The Dish

PG-13

3/14/20011h 41m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth. ~

Overview:

A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.

Director:

Rob Sitch

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

australia
nasa
moon landing
moon walk
1960s
new south wales
1969
parkes

Cast

Sam Neill

~ as ~

Cliff Buxton - Dish Master

Patrick Warburton

~ as ~

Al Burnett - From NASA

Kevin Harrington

~ as ~

Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers

Tom Long

~ as ~

Glenn Latham - Electronics

Eliza Szonert

~ as ~

Janine Kellerman - The Girl

Roy Billing

~ as ~

Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre

John McMartin

~ as ~

U.S. Ambassador Howard

Bille Brown

~ as ~

Prime Minister

Tayler Kane

~ as ~

Rudi Kellerman - Safeguard

Andrew S. Gilbert

~ as ~

Len Purvis

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Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
Written 2 year(s) ago
8
I may have watched this Aussie film much closer to when it came out, since have always like Sam Neill, but I had no memory of it and we gave it a look. It is very entertaining in a quiet way. The bursts of humor are short, occasional and subtle, and it works.

Of course it is based on actual events and feature a few news archive clips as well as actors playing historical characters, sometimes almost as a cameo.

It features some restrained tension and suspense as the crew at the telescope try to live up to their commitment to passing audio and video from the moon landing on to NASA and the world. Among the supporting cast we also have a radical political daughter and a clumsy young couple trying to initiate a new romance. It all adds flavor to the main plot.