The Groundstar Conspiracy story
A public official attempts to get to the bottom of a botched break in at the ultra-secret Groundstar space research facility. It stars George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin. It is loosely based on L. P. Davies' 1968 novel The Alien.
8 total · 6 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| abuse of authority | major | One of the main messages of the film was something about Tuxan abusing his authority by the way of using any means to justify his end of exposing a treasonous senator. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | John Wells escaped from custody and went on the run from Tuxan, but it turned out that Tuxan had let him escape and was surveilling him the whole time. |
| infatuation | major | Amnesiac John Wells fell in love with Nicole Devon. |
| memory erasure | major | The film concluded with Peter Bellamy (a.k.a. John Wells) finding out that he had volunteered to have him mind wiped. |
| secret government project | major | The film was about a man stealing rocket booster plans from an ultra-secret Groundstar government space research facility. |
| what if I had amnesia | major | John Wells claimed to have virtually no memory of his past, not even his name, after nearly dying in the Groundstar facility explosion. |
| coping with being tortured | minor | Tuxan interrogated Wells using electro-shock and water submersion techniques. |
| government secrecy | minor | Lead government investigator Tuxan took measures to ensure news about the break in and subsequent explosion at the ultra-secret Groundstar space research facility didn't get out to the public. |