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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…
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The Dish
“Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth.”
68%
Movie
1h 41m
AI Analysis
The Dish (2000) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Dish (2000) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Drama, and History with funny and epic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~101 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Dish 68% (228 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
68%
from 228 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2000-10-19
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- TMDB rating
- 6.8
- TMDB ID
- 5257
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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.
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How long is the movie The Dish?
The official runtime for The Dish is approximately 101 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Sam Neill
Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
Patrick Warburton
Al Burnett - From NASA
Kevin Harrington
Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers
Tom Long
Glenn Latham - Electronics
Eliza Szonert
Janine Kellerman - The Girl
Roy Billing
Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre
John McMartin
U.S. Ambassador Howard
Bille Brown
Prime Minister
- T
Tayler Kane
Rudi Kellerman - Safeguard
Andrew S. Gilbert
Len Purvis
Genevieve Mooy
May McIntyre - The Mom
- C
Carl Snell
Billy McIntyre - The Kid
Lenka Kripac
Marie McIntyre - The Teenager
- M
Matthew Moore
Keith Morrison - The Soldier
Roz Hammond
Miss Nolan - Teacher
- C
Christopher-Robin Street
Damien - Student
- G
Grant Thompson
Mr. Callen
- L
Luke Keltie
Graeme - Student
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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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