The Dish

[brian nordstrom]

Hi all , I was in Cashies yesterday for a little squize , you never know what nugget's you will find ? , and find one I did! :thumbsup: .
Going thru the DVD's I found the movie ,
" The Dish " , about the Parks radio telescope and its use during the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing , ( as if I need to tell you's that ..? :rofl: ) And I had forgotten this rare Jem of a movie .
Such a great uplifting movie , I wathced it last night and probably again today if the weather dont clear .
Sam Neil , Kevin Harrington , Tom Fong and Patrick Warburtin are all awsome in this , along with the whole cast .
:D Its the sort of movie that I can tell all the cast and crew had a good time making it as everyone fits their charactors perfectly/ happily and pulls them off , naturally very well .
A real nugget and keepere this one is.
I still fell good inside and proud of this acheavement this morning , yep a great movie , if you ;) like me havn't seen it in a while do your selves a favor , grab it and watch it , I guarentee it will make your day ( 's) .
Brian .

[Larryp]

I agree with you, Brian. Its a nice, feelgood sort of movie with the added bonus of being of historic significance-although I am sure there were some embellishments to make it a better movie.

[rolls05]

One of my favs. Pretty close to the true story. Did you know it was filmed in Forbes?. Parks had changed too much over the years. Lovely movie.

[Omaroo]

Brian.... Apollo 11, not 12.

[brian nordstrom]

:confused2: OOPS I will edit ...
Brian.

[Scorpius51]

Embellishments? Yep! The initial signal actually came from Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra - not Parkes. There were a few other examples of artistic license, too. See http://www.outreach.atnf.csiro.au/visiting/parkes/looselybased.html.

That being said, it was a great movie and I would love to see it again!

Cheers
John

[Stardrifter_WA]

The adage applies John: "Why let the truth get in the way of a good story" :D

I liked the The Dish too. Great Aussie movie.

[leon]

Top movie indeed, i also have the DVD and have watched it numerous times, very enjoyable.

Leon

[erick]

I picked it up cheaply about 8-10 weeks ago and sat and watched with my wife - then watched again - twice(!) - the Directors' commentaries. Loved it.

[cohiba]

Watched it about 20 times love it, like the bit when the young guy (security) is on the Walkie Talkie good Ausie humor

[brian nordstrom]

:shrug: What walkie talkie ? :rofl:
very funny that , had me giggling away as well .
Brian.

[Forgey]

Watched it a couple of weeks ago, great movie.

[Ric]

I have to agree, one of those classic Australian movies.

I think it might be time to get it out for another viewing.

[Kunama]

"The Dish" One of my favourite movies along with "The Castle"

as mentioned above the Parkes Dish was not the actual dish to receive the 'Moonwalk'.

Here is a quick photo of the real 'Dish' that I took about 2 hours ago:
This is the 26metre DSS46 which was built in 1967 and installed at Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station ( 35°35′1″S 148°58′36″E ) for the Apollo program, it was subsequently dismantled in 1984 and moved to Tidbinbilla Tracking Station where it was used for DSS work till 2009.

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: Thanks for that Matt , what a great piece of engineering :D .
Makes one feel proud .
Brian.