What if it all was a fake?
“Operation Avalanche” is a mockumentary about a CIA conspiracy to fake the Apollo 11 moon landing, which NASA officials fear they won’t be able to pull off by the end of the decade as President Kennedy promised. Matt Johnson plays a bright film buff recruited from Harvard into the CIA’s audio-visual department and assigned to a fake documentary team to flush out a Russian mole at NASA in Houston. There, he discovers a secret about the lunar mission that will likely give the Soviets the lead in the space race, so he and partner Owen Williams convince their bosses that he can fake the moon landing on camera with Stanley Kubrick-style special effects.<br /><br />As the cameras roll, this conspiracy comedy suddenly morphs into a thriller as outside forces take a keen interest in the project. The premise that two goofy guys were behind history’s most famous space mission is a great gag that Johnson, who also directed the movie, sustains throughout. He overdoes the jerky camera to simulate cinema verite but still creates a surreal movie experience. He makes a modern film, itself a fake documentary about guys making a fake documentary, look like it was made in the 1960s.<br /><br />With his methodical, step-by-step enactment of faking the moon landing, Johnson shows how someone with knowledge of filmmaking could accomplish such an elaborate ruse. It’s fun watching him try to figure out how to simulate weightlessness, become frustrated that the American flag can’t flutter because of the moon’s airless atmosphere, and puzzle over how to make a feather and a hammer fall at the same speed.<br /><br />The best way to describe “Operation Avalanche” is escapade. It’s a clever movie that draws us in and involves us in what Johnson portrays as quite possible. There is humor, too, and both Johnson and Williams are amusing co-conspirators.<br /><br />Bonus extras on the DVD release include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and audio commentaries with filmmakers and cast.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : In 1967, during the height of the Cold War, two young CIA agents (Matt Johnson and Owen Williams) go undercover at NASA to investigate a possible Russian mole. In disguise as documentary filmmakers, they tap phones and break into offices while purporting to learn more about the Apollo project. But when they end up uncovering a shocking NASA secret -- and a major government cover-up -- they decide to embark on a new mission that may put their own lives at risk..