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efilmcritic.com - : When Nasa hires the Parkes radio telescope to help keep track of Apollo 11 while the moon is over Earth's southern hemisphere, no one realises how important their role will become. While the prime minister (Brown) and the town mayor (Billing) see it as a chance for a little positive PR, the crew at the dish (Neill, Harrington and Long) worry about everything that could go wrong. Especially with a Nasa guy (Warburton) on site to watch over their shoulders. more...
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www.eonline.com - : On July 20, 1969, nearly one billion viewers around the globe took one giant leap for mankind with Neil Armstrong's history-making moonwalk. Few, however, are aware of the pivotal role a very big, 1,000-ton satellite dish--located in a small, rural Aussie town--played in televising the historic lunar landing to the masses. That's the dish on The Dish, a picture that's already become one of the highest-grossing films in Australian history. Based on true events, this flick mixes historical drama and offbeat humor to be more charming than comical, in that quirky Down Under sort of way (especially when the hook-up goes on the blink and ''loses'' the Apollo 11 spacecraft). Some of the small-town characterizations can get wearingly stereotypical at times, but overall, this transmission--then and now--generates enough feel-good moments to make your spirits soar. more...
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