Movies: The Dish
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Why is this episode a tribute to Sam Neill and what is “The Dish” about?
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Hello and welcome to the best movies you've never seen, our movie uh our podcast, I should say, about movies. Movies that I've seen and uh know very well. And uh the whole idea of the show is to show them to Trevor Long, uh our co host who has never seen them before. Trev, welcome. One of Australia's leading movie reviewers. Yeah, you're getting up there. What are we now? Two fifty something? Yeah, I think we passed two fifteen. Yeah, I think we've passed two fifty. Yeah, yeah. So yeah. Is in my dust. This week we are watching The Dish. This is an Aussie movie, uh, warm-hearted comedy drama that follows, let's call it the true-ish story of the 64 meter parks observatory radio telescope in rural New South Wales, and the role it played broadcasting the 1969 Apollo 11 moonwalk to
Six hundred million people. Wow. All from a sheep paddock in parks. There you go. Now the movie is actually based on a true story. The name of the real director of the Parks Antenna was Dr. John Bolton. Now did you know This movie was brought to you by the same people who did the castle. I did not be aware of that. That's one of the f one of the many things I know about this movie, even though I haven't watched it. So directed by Rob Sitch and the uh what's the name of their company? The Working Dog. Working Dog. Uh they've done a fantastic job with uh with the castle, and of course they've brought their talents to this one. But at time of recording, reason we put this up in the uh in the run is because we are paying tribute to the to Sam Neal, who passed away uh a few weeks ago at time of recording.
So we thought we'd uh this would be a bit of a tribute to his talents. This this I think one of his yeah, I'm not obviously his most well known film, but I think greatest one of his m best known Australian films. And we've done many of these before. We have, yeah, we did Dead Card. Hunt for Red October. Yeah, Hunt for Red October, Jurassic Park. So we're Sam Neil fans this week. Right, had you heard you'd heard of this, surely. So I've heard of this, no doubt. And I y here's the thing about this movie. Uh I hadn't seen it. I definitely knew the story, so I knew not just because I I'm a big working dog fan. Um from the D gen days through the late show all the way. Yep, yep. Love everything they do. But this one got through to
the keeper though, did it? Uh well it's just a movie, so I don't I d I don't do movies, right? Right. So I uh ca it's so that's the weird thing. I knew uh so much of it but had not watched it. Okay, well I'm glad we've done something about that. Yeah. Uh let's talk Roger Ebert's review. Three point five out of four stars. For Rog. Roger Ebert. Wow. Ebert. Here's what he said. Sitch laces the moonwalk and the local plots together so effortlessly it would be unfair to describe his plot developments. He doesn't want to spoil it, see. There's also the inspired solution to another Crisis when Parks loses the spacecraft after a power outage, and Glenn trying to find her with frantic mathematical calculations before the team hits upon a solution of stunning simplicity.
The dish is rich in its supporting characters. I like the Mayor's daughter Marie, who's moved on from the sunny idealistic 60s and already embodies the sullen, resentful 70s. I like the way Mayor Bob and his Wife so cheerfully totally dote on each other, and the way she tries to get him to use the upscale name May for her, when he's been calling her Maisie as long as he can remember, and the way Rudy, the security guard, is in fact the town's greatest security threat.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is this episode a tribute to Sam Neill and what is “The Dish” about?
0:07–10:16
2
How do the hosts introduce the film’s premise and historical background?
10:16–19:08
3
Which cast members and characters are highlighted before the movie starts?
19:08–28:27
4
What did Roger Ebert say about “The Dish” and how did the hosts react?
28:27–36:13
5
What production facts and filming locations do the hosts reveal about the movie?
36:13–44:56
6
How does the story handle the power outage and the team’s decision to keep the dish pointed at the moon?
44:56–49:13
7
How is the Apollo 11 moon landing depicted and why is it the episode’s climax?
49:13–52:17
8
What final ratings and take‑aways do the hosts give for “The Dish”?
52:17–53:32