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The Dish (2000) More at IMDbPro »

• This movie is actually based on a true story, the name of the real director of the Parkes antenna was Dr. John Bolton.
  
  
• The film is set in the town of Parkes, in New South Wales, Aus., but was actually filmed in Forbes, which is a neighboring town a few miles down the road. The reason for the re-filming is because Parkes has changed over the last 30 years, but Forbes hasn't changed as much - Forbes still looked like a 1960s town, like Parkes did 30 years before.
  
  
• In real life Neil 'Fox' Mason - the character represented by Russ 'Mitch' Mitchell in the movie - never got to see the moonwalk pictures live. He was too busy keeping the windswept dish pointed at the moon.
  
  
• Visa d'exploitation en France : # 1O4714. MPAA certificate # 38002.
  
  
• Although the Dish interiors were shot on a set, all scenes showing the actual Parkes Dish were shot on location. The facility was closed for 3 weeks to accommodate filming.
  
  
• Parkes technicians sometimes do take a ride on the moving dish, as Cliff explains in the film. However, the scene depicting the Parkes crew playing cricket on the dish is pure fiction.
  
  
• The Dish control console used in the film is currently displayed at the Parkes visitors centre.
  
  

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