823 films watched. 1979. Operation Avalanche is a 2016 American-Canadian found footage conspiracy thriller film directed by Matt Johnson, who co-wrote the film with Josh Boles.Johnson and Owen Williams star as CIA agents who infiltrate NASA to expose a potential mole, only to become embroiled in a conspiracy to fake the Moon landing portion of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. “A savage and utterly brilliant satire of both 60s social idealism and the Thatcherite values that undermined it, High-Rise opens with a dishevelled man (the ever-sublime Tom Hiddleston) eating barbecued dog on the balcony of his trashed apartment, some 25 floors up. Operation Avalanche premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and opens on September 16. #257 – Top 20 of 2016. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Banished to a forsaken island, the right Duke of Milan and sorcerer Prospero plot to take revenge on the King Of Naples. Operation Avalanche is the second feature film directed by filmmaker Matt Johnson, of the indie comedy The Dirties before this. Where it lacks is in authenticity, too often feeling like an in-joke with no punchline. If you have an account but have trouble logging in, or have other questions, see THIS THREAD. Directed by Matt Johnson. 12.7k members in the Letterboxd community. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history. James and Zach count down their 20 favorite movies of 2016, as well as their greatest disappointments, films they regret not having seen before making their list, and more. Operation Avalanche is a solid piece of entertainment and a formal step up from their first feature. 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