All these years later, the sight of a man walking on the surface of the moon has lost none of its power.
The Dish
Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth.
2000 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, History
Directed by
Rob Sitch
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.
Director and cast
- Rob Sitch Director
- Sam Neill as Cliff Buxton
- Billy Mitchell as Cameron
- Patrick Warburton as Al Burnett - From NASA
- Roz Hammond as Miss Nolan
- Kevin Harrington as Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers
- Christopher-Robin Street as Damien
- Tom Long as Glenn Latham - Electronics
- Luke Keltie as Graeme
- Eliza Szonert as Janine Kellerman - The Girl
- Naomi Wright Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Both an entertaining, instructive jaunt down memory lane and also, for the younger generation, a most palatable lesson in modern history.
The Dish also does a nice job of evoking what 1969 was like for people who didn't live in San Francisco, Paris or even Melbourne, Australia.
Makes you admire the Australian ability to make a comedy that's sincere rather than crass.
For many moviegoers, that feel-good spirit is going to be hard to resist.
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