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Operation Avalanche
Directed by
Matt Johnson
R
2016
1h 34m
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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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Cast of Operation Avalanche
Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson / Director / Writer / Producer
Owen Williams
Owen Williams
Jared Raab
Jared Raab / Co-Producer / Director Of Photography
Josh Boles
Josh Boles / Writer
Andrew Appelle
Andrew Appelle / Director Of Photography
Ray James
Director Brackett
Sharon Belle
Sharon Belle
Krista Madison
Julie Williams
Joe J. Thomas
James Webb (voice)
John Henry Robson
Baby Simon
Madeleine Sims-Fewer
Madeleine
Tom Bolton
Agent #1
Johnny Osmokrovic
Agent #2
Chris Gonsalves
Agent #3
Brad Brackenridge
Texas Studio Manager
Antonin Lhotsky
Antonin Lhotsky
Massimo Di Liberato
Simon (2 years)
Samantha Michelle
Helena
Emilie Paquet
N.A.S.A. Secretary
Joe Anastasio
Scientist
Operation Avalanche Ratings & Reviews
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
"Operation Avalanche" is an inventive grab-bag of a film, a movie about making a movie that no one was supposed to know was a movie at all.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
The novelty of the movie's clever, in-the-know hook supports this material for only so long...
Chicago Reader
Dmitry Samarov
A send-up like this works far better for a few minutes on the small screen (see Documentary! or Drunk History); at feature length it becomes a stylistic exercise, like a kid mugging for the camera through an Instagram filter.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Ingeniously using his low budget to address his ambitions, Johnson has directed, co-written (and starred in) a unique science-fiction film.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
A bright idea can only take a movie so far. Mission not accomplished.
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
Forget about the incongruous use of movie posters; the mugging these nerdy CIA agents display would give Milton Berle cause for alarm.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
You can only coast so far on a novel idea's fumes, and Operation Avalanche doesn't go far enough.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
"Operation Avalanche" weaves well-known conspiracy theories into a goofily entertaining satire of youthful ambition co-opted as a tool of government intrigue.
NPR
Andrew Lapin
Think Christopher Guest crossed with the Jackass guys.
Entertainment Weekly
Joe McGovern
Johnson, who's not even 30, is undoubtedly a talent to watch (major studios have already come calling), but Operation Avalanche is a small step rather than a giant leap.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
A cute, spunky found-footage thriller undone by a lumpy plot and a weak ending, "Operation Avalanche" revisits the urban legend that the moon landing was faked, with some fresh twists.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
Alas, while modern technology allows for impressive, convincing effects work on a comparatively tiny budget, the basic concept itself hasn't improved with age. Clever ideas are still in short supply.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
It's as dizzying as it sounds, but more the fun-house version of disorienting.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The film attains a chilly existential quality as Matt Johnson's character discerns the weight of his actions.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
It's a clever idea, beautifully executed - the footage is convincingly period, and the scenes of them working through the specifics are a hoot.
Austin Chronicle
Michael Agresta
Matthew Johnson may not have his big breakout with Operation Avalanche, but there is enough here to suggest that he possesses the triple-threat skills to build a comedy auteur career on the model of (hyperbole alert!) Woody Allen or Albert Brooks.
Collider
Perri Nemiroff
If you appreciate the meta quality of Johnson infiltrating NASA to make this movie then you'll really get swept up in the material that focuses on him making a movie within the movie.
IndieWire
Eric Kohn
Despite the inherent silliness of that premise, Johnson captures a unique climate of Cold War era paranoia while keeping the material fast and fun.
Variety
Peter Debruge
Operation Avalanche demonstrates there's still plenty of room left within the found-footage format to craft fresh, high-concept projects, regardless of the fact that no one's falling for their alleged authenticity any longer.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
The earnest enthusiasm with which Operation Avalanche begins, and the paranoia and fear toward which it proceeds, chart the course of an entire nation.
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