FEATURE FILM

The Dish

6.8/10
TMDB245 votes
2000Original: English101 min

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History
Cast: Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Eliza Szonert

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About The Dish

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

The Dish (2000) is a film in the comedy, drama, history genres. Directed by Rob Sitch. The cast includes Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long.

Released
2000-10-19
Original language
English
Runtime
101 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Australia
Production companies
Working Dog, Distant Horizon
Directors
Rob Sitch
Writers
Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch

The Dish cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.8/10 from 245 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

Peter McGinn

TMDB member review

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…

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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 the world. Among the supporting cast we also have a radical political daughter and a clumsy young couple trying to initiate a new romance. It all adds flavor to the main plot.

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What is The Dish about?

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.

Who stars in The Dish?

Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Eliza Szonert, Roy Billing. See the cast cards above for character names.

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