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The Dish /

Based on a true story. This is how the biggest television event in history was almost not televised. Apollo 11 goes to the moon and the first step is to be televised around the globe. But right before the landing, the dish flatlines. It's up to the unconventional Aussie crew and the by-the-book...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Working Dog Productions (Australia), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Hirsh, Michael, 1948-, Cilauro, Santo, Gleisner, Tom, Kennedy, Jane, 1964-, Sitch, Rob, 1962-, Neill, Sam, Harrington, Kevin, 1959-, Long Tom, Warburton, Patrick, Brown, Bille, 1952-2013, Moody, Genevieve, Kane, Tayler, Wood, Graeme, Morieson, Ben, Bilcock, Jill, Choi, Edmund, Stuckey, Kitty, Kennedy, Carrie
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue, optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2001]
Edition:Widescreen version.
Series:Archive collection.
Subjects:
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) > Drama.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Drama.
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Space flight to the moon > Drama.
Satellite dish antennas > Australia > Drama.
Satellite dish antennas.
Space flight to the moon.
Australia.
Video recordings.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Based on a true story. This is how the biggest television event in history was almost not televised. Apollo 11 goes to the moon and the first step is to be televised around the globe. But right before the landing, the dish flatlines. It's up to the unconventional Aussie crew and the by-the-book NASA supervisor to work together to fix the dish before the landing occurs.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Dolby digital.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13.
Awards:Australian Film Critics Circle Award: 2000, Best Music Score (Edmund Choi); Best Screenplay - Original (Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Graeme Wood ; art director, Ben Morieson ; editor Jill Bilcock ; music composed and conducted by Edmund Choi ; costume designer, Kitty Stuckey ; production designer, Carrie Kennedy.
ISBN:0790760959
9780790760957