The Dish

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comedy-drama film film

The Dish is a 2000 Australian comedy-drama film about a rural satellite dish crew in Parkes, New South Wales, who play a crucial role in broadcasting the Apollo 11 Moon landing to the world.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
The Dish canonical 7
The Dish radio telescope 1
film "The Dish" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived AFI Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay
basedOn events surrounding the Parkes Observatory role in Apollo 11 ⓘ
cinematographyBy Graeme Wood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
director Rob Sitch ⓘ
distributor Roadshow Film Distributors ⓘ
surface form: Roadshow Entertainment
editedBy Jill Bilcock ⓘ
filmingLocation New South Wales ⓘ
genre comedy-drama film ⓘ
historical fiction film ⓘ
space race film ⓘ
hasCastMember Bille Brown ⓘ
Eliza Szonert ⓘ
Genevieve Mooy ⓘ
Kevin Harrington ⓘ
Lenka Kripac ⓘ
Patrick Warburton ⓘ
Roy Billing ⓘ
Sam Neill ⓘ
Tom Long ⓘ
hasTitle The Dish self-link ⓘ
mainSubject Apollo 11 ⓘ
surface form: Apollo 11 Moon landing

satellite communications ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Edmund Choi ⓘ
narrativeFocus rural satellite dish crew broadcasting Apollo 11 Moon landing ⓘ
narrativeLocation Parkes Observatory ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Australian cinema of the 2000s ⓘ
portrays Parkes Observatory ⓘ
producer Jane Kennedy ⓘ
Michael Hirsh ⓘ
Rob Sitch ⓘ
Tom Gleisner ⓘ
productionCompany Working Dog Productions ⓘ
publicationDate 2000 ⓘ
releaseRegion Australia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
runtime 101 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Jane Kennedy ⓘ
Rob Sitch ⓘ
Santo Cilauro ⓘ
Tom Gleisner ⓘ
setInLocation Australia ⓘ
Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
setInPeriod 1969 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jane Menelaus → notableWork → The Dish ⓘ
Parkes → hasNearbyAttraction → The Dish ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dish radio telescope
Ken Sallows → notableWork → The Dish ⓘ
The Dish → hasTitle → The Dish self-link ⓘ
Jill Bilcock → notableWork → The Dish ⓘ
Jill Bilcock → editedFilm → The Dish ⓘ
The Soup → hasSpinOff → The Dish ⓘ
Parkes Observatory → altName → The Dish ⓘ
Parkes Observatory → featuredIn → The Dish ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "The Dish"