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The Dish Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Sam Neill and Kevin Harrington in Warner Brothers' - 2001

The Dish Sam Neill, Tom Long and Kevin Harrington in Warner Brothers' - 2001

The Dish Patrick Warburton and Sam Neill in Warner Brothers' - 2001

The Dish Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton and Sam Neill in Warner Brothers' - 2001

The Dish Tom Long in Warner Brothers' - 2001

The Dish Rob Sitch, director of Warner Brothers' - 2001

The Dish Sam Neill in Warner Brothers' - 2001

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Release Year

2000

Tagline

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

Plot Summary

A remote Australian antenna, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

Run Time

101 min, France:97 min (DVD)

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Rating Details

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Language

English

Keyword

NASA, Satellite Dish, Australia, Moon Walk, Space

Movie Rating

Sound Mix

DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS

Colour

Color

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US Box Office

2000000

Release Date

2000-09-15

Country

Australia

Country Of Origin

Australia

Wikipedia Plot

The radio telescope at Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, was used by NASA throughout the Apollo program to receive signals in the Southern Hemisphere, along with the NASA Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station near Canberra.

The film tells a somewhat fictionalised story of three Australian scientists/engineers (Neill, Harrington, Long) and their American NASA representative (Warburton). It had been decided quite late in the planning for Apollo 11 to include a television camera to broadcast the first steps on the Moon. Due to the timing of this, Australia would be the prime receiving station. The film tells of the three dealing with a variety of problems, from a power outage wiping their computer memory, to high winds that could cause the whole telescope to collapse. After the Apollo 11 crew decide to walk immediately after landing on the Moon, Parkes thinks they have lost their chance to be the prime receiving station. However, due to delays on the Moon and problems with Goldstone they achieve the distinction at the last minute.

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The Dish is a 2000 Australian film that tells a somewhat fictionalized story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of man's first steps on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It was the top grossing film in Australia in 2000.

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