Operation Avalanche

2016
R
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

8.2K

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19 Photos

Comedy Drama Mystery

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

8.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 13 nominations total

Videos9

Operation Avalanche: You Believe It's Sputnik

Photos18

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Trivia
The filmmakers told NASA they were making a student documentary on the Apollo program in order to get permission to shoot there.

Goofs
At around 60 minutes into the movie, Matt marks Friday the 17th of April (or of another month with only 30 days) as a deadline date, on a wall calendar that has the 1st of January on a Wednesday. The scene takes place in the year 1969. However, although 1 January 1969 is indeed on a Wednesday, 17 April 1969 is on a Thursday, not on a Friday.

In fact, there is no "Friday the 17th" in the year 1969 except in January and October, which are months with 31 days. And the only calendars that have 1 January on a Wednesday as well as 17 April on a Friday, are calendars of specific *leap years* such as 1936, 1964, 1992 and 2020.

In other words, the scene reveals that the filmmakers used a calendar of the wrong year as a prop.

Quotes
Matt Johnson: Movie special effects can be very convincing, especially when you don't know you're watching a movie.

Connections
Features Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902)

Soundtracks
The Bomb Run
from Dr. Folamour ou : comment j'ai appris à ne plus m'en faire et à aimer la bombe (1964)
Written and Performed by Laurie Johnson

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Featured review

4/10

Not to be harsh, but it just wasn't good

Operation Avalanche proposes that in 1967, a small group of young filmmaking CIA agents were responsible for 'faking' Apollo 11's landing on the moon by shooting it on a sort of makeshift movie set. In conclusion, it's not very good.