The Dish

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.

Cast

Sam Neill

as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master

Patrick Warburton

as Al Burnett - From NASA

Kevin Harrington

as Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers

Tom Long

as Glenn Latham - Electronics

Eliza Szonert

as Janine Kellerman - The Girl

Roy Billing

as Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre

John McMartin

as U.S. Ambassador Howard

Bille Brown

as Prime Minister

Tayler Kane

as Rudi Kellerman - Safeguard

Andrew S. Gilbert

as Len Purvis

Reviews

Peter McGinn

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 eve...

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