The Dish (2001)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 41 mins | Comedy, Historical, Period | Released: 1/19/2001 |Box Office Total: $2.2M

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Synopsis:

It's July 1969, and on the eve of the Apollo 11 launch, NASA has turned to Parkes, New South Wales, home of one of the world's most powerful satellite dishes, to provide back-up power for this history making mission. Gearing up for the relauch is the cardigan sporting director of operations, Cliff Buxton, and his motley crew of electronics whiz kids including the ever acerbic Mitch and the shy Glenn. Though tensions rise when NASA representative Al Burnett arrives to show them all how to run things the American way, the group must band together when a last-minute change of plans by Neil Armstrong results in the Parkes dish being the only transmitter in position to deliver to the world some of the most important images in the history of space exploration.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/19/2001

Director	Credit
Rob Sitch	Director
Santo Cilauro	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Sam Neill	Cliff Buxton
Kevin Harrington	Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell
Tom Long	Glenn Latham
Patrick Warburton	Al Burnett
Genevieve Mooy	May McIntyre
Taylor Kane	Rudi Kellerman
Bille Brown	Prime Minister
Roy Billing	Mayor Bob McIntrye
Andrew S Gilbert	Len Purvis
Lenka Kripac	Marie McIntyre
Matthew Moore	Keith Morrison
Eliza Szonert	Janine Kellerman
John McMartin	US Ambassador
Carl Snell	Billy McIntyre
Billy Mitchell	Cameron
Roz Hammond	Miss Nolan
Christopher Robin-Street	Damien
Luke Keltie	Graeme
Naomi Wright	Melanie
Ben Wright-Smith	Nicholas
Beverley Dunn	secretary Voice-Over
Grant Thompson	Mr Callen
Bernard Curry	Newspaper Reporter
Kerry Walker	Pearl
Denise Roberts	Bronwyn
Jeff Keogh	Ray
Jason Ritterman	Adrian Hobbs
Alexander Zent	Lead Guitarist
Rowan Macartney	Trumpet
Aidan Macartney	Trombone
Jarrod Factor	Drummer
Oliver McGill	Pianist
Marilyn O'Donnell	Melva
Jane Menelaus	Gwen
John Flaus	Ron
Neil Pigot	Journalist
Darren Davidson	camera person
Simon Donaldson	Sound Person
Franklin Bennett	Barry Steele
Randall Berger	Ambassador's Aide
Charles Tingwell ('Bud')	Reverend Loftus
Mal Walden	ABC Journalist Voice-Over
Rod McNeil	Radio Newsreader Voice-Over
Alister Paterson	ABC TV Newsreader
Colette Mann	Betty--The Bush Poet
Susan Ward	Female Print Journalist
Roger Crisp	Male Reporter
Production Credits	Credit
Santo Cilauro	Producer
Michael Hirsh	Executive Producer
Tom Gleisner	Producer
Jane Kennedy	Producer
Rob Sitch	Producer
Michael Hirsh	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Working Dog Pictures	Production Company
Distant Horizon	Production Company
Roadshow Pictures	Production Company
Dish Film	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Icon Entertainment International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide	Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Nippon Herald Films, Inc	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New South Wales, Australia
CSIRO Radio Telescope, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Crawford Studios, Australia
Writer	Credit
Rob Sitch	Screenplay
Santo Cilauro	Screenplay
Tom Gleisner	Screenplay
Jane Kennedy	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Ben Morieson	Art Director
Carrie Kennedy	Production Designer
Rob Elliott	Art Department - stoeyboard artwork
Casting	Credit
Jane Kennedy	Casting
Yeskel Hicks	Casting
Richard Hicks	Casting
Choreography	Credit
Tony Bartuccio	Choreographer - dance hall choreography
Film Camera	Credit
Richard Hosking	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Graeme Wood	Director of Photography
Harry Panagiotidis	Steadicam Operator
Warwick Field	Camera Operator - aerial camera operator (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Summit Entertainment, LLC	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Geoffrey Payne	Trumpet - trumpet solo
Sonny Kompanek	Orchestrations
Damien Montalvo	Band - band music engineer
Edmund Choi	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
Edmund Choi	Music
Jane Kennedy	Music Supervisor
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	Music Performer
Doug Brady	Music Editor
Graeme Evans	Soloist - horn solo
The Australian Boys Choir	Music Performer
Dan Sullivan	Band - band music engineer
Peter Michael Sullivan	Music
Markus Stenz	Music Conductor - orchestra chief conductor/artistic director
Lawrence Manchester	Music - musical score recorder/mixer
Physical Effects	Credit
Jill Fischer	Prosthetics
Production Management	Credit
Annie Maver	Assistant Director
Susannah Mott	Production Coordinator
Debra Choate	Line Producer
Annie Went	Continuity
Andrew Osboldstone	Unit Manager
Sylvia Walker-Wilson	Post-Production Supervisor
Iain Pirret	Assistant Director
Pauline Hirsh	Production Coordinator - 2nd unit coordinator (2nd Unit)
Matthew Rooke	Assistant Director
Justin O'Neill	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Philippe Decrausaz	Sound - sound recording
Gerry Long	Foley Artist
Andrew Neil	Foley Recordist
Roger Savage	Sound Mixer
Francis Lindsay	Foley Artist
Visual Effects	Credit
Carrie Kennedy	Visual Effects - model maker
Aaron Beaucaire	Special Effects
Andrea Parkes	Visual Effects
Gareth Vanderhope	Special Effects - atmos/special effects editor
Skye Ritchie	Special Effects - atmos/special effects editor
Murray Curtis	Visual Effects
Tim Parrington	Visual Effects
Peter Webb	Visual Effects
Ben Morieson	Visual Effects - model maker
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Simone Albert	Makeup
Kitty Stuckey	Costume Designer
Gabrielle Travers	Costume Supervisor
Caroline Styles	Hair - hair & make-up designer
Wesley Wofford	Prosthetic Makeup - key prosthetic makeup artist
Ian Loughnan	Makeup
Noriko Watanabe	Makeup - makeup 'Old Man' sequence

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