The Dish 2000  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rob Sitch
Cast: Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Genevieve Mooy, Tayler Kane, Bille Brown, Roy Billing, Andrew S. Gilbert, Lenka Kripac
This "dish" is a satellite dish in rural Australia that was used by NASA to receive live transmissions in the southern hemisphere during Apollo's historic trip to the moon. The film presents an unusually good story about three senior members of the Australian Department of Radio Physics, Cliff Buxton (Sam Neill), Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell (Kevin Harrington) and Glenn Latham (Tom Long), and their NASA associate, Al Burnett (Patrick Warburton), that monitored this important disk.
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Strange Planet 1999  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Emma-Kate Croghan
Cast: Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Alice Garner, Tom Long, Aaron Jeffery, Felix Williamson, Hugo Weaving, Rebecca Frith, Marshall Napier, Leone Carmen
During the year leading up to 2000, this romantic comedy follows three women friends and three men friends living in Sydney, Australia. The women and men are destined to meet in this enjoyable effort.
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Two Hands 1999  R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Gregor Jordan
Cast: Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field, Rose Byrne, Tom Long, Susie Porter, Steven Vidler, Tony Forrow, Mariel McClorey, Kiri Paramore, Kieran Darcy-Smith
While Jimmy (Heath Ledger) is making a $10,000 delivery for local gangster Pando (Bryan Brown), the cash is stolen. To recover the money, Jimmy gets involved in a bank heist and along the way meets Alex (Rose Byrne) who encourages him to change his ways. But, will Jimmy listen?
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| 1. The Dish (2000)
2. Strange Planet (1999)
3. Two Hands (1999)
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