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.
Acting
Sam Neill's quietly magnificent grief carrying the whole film.
Production
That 64-meter dish is REAL and still standing in Parkes.
Writing
The cricket scene — perfect comic tension, zero dialogue.
Director
Rob Sitch
Sam Neill
Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
Patrick Warburton
Al Burnett - From NASA
Kevin Harrington
Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers
Tom Long
Glenn Latham - Electronics
Eliza Szonert
Janine Kellerman - The Girl
Roy Billing
Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre
John McMartin
U.S. Ambassador Howard
Bille Brown
Prime Minister
Andrew S. Gilbert
Len Purvis
Genevieve Mooy
May McIntyre - The Mom
Lenka Kripac
Marie McIntyre - The Teenager
Roz Hammond
Miss Nolan - Teacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Parkes dish did lose the Apollo 11 signal for minutes; the film's power outage is fictionalized drama.
This film single-handedly rebranded the Parkes dish from obscure tech to Australian national icon — tourism still spikes every moon landing anniversary.
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