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The Dish

2000 · 101 min

A gentle, affectionate comedy of small-town eccentrics under pressure, quietly thrilling as the clock ticks toward history.

Directed by
Rob Sitch
Genres
Comedy, Drama, History
Starring
Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington
Tagline
Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth.
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.

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Directed by
Rob Sitch
Genres
Comedy, Drama, History
Starring
Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • loyalty
  • science
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, history
Directed by
Rob Sitch
Written by
Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch
Starring
Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Eliza Szonert, Roy Billing, John McMartin, Bille Brown
Music
Edmund Choi
Cinematography
Graeme Wood
Runtime
101 min
Country
Australia
Languages
French, English

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