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May 4, 2001 · The Dish: Directed by Rob Sitch. With Sam Neill, Billy Mitchell, Roz Hammond, Christopher-Robin Street. A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.
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- Comedy, Drama, History
- Rob Sitch
- 2001-05-04
DISH Production is the brainchild of Deepayan Purkait, a humble artist and storyteller from Kolkata. Like the name suggests, DISH believes in serving films like tasty dishes.
Oct 11, 2012 · Based on an amazing true story the funny and moving tale of Australia's part in the Apollo 11 moon mission. 'The Dish' is the story of the role played by the...
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1. “We're in the middle of the greatest feat ever attempted. This is science's chance to be daring.” The Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang did support the Apollo 11 mission. Affectionately known as ‘The Dish’, our telescope tracked Apollo 11 throughout its journey, gathering voice signals from the astronauts, telemetry from the spaceship, and the t...
1. “Honeysuckle Creek, they also have voice and telemetry, yes?” The movie’s biggest departure from real events is that it gives all credit to the team at the Parkes radio telescope, Murriyang. In reality, the team at NASA’s Honeysuckle Creek tracking station near Canberra as well as other facilities around Australia – including Parkes – all played...
On 20 and 21 July 2019 we celebrated 50 years since the Moon landing with a weekend of open days at the Parkes Observatory. There were tours of The Dish, talks by Aussie-born NASA astronaut Dr Andrew Thomas, daytime stargazing, roving performers and musicians, face painting, food, astrophotography, and much more. Roy Billing, who played the Parkes ...
The Dish is a 2000 Australian historical comedy-drama film that tells the story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It was the top-grossing Australian film in 2000.
Apr 6, 2001 · With "The Dish" and "The Castle," Sitch and his producing partner Michael Hirsh have made enormously entertaining movies. Perhaps just as importantly, they've made good-hearted movies. Recent Hollywood comedy has tilted toward vulgarity, humiliation and bathroom humor.
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Mar 14, 2001 · The Dish - Metacritic. Summary Set on a sheep farm in the remote town of Parkes, Australia in 1969, this is the amusing story of a satellite interface that served as a relay between NASA and Apollo 11 during the historic mission to the moon. Comedy.
