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Dark Side of the Moon (2002 film)
2002 French mockumentary by director William Karel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the mockumentary. For other uses, see Dark Side of the Moon (disambiguation).
Dark Side of the Moon is a French mockumentary by director William Karel. It originally aired on the Franco-German television network Arte in 2002 with the title Opération Lune.
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Dark Side of the Moon | |
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![]() Picture of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, used for the DVD cover | |
French | Opération Lune |
Genre | Mockumentary |
Directed by | William Karel |
Narrated by | Philippe Faure (French) / Andrew Solomon (English) |
Country of origin | France |
Original language | French / English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Luc Martin-Gousset |
Producers | Vincent Décis, Emmanuelle Fage, Jean-Paul Llamazares |
Cinematography | Stéphane Saporito, A.S.C. |
Editor | Tal Zana |
Running time | 52 minutes |
Production company | Arte France / Point du Jour |
Original release | |
Release | October 16, 2002 (2002-10-16) |
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The mockumentary's basic premise is that the television footage from the Apollo 11 Moon landing was faked and recorded in a studio by the CIA with help from director Stanley Kubrick.