Directed by:
Rob SitchScreenplay:
Tom GleisnerComposer:
Edmund ChoiCast:
Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Lenka Kripac, Jarrod Factor, Buzz Aldrin (a.f.), Bille Brown, John McMartin, Roy Billing (more)Plots(1)
On July 20, 1969, six hundred million people sat glued to their televisions for man's first steps on the moon. It is an image permanently ingrained in our collective consciousness, but one that almost didn't make it to the airwaves. Based on true-life events, The Dish is a waggish homage to the small-town heroes responsible for a historically almost calamitous blunder. Outside the small, sleepy town of Parkes, a team of laid-back astro-technicians led by project director Cliff Buxton and NASA agent Al Burnett ready the Southern Hemisphere's largest satellite dish to transmit the historic broadcast. But amidst a swirling media frenzy and overly effusive civic pride, things start to go awry; the team has lost the signal and must scramble to find the astronauts before NASA discovers their grievous error… (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sam Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/700/163700499_633147.jpg)
Sam Neill
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Piano (1993)
Kevin Harrington
Australia
Tom Long
USA
Best movies:
Two Hands (1999)
The Dish (2000)
Country Life (1994)
![Patrick Warburton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/055/162055459_49e385.jpg)
Patrick Warburton
USA
Best movies:
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story (2005) (video compilation)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
![Lenka Kripac](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/575/164575626_533001.jpg)
Lenka Kripac
Australia
Best movies:
The Dish (2000)
Lost Things (2003)
Jarrod Factor
Australia
Best movies:
The Dish (2000)
![Buzz Aldrin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/470/158470905_05eaeb.jpg)
Buzz Aldrin (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Dish (2000) - a.f.
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV movie)
Fire, Ice & Dynamite (1990)
Bille Brown
Australia
Best movies:
Unfinished Sky (2007)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
The Dish (2000)
![John McMartin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886376_66d634.jpg)
John McMartin
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
All the President's Men (1976)
Kinsey (2004)
![Roy Billing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064221_7cf50e.jpg)
Roy Billing
New Zealand
Best movies:
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Underbelly Files: Infiltration (2011) (TV movie)
Unfinished Sky (2007)
Matthew Moore
Australia
Best movies:
The Dish (2000)
Burning Man (2011)
Bernard Curry
Australia
Best movies:
The Dish (2000)
A Boy Called Sailboat (2018)
Blonde (2001) (TV movie)
![Neil Pigot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/749/161749264_7bf464.jpg)
Neil Pigot
Australia
Best movies:
Red Dog (2011)
Blessed (2009)
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Kerry Walker
Australia
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Piano (1993)
Australia (2008)
![Neil Armstrong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/470/158470906_f7035a.jpg)
Neil Armstrong (a.f.)
USA
![John F. Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273979_87eac6.jpg)
John F. Kennedy (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Les Figures de l'ombre (2016) - a.f.
![Richard Nixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/793/161793107_27accb.jpg)
Richard Nixon (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007) - a.f.
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
All the President's Men (1976) - a.f.
Roz Hammond
Best movies:
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
The Dish (2000)
How to Please a Woman (2022)
Genevieve Mooy
Best movies:
Escape from Pretoria (2020)
Deadline Gallipoli (2015) (series)
The Dish (2000)
Beverley Dunn
Australia
Best movies:
Shine (1996)
Charlie & Boots (2009)
The Dish (2000)