10 SIGNS YOU’RE WATCHING A ‘70s MOVIE

** Plot driven by conspiracy theory

** 100-mile-an-hour car chase

** Bona fide aerial stunt work

** Memorable film score (by Jerry Goldsmith)

** Unfortunate drum kit in love theme on original soundtrack

** Everybody’s smoking. Indoors. At the workplace.

** Elliot Gould gets top billing

** O.J. Simpson is one of the most beloved celebrities in America

** Karen Black receives “last” billing

** Even when it doesn’t make any sense, the movie is still somehow satisfying

Take a rocket to Mars, and a time machine to 1978, as Roy Bjellquist and I prepare for lift-off and “Capricorn One.” Peter Hyams’ post-Watergate, Martian hoax mustache-twirler will be our focus on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.

Hal Holbrook is the patron saint of shady government, Brenda Vaccaro’s voice is deeper than Deep Throat’s, and flying ace Telly Savalas thinks we’re all perverts.

Rattlesnake is on the menu! We’ll be late for our own funerals, if not the Facebook live-stream. Drop by, leave a comment, and join the conversation, this Friday at 7 pm EDT.

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