Operation Avalanche (film)

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Operation Avalanche is a 2016 found footage conspiracy thriller film directed by Matt Johnson, who co-wrote it with Josh Boles. Set in the late 1960s, Johnson and Owen Williams star as CIA agents who infiltrate NASA to expose a suspected KGB mole, only to become embroiled in a conspiracy to fake the Apollo 11 moon landing. Johnson and producer Matthew Miller conceived of the project shortly after the release of their 2013 film The Dirties; Johnson did not believe that the moon landing was faked but found it appealing subject matter for a faux documentary. Principal photography took place in Toronto, Houston and Washington, D.C.. Operation Avalanche was largely improvised and combines newly shot footage with archival material to emulate the appearance of a 1960s documentary. Additionally, the production shot on location at NASA's facilities under the guise of filming a documentary. Operation Avalanche premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United...

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