“The Dish” quotes
(2000)Plot – The movie focuses on the events related to the historic 'Apollo 1' mission to the Moon. It took place in Parkes, an Australian city in New South Wales. NASA installed a huge radio telescope to allow the vision of the man landing on the moon to the citizens all over the world.
All actors – Sam Neill, Billy Mitchell, Roz Hammond, Christopher-Robin Street, Luke Keltie, Naomi Wright, Ben Wright-Smith, Beverley Dunn, Grant Thompson, Bille Brown, Bernard Curry, Kevin Harrington
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“- May McIntyre: Do the people in India get to watch it?
- Mayor Bob McIntyre: Yeah, but all on the one telly.”- Mayor Bob McIntyre: You've just got to tell them.
- Cliff Buxton: That we lost Apollo 11?
- Mayor Bob McIntyre: Well, I wouldn't say that first.
- Cliff Buxton: What would you say first?
- Mayor Bob McIntyre: How about "hey, you'll never guess what happened... ".“Computer. In 20 seconds it does what it used to take me 5 hours on a slide rule.”
- Al Burnett: Do we have a problem?
- Ross "Mitch" Mitchell: Yeah! You treat us like a pack of galahs!
- Glenn Latham: That's a type of parrot.“- Rudi Kellerman: What's with the alarm?
- Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell: Lets us know it's windy.
- Rudi Kellerman: Oh, well I could'a told you that, it's blowin' a bloody gale out there!”- Al Burnett: The Ambassador's coming. Space nut. Knows everything about Apollo 11.
- Ross "Mitch" Mitchell: Does he know where it is?“- Glenn Latham: Everything's fine.
- Al Burnett: Except we lost Apollo 11!
- Glenn Latham: Oh, except for that.”“- Al Burnett: Are you telling me that NASA's prime receiving station has absolutely no idea where Apollo 11 is?
- Glenn Latham: Yeah - it's on its way to the moon.”“Nothing is certain, no guarantees. Life, I guess.”
“- Cliff Buxton: I was more scared than excited.
- Glenn Latham: I don't think that's odd. I feel like that all the time.”“Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.”
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