Mock Up on Mu 2008

Synopsis:

A radical hybrid of spy, sci-fi, Western, and even horror genres, Craig Baldwin's Mock Up On Mu cobbles together a feature-length "collage-narrative" based on (mostly) true stories of California's post-War sub-cultures of rocket pioneers, alternative religions, and Beat lifestyles. Pulp-serial snippets, industrial-film imagery, and B- (and Z-) fiction clips are intercut with newly shot live-action material, powering a playful, allegorical trajectory through the now-mythic occult matrix of Jack Parsons (Crowleyite founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab), L.Ron Hubbard (sci-fi author turned cult-leader), and Marjorie Cameron (bohemian artist and "mother of the New Age movement"). Their intertwined tales spin out into a speculative farce on the militarization of space, and the corporate take-over of spiritual fulfillment and leisure-time.

Directed by: Craig Baldwin
Written by: Craig Baldwin
Release date: 2008-01-14
Runtime: 114 minutes
Cast:
Damon Packard
Damon Packard
L. Ron Hubbard 
Michelle Silva
Michelle Silva
Agent C/Marjorie Cameron 
Kalman Spelletich
Kalman Spelletich
Richard Carlson/Jack Parsons 
Stoney Burke
Stoney Burke
Lockheed Martin