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The Dish
The Dish

The Dish

2000 101 min ★ 6.8 Comedy, Drama, History

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.

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Cast

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Cliff Buxton - Dish Master

Patrick Warburton

Patrick Warburton

Al Burnett - From NASA

Kevin Harrington

Kevin Harrington

Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers

Tom Long

Tom Long

Glenn Latham - Electronics

Eliza Szonert

Eliza Szonert

Janine Kellerman - The Girl

Roy Billing

Roy Billing

Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre

John McMartin

John McMartin

U.S. Ambassador Howard

Bille Brown

Bille Brown

Prime Minister

Tayler Kane

Rudi Kellerman - Safeguard

Andrew S. Gilbert

Andrew S. Gilbert

Len Purvis

Details

Director

Rob Sitch

Screenplay

Rob Sitch

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Working Dog, Distant Horizon

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

April 4, 2023

★ 8/10

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 ...

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