The Dish
by Rob Sitch
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Actor: Billy Mitchell (II), Christopher-Robin Street, Luke Keltie, Rosalind Hammond, Sam NeillDirector: Rob Sitch
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-31
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: The Dish
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was an unexpected find. We had never heard of it. We saw it in a movie rental store and we liked Sam Neill, so we thought we'd give it a try. Since then it has become one of those movies you can watch over and over, you pull it out for friends and family to see because they have never heard of it either. I have bought it to give away as birthday and Christmas gifts and people are always delighted. It is full of humor, nostalgia, some suspense, and leaves you with this wonderful sense of pride and accomplishment. You need to give it a try. It's a different point of view of man's first walk on the moon. You won't be disappointed.
Summary of The Dish
The Dish, a good-natured and effortlessly funny Australian drama-comedy directed by Rob Sitch (The Castle), is filled with warm-hearted characters and has a factual hook that's irresistibly inspiring. This cumulative goodwill springs forth from the rural town of Parkes in New South Wales, where a 1,000-ton radio observatory dish is recruited to relay telemetry, voice, and television signals from the historic Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. To make sure the dish delivers Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind" to 600 million eager viewers, site director Cliff Buxton (Sam Neill, at his gentle best) relies on a three-man crew consisting of an American NASA watchdog (Patrick Warburton, resembling a bearish Clark Kent), a sarcastic engineer (Kevin Harrington), and a lovestruck math whiz (Tom Long) who's pining for the sister of the dish's rather dimly overzealous security guard (Taylor Kane).Numerous other supporting characters add color to the proceedings, and crises arise (albeit briefly) when power outage, signal loss, and windstorms threaten to spoil Parkes's proudest hour. It all rates a bit high on the cuteness meter, but The Dish is so smoothly amusing that you won't object to its eagerness to please. By focusing on the Aussie locals, the film reminds us that the moon landing was an occasion of global unity, and pride in all humanity is reflected in the wondrous smiles of Cliff, his crew, and the citizens of Parkes. That they played such a small but pivotal role in this historical milestone is just one of many joys to be discovered in this delightful little movie. --Jeff Shannon
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