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The Dish is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Rob Sitch released in USA on 4 may 2001 with Sam Neill
The Dish (2000)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 may 2001
Length 1h41
Directed by Rob Sitch
OriginAustralie
Themes Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Sur la Lune
Rating71%
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.
Synopsis
The radio telescope at Parkes (Parkes Observatory), 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.Actors
Sam Neill
(Cliff Buxton - Dish Master)
Kevin Harrington
(Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers)
Tom Long
(Glenn Latham - Electronics)
Patrick Warburton
(Al Burnett - From NASA)
Roy Billing
(Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre)
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