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The Dish

The Dish

★ 6,8 /10 (245 Votes)
2000 EN 101 min

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.

Release date

19/10/2000

Votes

245

Popularity

1.6

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

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

101 min

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

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Tayler Kane

Rudi Kellerman - Safeguard

Carl Snell

Carl Snell

Billy McIntyre

Lenka Kripac

Lenka Kripac

Marie McIntyre - The Teenager

Genevieve Mooy

Genevieve Mooy

May McIntyre - The Mom

Jane Menelaus

Jane Menelaus

Gwen

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Marilyn O'Donnell

Melva

Andrew S. Gilbert

Andrew S. Gilbert

Len Purvis

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Matthew Moore

Keith Morrison - The Soldier

Roz Hammond

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

Bernard Curry

Bernard Curry

Newspaper Reporter

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Beverley Dunn

Secretary

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Billy Mitchell

Cameron

Charles Tingwell

Charles Tingwell

Reverend Loftus

Kerry Walker

Kerry Walker

Pearl

Denise Roberts

Denise Roberts

Bronwyn

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Jeff Keogh

Ray

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Jason Ritterman

Adrian Hobbs

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Alexander Zent

Lead Guitarist

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Rowan Macartney

Trumpet

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Aidan Macartney

Trombone

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Jarrod Factor

Drummer

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Oliver McGill

Pianist

John Flaus

John Flaus

Ron

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Tayler Kane

Rudi

Neil Pigot

Neil Pigot

Journalist

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Darren Davidson

Camera Person

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Simon Donaldson

Sound Person

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Frank Bennett

Barry Steele

Randall Berger

Randall Berger

Ambassadors Aide

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Mal Walden

ABC Journalist

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Rod McNeil

Radio Newsreader

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Alister Paterson

ABC TV Newsreader

Colette Mann

Colette Mann

Betty the Bush Poet

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Susan Ward

Female Print Journalist

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Roger Crisp

Male Reporter

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Michael Collins

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2023-04-04

⭐ 8

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 t…

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