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The Dish (2000) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Apr 27, 2001
• UK: 11 May 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 28, 2001
• R2: 12 Nov 2001
Official Website:
The Dish Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes
Country Australia
Studio Dish Film Ltd.
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• The Dish
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Genre: Comedy, Space, Fantasy, Deception, True Story
Tagline: 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).
Plot: In July 1969, the eyes of the world were on the Apollo 11 moon landing--but the world would have watched blank television screens if not for the hard work of a group of Australians manning the Parkes Radio Telescope, one of the largest dishes in the world. In THE DISH, a dramatization of the events surrounding the telecast or the space mission, Cliff Buxton (Sam Neill) and Al Burnett (Patrick Warburton) try to hold their crew together through calamities and crises ranging from dangerously high winds to a sudden power failure that cuts off contact with the distant astronauts, forcing the team to impersonate Neil Armstrong for the benefit of the visiting American ambassador. While the crew frantically prepares for the big moment, relaying the footage to televisions across the world, the people of Parkes celebrate their part in this momentous historical event. One of the most critically and commercially successful films ever to come out of Australia, THE DISH is a rousing, feel-good movie that succeeds both because of its perfectly formed characters and because of a heartwarming tone that illustrates that working for a common goal is the highest calling in life.
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| Directed by |
Rob Sitch
The Castle, Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge |
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| Written by |
Santo Cilauro
The Castle, Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge, Herman, the Legal Labrador | Tom Gleisner
The Castle, Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge |
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| Cast |
Sam Neill
Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, The Hunt for Red October |
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Two Hands, Risk, Heroes' Mountain | | | Bille Brown
Fierce Creatures, Oscar and Lucinda, The Man Who Sued God | |
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