The Dish

Oct 19, 2000

1h 41m

★ 6.7

Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

History

Production Companies

Working Dog

Distant Horizon

The Dish Trailers

Cast

Cliff Buxton - Dish Master

Sam Neill

Al Burnett - From NASA

Patrick Warburton

Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers

Kevin Harrington

Glenn Latham - Electronics

Tom Long

Janine Kellerman - The Girl

Eliza Szonert

Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre

Roy Billing

U.S. Ambassador Howard

John McMartin

Prime Minister

Bille Brown

Rudi Kellerman - Safeguard

Tayler Kane

Len Purvis

Andrew S. Gilbert

May McIntyre - The Mom

Genevieve Mooy

Billy McIntyre - The Kid

Carl Snell

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5.9

Metal Skin

Feb 21, 1994

Psycho Joe loves one thing: fast cars! When he gets a job at a local supermarket, Joe meets fellow "petrol head" Dazey, who quickly becomes his idol and best friend. Soon after, Joe falls for Savina, a goth girl who practices black magic. But Savina has already fallen for Dazey and will do anything to get him -- including using Joe's feelings for her. In true Shakespearean fashion, this trio race down the road to tragedy.

5.5

Jindabyne

Jul 20, 2006

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

6.4

Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon

Nov 17, 1996

Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.

3.2

Dallas Doll

Nov 3, 1994

Dallas, an American golf tutor, arrives in a quiet Sydney suburb to teach at the local school and sets about causing chaos with the family she stays with.

7.1

Candy

May 25, 2006

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

7.3

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

May 31, 1994

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

5.6

The Astronaut's Wife

Aug 27, 1999

When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?

7.7

A Million Miles Away

Sep 8, 2023

The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.

6.3

The Astronaut Farmer

Feb 23, 2007

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.

6.1

Ned Kelly

Mar 22, 2003

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

5.3

Kangaroo Jack

Jan 17, 2003

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

7.2

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sep 2, 1975

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

0.0

Blue Tongue

Jul 1, 2005

A distant boy and a disturbed girl discover a blue tongue nest, but not all is as it appears.

7.4

Contact

Jul 11, 1997

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

7.5

Apollo 13

Jun 30, 1995

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

7.4

Grease

Jun 16, 1978

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

7.5

A Grand Day Out

May 18, 1990

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.