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Dark Side of the Moon

2002

52 minutes

Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Philippe Faure headshot

Philippe Faure

Narrator (voice)

Christiane Kubrick headshot

Christiane Kubrick

Self

Jan Harlan headshot

Jan Harlan

Self

Vernon Walters headshot

Vernon Walters

Self - CIA

Farouk Elbaz headshot

Farouk Elbaz

Self - NASA

Jeffrey Hoffman headshot

Jeffrey Hoffman

Self - NASA

John F. Kennedy headshot

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Yuri Gagarin headshot

Yuri Gagarin

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev headshot

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon headshot

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Stanley Kubrick headshot

Stanley Kubrick

Self (archive footage)

Wernher von Braun headshot

Wernher von Braun

Self (archive footage)

David Scott headshot

David Scott

Self - Apollo 15

David Winger headshot

David Winger

Jack Torrance

Neil Armstrong headshot

Neil Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Buzz Aldrin headshot

Buzz Aldrin

Self - Apollo 11

Tad Brown headshot

Tad Brown

David Bowman - NASA Houston

Loïs Aldrin headshot

Loïs Aldrin

Self

Jacquelyn Toman headshot

Jacquelyn Toman

Maria Vargas

Barbara Rogers headshot

Barbara Rogers

Eve Kendall

Donald Rumsfeld headshot

Donald Rumsfeld

Self

Richard Helms headshot

Richard Helms

Self - CIA

Lawrence Eagleburger headshot

Lawrence Eagleburger

Self

Henry Kissinger headshot

Henry Kissinger

Self - NSC

Alexander Haig headshot

Alexander Haig

Self