It's the biggest event since sheep invented wool! Apollo 11's astronauts will walk on the moon - and the 1,000 ton satellite dish in tiny, sheep farming Parkes, Australia, will beam the event globally. But as giddy citizens prepare for the moment when the world will depend on them, the dish flatlines. And its quirky Aussie crew and by-the-book NASA supervisor from the U.S. have very different ideas about how to fix it.
Synopsis: Offbeat, uplifting comedy about the American and Australian scientists working the radio telescope that provided video of Neil Armstrong's historic 1969 moon walk and the excitement the event generated in the telescope's home, Parkes, Australia.
Production Year:
2001
Released:
Tue, 08/28/2001
Run Time Minutes:
101
Genres:
Comedy
Genres:
Drama
Trailer:
No
Format Aspect Ratio:
1.85-Wide Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
More Information:
HD-1
Audio Language:
English
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
5.1
Actors:
Sam Neill - Cliff Buxton
Actors:
Kevin Harrington - Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell
Actors:
Tom Long - Glenn Latham
Actors:
Patrick Warburton - Al Burnett
Actors:
Genevieve Mooy - May McIntyre
Actors:
Tayler Kane - Rudi Kellerman
Actors:
Bille Brown - The Prime Minister
Actors:
Roy Billing - Mayor Bob McIntyre
Actors:
Andrew S. Gilbert - Len Purvis
Actors:
Lenka Kripac - Marie McIntyre
Actors:
Matthew Moore - Keith Morrison
Actors:
Eliza Szonert - Janine Kellerman
Actors:
John McMartin - Howard (U.S. Ambassador)
Actors:
Carl Snell - Billy McIntyre
Actors:
Billy Mitchell - Cameron
Actors:
Rosalind Hammond - Miss Nolan
Actors:
Christopher-Robin Street - Damien
Actors:
Luke Keltie - Graeme
Actors:
Naomi Wright - Melanie
Actors:
Ben Wright-Smith - Nicholas
Actors:
Beverley Dunn - Secretary
Actors:
Grant Thompson - Mr. Callen
Actors:
Bernard Curry - Newspaper Reporter
Actors:
Kerry Walker - Pearl
Actors:
Denise Roberts - Bronwyn
Actors:
Jeff Keogh - Ray
Actors:
Jason Ritterman - Adrian Hobbs
Actors:
Alexander Zent - Lead Guitarist
Actors:
Rowan Macartney - Trumpet Player
Actors:
Aidan Macartney - Trombone
Actors:
Jarrod Factor - Drummer
Actors:
Oliver McGill - Pianist
Actors:
Marilyn O'Donnell - Melva
Actors:
Jane Menelaus - Gwen
Actors:
John Flaus - Ron
Actors:
Neil Pigot - Journalist
Actors:
Darren Davidson - Camera Person
Actors:
Simon Donaldson - Sound Person
Actors:
Frank Bennett - Barry Steele
Actors:
Randall Berger - Ambassador's Aide
Actors:
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell - Reverend Loftus
Actors:
Mal Walden - ABC Journalist
Actors:
Rod McNeil - Radio Newsreader
Actors:
Alister Paterson - ABC TV Newsreader
Actors:
Colette Mann - Betty the Bush Poet
Actors:
Susan Ward - Female Print journalist
Actors:
Roger Crisp - Male Reporter
Actors:
Nicholas Bell - TV Scientist