Operation Avalanche Page #5

on Apollo 11.

Here's where

we get very lucky.

As the command module

passes along

to the dark side

of the moon,

the radio signals

can't penetrate the core.

For 30 minutes,

we have a window

for the astronauts

to switch from real data,

to fake telemetric data.

Mission control

will be getting data

of the lunar module

undocking and landing

on the lunar surface,

but it will be

completely faked.

Combine that

with our footage

that the astronauts

are going to pipe into

the broadcast back to earth,

and nobody's

going to have any idea.

As far as NASA

and the rest of the world

is concerned,

the United States

just landed on the moon.

Finally, the broadcast.

To shoot in slow motion,

we have to shoot film.

To broadcast

it needs to be video.

Which means we have

to do a transfer,

which normally

would be fine,

except that people

cannot know it originally

began as film.

That means

a single scratch,

any dust...

Okay, okay.

We got it.

Thank you

for the presentation.

You can go ahead.

- Thank you, sir.

- Talk to your folks about the northwoods plan.

Tell them

to put a hold on it

and we'll see

how this develops.

Director, what is

the northwoods plan?

I've never heard of

operation northwoods.

Shoot down Apollo 11

and blame the Soviets.

With the astronauts

on the flight?

Why would we do that?

If your film

doesn't come together,

then we have to have

a backup plan.

And that is

our backup plan.

...plan?

I've never heard

of operation northwoods.

Shoot down Apollo 11

and blame the Soviets.

Who were these men

going to the moon?

David schoumacher profiled

the crew of Apollo 11.

Neil Armstrong,

the man chosen

to be first to step

upon the moon.

He is by all accounts

intelligent, courteous,

sober, a good family man.

He is perfect

for the role,

beyond what

a Hollywood scriptwriter

would dare.

Buzz aldrin is perhaps

the most brilliant

of the astronauts.

Some say even a genius.

His doctorate at mit

came after a thesis

on orbital rendezvous,

and he understands

the abstract theory

of space mechanics

as well as anyone.

Mike Collins is

the least technical in outlook

of the Apollo 11 astronauts,

but the most philosophical.

If he does not

love machines,

he does love wine,

and books, and roses.

A man who has known

all three pilots

for many years

says if he were

forced down on an island,

he would want it

to be with Collins

for the quality

of his personality.

Another said

he would prefer aldrin,

because with

his intelligence

he would soon be

converting sea water

to fresh water

and otherwise logically

attacking the problem.

But both agreed

in the final analysis,

that they would hope

it was with Armstrong,

because, somehow,

he would get them off of it.

Hello?

Boles, we just got back.

Where are you?

Okay. Turn on the TV.

Yeah, okay.

I'm turning it on now.

- Why?

- Summarize what you just said,

and then we'll ask you

some questions about

seeing the president?

Uh, yes, I'd like to say

that, uh, over a year ago,

president Johnson and I

reviewed the space program

and, uh, agreed

to build strength

so that I might retire

on my 62nd birthday,

which happens to be

this next October 7th.

Today, we have reviewed

the progress we have made

and the president

has agreed

that I could retire

on October 7th,

when I will be 62.

I'd like to say

one other thing...

Yeah, okay.

Well, I guess that means

he didn't want

to cooperate, huh?

Okay, yeah.

I'll see you

when you get back.

Bye.

Andy!

Sorry.

What are you doing?

Shooting

for the documentary.

Oh, okay, fine.

Where's Owen?

He's at the hospital.

What?

Julie had the baby.

Oh, sh*t!

Hey.

I missed it, hey?

Hey, mom.

Wow!

Matt!

What's his name?

Simon.

Can I hold him?

Sure, if you want to.

I need to talk to you.

I need to talk to Matt.

Okay. What's up?

One minute.

Okay, okay.

What the hell

is this?

Jared showed me

the photos of the men

who were watching us

at the barbecue.

They're filming

us, Matt!

Okay.

Why are you

bringing this up

at the hospital?

Relax!

Relax?

This could be

the Russians.

We have to get off

this mission.

If we get caught,

the CIA will

abandon us, okay?

I'm calling brackett

to them him...

No! No! No!

You are not calling brackett.

No one's calling brackett.

You are being paranoid!

I hope so,

because if I'm right

and this is the mole...

If they find out

what we are doing,

then we are

f***ing dead.

You got that?

Looks pretty good.

"Looks pretty good"?

Guys, come on.

Are you kidding me?

All right.

This cost $45,000!

Really?

Yeah!

Oh, god,

don't start that.

"Really? Hey,

you got ripped off.

"Hey, come on,

i could have done this..."

...Cheaper.

"...with $20

and some elbow grease!"

Do you think

it would kill you to say,

"good job, Matt"?

I mean that seriously.

Do you think it would

physically kill you?

Okay, and it's

for a film shoot.

Uh, we're making

a documentary about

the moon landing,

and we need to make

a lunar surface.

And so it's like

a fake lunar surface.

That's what we need.

So I don't know

how much sand

you can ship us.

But, uh, four tons?

How many tons

are in a truck?

Can you hold on a sec?

Where are you going?

Uh, sorry, say again?

Actually, I went to

a place in Arizona

called cinder lake,

where the sand

was brown as molasses.

It was beautiful.

It was a beautiful brown.

Molten brown.

So, what are

these guys gonna say

when they're up here?

We need something

they can print

as a headline.

Type out a couple things

and let's just see

what we got, okay?

So try this,

"welcome to the moon."

Catch!

So, no,

leave that where it was,

it's my a rock.

I think if we never say

the word "America."

Oh, yeah,

we just take

an American symbol.

Exactly. Eagle.

- Freedom.

- Frontier.

Frontier.

So that needs to make

that pothole there.

Does that have

a label on it?

B. So that goes

right at your feet.

Perfect.

I just got an idea.

You know what

we've gotta have them do

when they're up there?

Who is it, Galileo

or somebody, said...

Oh,

drop the feather.

Drop the feather

and the hammer.

And he said,

in a vacuum,

a hammer and a feather

would fall at the same speed.

Well, okay, but how are

we gonna do that?

A lead feather.

Wait a minute,

we gotta keep the flag

as stable as possible,

because the wind resistance

makes it billow.

You wave the flag.

You can't do that!

Okay Houston,

I'm about to step off

the lm.

He leaves

a footprint there.

'Cause they would

leave footprints there.

Exactly!

And we so can send

photographs of that

back home.

It's... that's...

That is the image!

Write that down,

the footprints!

The word "foot"

is disgusting.

Maybe people

don't want to hear "foot."

No, "with this step."

You would say,

"with this step."

"With this step."

Okay, okay.

"With this step, I..."

No.

"As man walks

on the moon..."

Too literal.

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