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Santo Cilauro (conceived and written by) &
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Release Date:
27 April 2001 (USA) more
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Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth more
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A remote Australian antenna, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing. full summary | full synopsis
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3 wins & 11 nominations more
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A great feel-good comedy. more (191 total)

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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
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101 min | France:97 min (DVD)
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Parkes technicians sometimes do take a ride on the moving dish, as Cliff explains in the film. However, the scene depicting the Parkes crew playing cricket on the dish is pure fiction. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Near end of film when high winds hit Parkes, a welcome banner stretching across the main street says "Welcome Prime MinAster", e.g., "Minister" is misspelled as "Minaster" on the banner. more
Quotes:
Al Burnett: I stand corrected.
Ross "Mitch" Mitchell: No, you're WRONG!
Al Burnett: Do we have a problem?
Ross "Mitch" Mitchell: Yeah! You treat us like a pack of galahs!
Glenn Latham: That's a type of parrot.
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References "Hawaii Five-O" (1968) more
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Fly Me To The Moon more

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13 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
A great feel-good comedy., 20 April 2003
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Author: Jack the Ripper1888 from Chicagooooooo

This film was extremely hard for me to get into, but once I got interested, I couldn't turn away. The performances were great the story was pleasantly refreshing. After I had seen the small town Irish comedy WAKING NED DEVINE, I was in the mood for feel-good comedies. THE DISH was the next best thing. But, as it turns out, I liked THE DISH far better.

It is a small town comedy set in a rural Australian town during the days preceeding the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, it brought everyone on the Earth together. This film gives an idea as to what it must have been like to see that experience.

The film was a greatly pleasant movie and I was totally delighted to have a film as heartwarming and truly great as this. Sam Neill (JURASSIC PARK) and Patrick Warburton (SCREAM 3, BIG TROUBLE) who I feel are both very good actors take the leading roles of this delightful movie experience. Surely a film that you will want to watch over and over again. I recommend OCTOBER SKY and WAKING NED DEVINE.

THE DISH: 5/5.

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