or baffled, though never bored.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

May 18

6/10

Its mockumentary style has some moments that evoke, in parodic tone, the sense of paranoia and conspiracy typical of the 1960s, but, in general, its plot about the fake moon landing sometimes feels routine and too circumstantial. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jamie Healy

Radio Times

08/30/2024

3/5

As the irreverent larks shift into more paranoid-thriller territory, the fanciful story becomes more engrossing, with an excitingly staged car chase looking convincingly like the real deal.

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

02/08/2023

A comic thriller that scratches the core of the most traditional conspiracies in the United States and fills the head of those who experience it with questions, unpleasant questions that, of course, provoke even darker answers. [Full review in Spanish]

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Paul F

10/09/2023

I though the concept of the movie was excellent and looked forward to watching it. I appreciate the attempts for the 60s documentary filming style, but for me the characters were too modern and unconvincing. I found Matt Johnson rather irritating and struggled through hoping my opinion might change as the film progressed. I have read other reviews of this movie since and some state it was meant to be a part comedy/mockumentary but l didn't find it funny either. So it failed for me either way. Unfortunately it didn't and

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10/29/2021

A fascinating low-budget adventure that used the quirks of Matt and Owen to create a fun re-telling of the story of the moon landing. The atmosphere feels accurate to the time period it's set in despite their low budget and a few goofs. The use of real footage from the time further connects it to the real world it attempts to tell a story in. An impressive and underrated project, will watch again

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09/29/2020

I found this movie painful to watch. I idea of the movie gets 2.5 stars, but the execution was terrible in my opinion.

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Paul G

06/18/2020

Capricorn One meets Blair Witch? i just didn't enjoy it i'm afraid - the doc-u-filming style was tedious, it was not funny, frankly i didn't see the point in making the film.

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06/29/2019

The characters motivations are dumb. Couldn't get past that.

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05/18/2019

What would it take to convince Walter Cronkite, the public, and even NASA personnel Apollo 11 landed on the Moon ... when it didn't? Operation Avalanche earnestly explores the idea the 1969 Moon landing was faked. Was it real, or was it Memorex? Low budget movie, but worth watching late at night or on a rainy afternoon.

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Synopsis

Recruited by the CIA in 1967, young filmmakers (Matt Johnson, Owen Williams) shoot footage of a fake moon landing after learning that NASA is losing the space race to the Russians.

Director: Matt Johnson
Producer: Matthew Miller, Lee Kim, Matt Johnson
Screenwriter: Matt Johnson, Josh Boles
Distributor: Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co: XYZ Films
Rating: R (Language|A Brief Sexual Reference)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2017
Runtime: 1h 34m

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