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The Dish
2000 - Rob Sitch - 104 mins - Australia
Fri 25 Jan 2002 at 8.30pm
Joyce's Lounge, Tuamgraney, Co. Clare
Midnight Court Rating: 4.0 (1 votes)
Imagine a film about an event that is so often played up as American achievement,
(NASA loses a satellite) and have it set in a far-away land (Australia) about
a team whose unknown efforts helped assure it was all a success, and you'd
have The Dish, a delightful film about the true story of a small town, Parkes,
with a very big satelite dish. The film introduces us to a variety of townsfolk,
but the emphasis is on the four men controlling the Dish, three locals, and
one Yank (Warburton). It's a mixture of historical drama and comedy that is
at times emotional and inspirational and funny in that quirky down-under sort
of way.
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