The Dish (2000)

 ●  English ● 1 hr 41 mins

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A group of quirky Australian technicians are brought in to work in a control room of the radio telescope used by the NASA throughout the Apollo program. Their role in the communications plays a key role in the Apollo moon landing and the technicians work hard to communicate and connect with the local members of the program.

Cast: Billy Mitchell, Roz Hammond, Sam Neill

Crew: Rob Sitch (Director), Graeme Wood (Director of Photography), Edmund Choi (Music Director)

Rating: PG13 (Singapore)

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Release Dates: 19 Oct 2000 (Australia), 11 May 2001 (Ireland), 15 Jun 2001 (Spain), 11 May 2001 (United Kingdom), 04 May 2001 (United States)

Tagline: Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth

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Did you know? The movie is set in the town of Parkes, in New South Wales, Aus., but was actually filmed in Forbes, which is a neighboring town a few miles down the road. This is because Parkes has changed over the last 30 years, but Forbes still looked like a 1960s town. Read More
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as Cameron
as Miss Nolan
as Cliff Buxton
as Lead Guitarist
as Nicholas
as Newspaper Reporter
as Secretary
as Prime Minister
as Billy McIntyre
as Bronwyn
as May McIntyre
as Mr. Callen
as Gwen
as Adrian Hobbs
as Ray
as Ron
as U.S. Ambassador Howard
as Pearl
as Marie McIntyre
as Graeme
as Keith Morrison
as Melanie
as Al Burnett
as Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre
as Glenn Latham

Direction

Director
First Assistant Director

Writers

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography
Key Grip

Music

Music Director
Music Label

Art

Art Director
Production Designer
Set Dresser
Storyboard Artist

Casting

Casting Director

Costume and Wardrobe

Costume Designer

Editorial

Editor

Makeup and Hair

Hair Stylist

Special Effects

Special Effects Coordinator

Visual Effects

Visual Effects Artist
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital, DTS
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Flat)
Stereoscopy:
No
Taglines:
Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth
From the creators of "The Castle"
As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, our only link was a satellite dish in rural Australia with a few bugs (And a few hundred sheep).
Based on the true story of what we didn't see.Houston's other problem.
Houston's other problem.
Trivia:
In real life, Neil 'Fox' Mason - the character represented by Russ 'Mitch' Mitchell in the movie - never got to see the moonwalk pictures live, since he was too busy keeping the windswept dish pointed at the moon.

The movie is set in the town of Parkes, in New South Wales, Aus., but was actually filmed in Forbes, which is a neighboring town a few miles down the road. This is because Parkes has changed over the last 30 years, but Forbes still looked like a 1960s town.

Parkes technicians actually do sometimes take rides on the moving dish, as Cliff explains in the film.
Filming Start Date:
25 May 1999