![]() There are cars, clothes and yes even sets. Despite being indie made, the film features some of the finest period production values for a film set in the 1960s that I can recall seeing in recent memory. Yet the film has more going for it than just a good idea. The reactions to things are never over the top but range from the comedic to the panicked, all of which are believable as the events taken on an increasingly darker tone. Evident not in a bad way but in that it means that there is always the sense that these are people in the heat of the moment. Johnson and many of his lead actors are playing fictional versions of themselves and (as the DVD extras reveal) there was a large amount of improvisation of dialogue going on, something which is evident. In fact, it is the documentary style nature of it that is what make this film. If nothing else, it is a great way to bring to life an old idea. ![]() Operation Avalanche which claims to be a documentary following a group of CIA recruited filmmakers led by Matt Johnson (playing a fictional 1960s version of himself) whom, upon discovering NASA is behind schedule, convinces his bosses to let him and his team stage the Apollo 11 moon landing. That neat twist is that it looks and feels like a documentary being made in the 1960s. Added onto that list as well is this film, a indie made period thriller with a neat twist. That said, the idea had produced some good fiction in its time including the 1970s conspiracy thriller classic Capricorn One. That is even more true when people go out and make 'documentaries' trying to prove it to actually be the case. Normally the "we faked the moon landings!" conspiracy theory makes my blood boil. RONNIE SCHELL VOICES DISNEY'S 'THE CAT FROM OUTER.WILLIAM SHATNER FATHERS THE ANTI-DRUG KICK 'GO ASK.UNPOPULAR TAKES ON BELOVED 'SCARFACE' & 'TRUE ROMA.RICHARD PRYOR IN 'SOME KIND OF HERO' W/ MARGOT KIDDER.GOODMAN CHANNELS BATES IN 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE.SACHA BARON COHEN IN THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY.KIRK DOUGLAS IN DISNEY'S '20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE.JENNIFER GARNER IN MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN. ![]()
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