The Dish poster

The Dish( 2000)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sam Neill

      Cliff Buxton - Dish Master

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      Patrick Warburton

      Al Burnett - From NASA

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      Kevin Harrington

      Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers

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      Tom Long

      Glenn Latham - Electronics

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      Eliza Szonert

      Janine Kellerman - The Girl

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      Roy Billing

      Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre

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      John McMartin

      U.S. Ambassador Howard

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      Bille Brown

      Prime Minister

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      Tayler Kane

      Rudi Kellerman - Safeguard

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      Andrew S. Gilbert

      Len Purvis

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      Genevieve Mooy

      May McIntyre - The Mom

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      Carl Snell

      Billy McIntyre - The Kid

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      Lenka Kripac

      Marie McIntyre - The Teenager

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      Matthew Moore

      Keith Morrison - The Soldier

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      Roz Hammond

      Miss Nolan - Teacher

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      Christopher-Robin Street

      Damien - Student

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      Grant Thompson

      Mr. Callen

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      Luke Keltie

      Graeme - Student

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      Naomi Wright

      Melanie - Student

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      Ben Wright-Smith

      Nicholas

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      Bernard Curry

      Reporter

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      Beverley Dunn

      Sekretärin

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      Billy Mitchell

      Cameron

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Tue Apr 04 2023
    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 th...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • australia
    • nasa
    • moon landing
    • moon walk