This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C02CD7.DAC714F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I thought the Apollo 11 transmission was from Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra. -----Original Message----- From: Brett Harrison [mailto:routier@tig.com.au] Sent: Saturday, 23 September 2000 4:41 PM To: Fpspace List Subject: [FPSPACE] "The Dish" The Dish is a new Australian film about the crucial role played in the Apollo 11 mission by 4 astronomers and scientists in the New South Wales rural town of Parkes, location of a quite significant radio telescope. (The live TV transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon was beamed to NASA from Parkes, NSW, Australia - true story) Based on true events, it is nevertheless written and produced by Working Dog, the same team that brought us The Castle, a black comedy which was a worldwide success a couple of years ago, and the now-legendary Australian TV current affairs satire "Frontline", so there is plenty of wit and irony. It's currently getting rave reviews at the Toronto Film Festival, where it has been described as "refreshing and uplifting" and the Australian release is on October 19. World release dates sometime after that, I suppose. Should be good - look out for it. -------------- Brett Harrison Sydney, AUSTRALIA _______________________________________________ FPSPACE mailing list FPSPACE@friends-partners.org http://fpmail.friends-partners.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/fpspace ------_=_NextPart_001_01C02CD7.DAC714F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">RE: [FPSPACE] "The Dish" I thought the Apollo 11 transmission was from = Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra.
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From: Brett Harrison [mailto:routier@tig.com.au]=
Sent: Saturday, 23 September 2000 4:41 PM
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Subject: [FPSPACE] "The Dish"
The Dish is a new Australian film about the crucial = role played in the Apollo 11
mission by 4 astronomers and scientists in the New = South Wales rural town of
Parkes, location of a quite significant radio = telescope. (The live TV
transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the = Moon was beamed to NASA from
Parkes, NSW, Australia - true story) Based on = true events, it is nevertheless
written and produced by Working Dog, the same team = that brought us The Castle, a
black comedy which was a worldwide success a couple = of years ago, and the
now-legendary Australian TV current affairs satire = "Frontline", so there is
plenty of wit and irony.It's currently getting rave reviews at the Toronto = Film Festival, where it has
been described as "refreshing and = uplifting" and the Australian release is on
October 19. World release dates sometime after = that, I suppose. Should be good
- look out for it.
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Brett Harrison
Sydney, AUSTRALIA_______________________________________________
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