The Dish Movie Review 2000

Tells the true story of a NASA official (Neill) and his group of local Aussie technicians as they manned the satellite dish responsible for bringing to TV sets around the world man's first footsteps on the moon in 1969. Originally only a backup plan, the Australian dish was called into action when the receiver in California became useless after a change in Apollo 11's flight path. Treats the central, spectacular event itself with dignity and appropriate awe, but also squeezes humor and emotion out of all that leads up to it.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1960s, Down Under, True Stories, Science & Scientists, Space Operas, To the Moon!

Screenplay

Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy

Cast

Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Tom Long, Kevin Harrington, Bille Brown, John McMartin, Tayler Kane, Eliza Szonert, Carl Snell

Cinematography

Graeme Wood

Director

Rob Sitch

Music

Edmund Choi

Other

Roger Savage, Jill Bilcock, Ben Morieson, Kitty Stuckey, Carrie Kennedy

Producer

Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch, Working Dog Productions, Warner Bros.