It is light hearted, comic and includes an understated turn from sam neil of jurassic park. It perfectly recalls the wide eyed global excitement surrounding the moonwalk of neil armstrong and uncovers interesting facts about it that were little known at the time. The parkes observatory also known informally as the dish is a radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of parkes, new south wales, australia. Personalize your dish premium channel lineup with your choice of addon channel packs to get the most out of your home entertainment. Well, jurassic park iii sucked, but at least sam neill can boast about the dish, a mildly entertaining and modestly original australian film about a little known fact involving the apollo 11 mission.
It placed second for the peoples choice award at the 2000 toronto film festivalafter crouching tiger, hidden dragon. Its scientific contributions over the decades led the abc to. Dish, the on dvd 085392124923 from warner bros directed by rob sitch. The movie features dozens of sharply but observed moments and delightfully quirky characters, including a dim security guard, a militaryobsessed teenager with a crush on the mayors daughter, and the engineers themselves. This is how the biggest television event in history was almost not televised. The first film completed in hollywood was 1908s the count of monte cristo, although production of the film began in chicago.
Get thousands of the biggest movies and innovative original series at your disposal with epix on dish. Independent film channel is home to independent movies, documentaries and cult television. Its easy to get the hottest movies, shows, and events with a 3month free trial of over 15 premium channels. I really recommend it as a gentle, humorous enjoyable movie. The dish 2001 cast and crew the true story of a group of eccentric scientists who are responsible for manning a satellite dish inauspiciously located on a remote australian sheep farm.
Dish network satellite tv viewers will find indie spirit on the television with this fan favorite channel. Its up to the unconventional aussie crew and the bythebook nasa supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing. Watch nine channels worth of top films and critically acclaimed original series like shameless. It was the eighth film produced by pixar, and was written and directed by brad bird, who took over from jan pinkava in 2005, and produced by brad lewis, from an original idea from pinkava and jim capobianco. The dish aside, the three most successful australian films in 2000 were.
The dish is an enjoyable aussie film about the apollo 11 moonwalk broadcasting. I saw the film a number of years ago and loved it, particularly the fact that this magnificent structure sits in the middle of a sheep paddock. The dish 2001 the true story of a group of eccentric scientists who are responsible for manning a satellite dish inauspiciously located on a remote australian sheep farm. Nasa has set up a satellite dish in a tiny australian town to televise the first moon landing in 1969. An audience favorite at the 2000 toronto film festival, the dish stars sam niell jurassic park, the piano and patrick warburton the emperors new groove, tvs seinfeld.
Its up to the unconventional aussie crew and the by the book nasa supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing occurs. The fact that it was based on a true story made it even better for me. With sam neill, billy mitchell, roz hammond, christopherrobin street. The dish soundtrack from 2001, composed by edmund choi. There was a minimum of profanity and a lot of good humour. Its up to the unconventional aussie crew and the bythebook nasa supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing occurs. I saw the film on video ad would recommend it as a family movie, but for older children. The dish is closer in spirit to gentle british and irish comedies like waking ned devine and the matchmaker than more characteristically edgy australian comedies such as strictly ballroom, muriels wedding, and priscilla, queen of the desert. Australias involvement in the 1969 apollo xi moon landing.
During the lab i received mentoring from notable directors such as catherine hardwicke director of thirteen, twilight, little red riding hood and rodrigo garcia director of big love, in treatment hbo, albert nobbs and several. Such is the case with the dish, a tongueincheek aussie comedy about a reallife hamlet called parkes and how it was put on the map in 1969 when the giant satellite dish located in a sheep pasture just outside of town became the southern hemispheres relay station for the apollo 11 moon landing. Story telling how the biggest television event in history was almost not televised. Released by varese sarabande in 2001 302 066 226 2 containing music from the dish 2001. After the us release on 16th march 2001, the films opening weekend saw a. At the site, something has gone wrong and there is little time to find and correct the problem. In a sheep pasture outside the little town of parkes in new south wales stands the pride and joy of australian astronomy, a radio telescope the. Corrente may direct a film for revere but will concentrate primarily on getting the company up and running, establishing revere outposts in new york and l. The first film made entirely in hollywood was a short film in 1910. The title refers to the french dish ratatouille, which is served at the. Apollo 11 goes to the moon and the first step is to be televised around the globe. The rest of the film s remaining categories have nothing in the way of major objectionable content.
From first run indie films to televisions shows and comedies, ifc is always on, if slightly off. Premium movie channels on dish i want to add more movies and live events, like boxing matches, to my tv package. Well i finally made it and went to visit parkes last month. The dish 2000 director rob sitch sam neill and kevin harrington in the dish 2000 sam neill. The dish movie pack includes epix, mgm hd, sony movie channel.
Sam neill, leading the australian cast, sets the tone. Front hub assembly pair for 2000 2001 2002 ford expedition lincoln navigator fits. Staring mario mccabe, sam neill, tayler kane and genevieve mooy. Nevertheless, should you still be concerned about the film s appropriateness, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings for more information about whats present andor occurs in the film. What is fascinating is that the dish still sits in the middle of a field almost in the middle of nowhere and it was wonderful to see the location. A remote australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first apollo moon landing.
This is one of the best ways to expand you satellite tv package with premium channels that will appeal to the whole family. People who havent done this wouldnt know but they would still love this movie. An audience favorite at the 2000 toronto film festival, the dish stars sam niell. Independent film channel on dish network channel 3. Its up to the unconventional aussie crew and the by the book nasa supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing. Explore the best movies by year and genre, dont miss the old and new hindienglish blockbuster movies. Movie pack channels are available to watch anytime, and anywhere, with dish on demand and dish anywhere. The dish is a 2000 australian historical comedydrama film that tells the story of the parkes. The dish is a 2000 australian historical comedydrama film that tells the story of the parkes observatorys role in relaying live television of humanitys first steps on the moon during the apollo 11 mission in 1969.
The dish 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This add on package is included free for 3 months with qualifying new tv packages. By focusing on the aussie locals, the film reminds us that the moon landing was an. As the parkes team play a game of cricket in the dishs bowl with bat and. The dish has affection for every one of its characters, forgives them their trespasses, understands their ambitions, doesnt mock them and is very funny. This film is based on the true story of a giant satellite dish at parkes observatory in the outback that was used to relay video and telemetry signals from the apollo 11 moon mission, video footage that was ultimately viewed by 600 million tv spectators of the moon landing. Ratatouille is a 2007 american computeranimated comedy film produced by pixar and released by walt disney pictures. The dish also does a nice job of evoking what 1969 was like for people who didnt live in san francisco, paris or even melbourne, australia. Dish the feature was also 1 of 8 projects selected to take part in the 2010 film independent directors lab.