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Dark Side of the Moon

Dark Side of the Moon

Top secret.

2002•52m•7.1/10
Documentary

Ratings

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7.1/10(45)

A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune. The basic premise for the film is the theory that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and actually recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick.

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Production

ARTE, Point du Jour, PROCIREP, CNC

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Philippe Faure

Philippe Faure

Narrator (voice)

Christiane Kubrick

Christiane Kubrick

Self

Jan Harlan

Jan Harlan

Self

Vernon Walters

Vernon Walters

Self - CIA

Farouk Elbaz

Self - NASA

Jeffrey Hoffman

Self - NASA

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Self (archive footage)

Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

Self (archive footage)

David Scott

Self - Apollo 15

David Winger

Jack Torrance

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin

Self - Apollo 11

Tad Brown

David Bowman - NASA Houston

Loïs Aldrin

Self

Jacquelyn Toman

Maria Vargas

Barbara Rogers

Eve Kendall

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