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

Welcome to Woop Woop

Aug 13, 1998

A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.

6.6

Australia

Nov 18, 2008

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

5.6

The Wog Boy

Feb 24, 2000

Steve liked Celia from the moment they met. But following a clash with her boss, Raelene Beagle-Thorpe, Minister for Employment, he finds himself on national television branded as Australia's biggest dole bludger. Now Steve has to prove to Celia, to himself, and to the whole country, that there's more to him than meets the eye. With a little help from his friends, he might just do it.

6.7

Slacker

Jul 5, 1991

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

6.8

Ten Canoes

Jun 29, 2006

A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story from the mythical past about how evil can slip in and cause havoc unless prevented by virtue according to customary tribal law.

3.8

Thunderstruck

May 20, 2004

After a near death experience, five Boys, all devoted AC/DC fans, make a pact to bury their best friend next to the grave of Bon Scott. 12 years later, having gone their different ways, they come together to fulfill the promise.

5.8

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

Jan 29, 2009

Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.

5.8

Oyster Farmer

Sep 10, 2004

A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.

7.0

The Proposition

Oct 6, 2005

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

5.4

Spotswood

Jan 23, 1992

Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.

6.7

Proof

Aug 15, 1991

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.

6.2

Opal Dream

Jul 12, 2006

Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11 years old brother Ashmol.

7.3

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

May 27, 2008

Anthea is 25, single, hates her job – and all her friends are leaving Brisbane. Should she follow the herd to Sydney or London? Is there anything worth staying for now that her best friend Michael finally has a girlfriend? This film tells a universal story about finding your place and yourself...

7.3

Swades

Dec 17, 2004

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

6.2

The Square

Jun 30, 2008

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

0.0

This Won't Hurt a Bit

Nov 12, 1993

An incompetent rogue dentist travels from Australia to the UK, where he wreaks havoc on English teeth until the law catches up with him.