The Dish (2000)

Release date: 2001-05-04
Country: Australia
Language: English
Director: Rob Sitch
Production Co: Working Dog, Distant Horizon, Dish Film Ltd.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Rating: 7.1/10
Length: 1h 41min

Storyline

In the days before the July 19, 1969 space mission that marked humankind's first steps on the moon, NASA was working with a group of Australian technicians who had agreed to rig up a satellite interface. That the Aussies placed the satellite dish smack dab in the middle of an Australian sheep farm in the boondocks town of Parkes was just one of the reasons that NASA was concerned. Based on a true story, The Dish takes a smart, witty, comical look at the differing cultural attitudes between Australia and the U.S. while revisiting one of the greatest events in history.