The Dish
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Movie Reviews of The Dish
Movie Review: A gem.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie includes two of my favorites, Sam Neill and Patrick Warburton. Neill is endearing as the fatherly head of the team. Warburton is cast as a straight laced NASA engineer which he plays very well. I'm not used to him in a non-comedic role. It's a very likeable story with a large collection of local color characters. You are brought into each characters story in a gentle and endearing way. I thought Kevin Harrington was a real find. I enjoyed the historical aspect of the moonwalk as well. More movie fans should investigate Australian movies, there is so much to offer. If you like this, pick up the Australian release on DVD of "The Castle" as well. Don't bother with the US version. ( You will need an all-region DVD player)Movie Review: Tears - Laughter - Memories
Summary: 5 Stars
This is Apollo 11, our first step on the moon. This is also, quite simply, the best movie ever made about the space program. I say this from the vantage point of one who was there. I was lucky enough to work for NASA in those wonderful years of Apollo, and for many years after that. This movie, like the better known and grand "Apollo 13", captures those years and those moments with grace, humor, joy and a loving tenderness that still bring tears to my eyes every time I watch it. And I watch it several times a year, particularly on 20 July. Great casting, acting, music, cinematography and the original dish and computer equipment! Watch it and live those amazing times again. This is not just what happened; it's how it felt.Movie Review: An Australian Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
I just read some of the reviews for this movie, and it is great to see people other than Australians enjoying it. I think it is a heart warming movie about the 'little people' involved in the biggest event of the modern era: man walking on the moon.The soundtrack is true to the 1960's music, and the cast of Sam Neil, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton and Kevin Harrington (whom I was fortunate enough to meet recently and discuss the movie with) are perfect for their roles as casual Aussies and formal American.
There is a great number of Australian humour littered about the movie which anyone will enjoy. It isn't just the space program, but the town of Parkes (NSW)and the Dish - in a sheep paddock still to this day.
Movie Review: A great little movie
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are tired of hoopla and explosions and are looking for nice quite movie pick up The Dish. You will be glad you did.At the center of the film is the radio telescope in Banks Australia that recevied the TV signal when Apollo 11 landed on the moon. The story is that week in the lives of the citizens of Banks and the men who worked at the telescope. It's wonderful, tasty, slice of the times film. It's supposed to be a true story, and I hope it is, because it's a celebration of the little people with all their quirks and warts, who work behind the sceens of every big acheivment.
If you are too young to remember the moon landing, you might miss some of the film's charm, but it's still worth seeing.
Movie Review: The Dish
Summary: 5 Stars
Free of the clutter we get from Hollywood, this Australian movie is THE REAL THING. The true story of the 1968 lunar landing and the vital role Australia played bringing us those wonderful live videos as Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
How Mother Nature interceded at the last moment and how close we came to never seeing those historic images.
No Star Wars type razzle dazzle and special effects. Just that incredibly beautiful and powerful dish in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a cast of characters who are as legitimate as the sheep in the fields.
It is a joyous and thoroughly authentic film that belongs on everyone's Greatest Movies Ever list!