A sensation thundered on the Internet: allegedly director Stanley Kubrick, author of "A Clockwork Orange", "A Space Odyssey of 2001" and "The Shining", in 1999, before his death, gave an interview to journalist T. Patrick Murray. And he confessed to him that he faked the American landing on the moon in 1969. That is, personally, in a Hollywood pavilion covered with sand and dust, he filmed the first steps of a person on the Earth's satellite.
“I have committed a big fraud, I have deceived the American people, and now I want to tell you the details. The United States government and NASA were involved. The moon landing was fake, EVERYTHING about it was fake, and I am the person who took it … I'm deadly serious. (…) I think it was my masterpiece."
"Why did you decide to fake the moon landing?" - the journalist asks. "Because it's impossible to get there," Kubrick allegedly answers.
In fact, rumors that some Hollywood director filmed a lunar expedition on Earth (and, therefore, the whole story with the flight of astronauts to the moon is a colossal hoax) have been circulating since the 70s. The name Kubrick is mentioned in connection with these legends for exactly one reason: in 1968 he released "A Space Odyssey", a film that turned the attitude towards science fiction cinema and the special effects used in it. The logic here is simple: who else could NASA and the government entrust the responsible mission of fooling the whole world?
Needless to say, Kubrick never confirmed these rumors. Now his widow was also forced to refute them. She officially stated that the published interview is a lie. "No T. Patrick Murray ever interviewed Stanley Kubrick, this whole story is made up, it's a lie and a scam."
And sites specializing in humorous news, for example, YourNewsWire.com, spread the news. One of the latest news on it is about the New Year's address of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he promises to fight the Illuminati Order in 2016 "and quit smoking."
Yet, as is the case with many fake news, there were journalists who took Kubrick's "sensational interview" at face value. (Which, of course, is the highest praise and "profit" for any merry fellow who professionally composes fakes).