![]() ![]() Īs noted in the LAT, there were many, early discussions about casting Dustin Hoffman as reporter “Robert Caulfield,” but in 1976 Hoffman was starring in All the President’s Men (see entry), and producer Paul Lazarus refused to even approach him about the more marginal role in Capricorn One. In the wake of Watergate, the project quickly became a reality during what Hyams described in a LAT article as a five-minute meeting with Sir Lew Grade of Associated General Films, which promised a simpler producing arrangement without input from multiple studio executives.Īs noted in the LAT, there were many, early discussions about. Both chose to compromise ethics, justifying their actions due to patriotic fervor and pride in their agencies. Although Watergate was not a direct inspiration, Hyams stated that he recognized the connection between his character of “Kelloway” and the misguided idealism of real-life Watergate “master plumber” Egil Krogh. The scandal made the story of manipulation by a government agency appear more believable. However, none of the Hollywood studios were interested in a screenplay about a NASA hoax until the White House’s Watergate cover-up was exposed. While reporting on the Apollo operation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Hyams became intrigued with the idea of how easy it would be to fake an event in space since it only required one camera and few witnesses. ![]() In a NYT feature, he elaborated on the development of the screenplay, which was written in 1972 during his time as a journalist for CBS-TV. ![]() Amid a surge in Hollywood science-fiction projects, director and writer Peter Hyams was adamant in a LAT article that Capricorn One did not belong to that genre, but was a thriller about the real-life influence of government and media, particularly television, over the public’s impression of events. ![]()
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