[FPSPACE] "The Dish"

[Brett Harrison]

> "Hettinger, Michael" wrote:
> 
> I thought the Apollo 11 transmission was from Honeysuckle Creek, near
> Canberra.


Hey!  You're right - I remember that too.

Will check up.

Of course, it could be another case of "never let the facts get in the way of a
good story.."



> 
> -----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.
> 
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