The Dish

Summary: A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

Release Date: May 04, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Director: Rob Sitch

Writers: Santo Cilauro

, Tom Gleisner

, Jane Kennedy

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Working Dog, Distant Horizon, Dish Film Ltd., The Dish Film Productions

Distributor: Working Dog, Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Country: Australia

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,552,992

International: $ 14,025,165

Box office:

Domestic:$2.6MInternational:$14MWorldwide:$16.6M

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based on true story

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The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this -15% lower than the critics.

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22%0%

22% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

0% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White100%

3.00

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Drugs2/5

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Race	White	Black	Mixed / Other	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	10			10		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Ethnic	5	1	1	7		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Crowd		1		1		This is the crowdsourced dataset created by users like you! We greatly appreciate your cooperation in making ZR the most accurate and massive database on the internet. Sometimes the verdicts are submitted by looks alone, sometimes users attach an image and a source link. Due to this inconsistency please take the results with a grain of salt and click each actor for more info.
Total	15	2	1	18
Cast Percentages	83.33%	11.11%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":11.11,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1990) Percentage	75.6%	12.1%	3.9%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[{"name":"White","y":75.6,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.35,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":2.78,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.1,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.33,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.8,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":9,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.9,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.22,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1990) Representation	+7.73	-0.99	+1.66		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[["White",75.6],["Black",12.1],["Mixed \/ Other",3.9]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":11.11,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	7.72%	0.76%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+2.08	+3.39	+4.8		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Black",7.72],["Mixed \/ Other",0.76]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":11.11,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	80.3%	8.65%	2.87%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11622212272306,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":474073157432,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1252349024869,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":88244742923,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":621983880000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":414820301454,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+3.03	+2.46	+2.69		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",80.3],["Black",8.65],["Mixed \/ Other",2.87]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":11.11,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
World population (1989) Percentage	18.25%	10.28%	1.95%		{"name":"World population (1989) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":10074722029,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":29338028538,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":6779722665,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":94186602759,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":53027451951,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":181962129932,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":36103525466,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":102824075518,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1743321608,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1989) Representation	+65.08	+0.83	+3.61		{"name":"World population (1989) ","series":[["White",18.25],["Black",10.28],["Mixed \/ Other",1.95]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":11.11,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%	1.81%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+46.85	+4.73	+3.75		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38],["Mixed \/ Other",1.81]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":83.33,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":11.11,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":5.56,"color":"#55BF3B"}]}
Notes			The "Mixed / Other" categories overlap, and the 2 or more category was not an option until the 2000 Census. So for the combined column, all data will be taken from the "Other" column except for 2000, 2010, & 2020. For those, the average between the "2 or More Races" and "Some Other Race" will be used.

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1960s 20th century ambassador american abroad american ambassador american man apollo 11 archive footage argument asking someone out on a date australia australian australian culture australian history australian prime minister band music based on true story black comedy blackout boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship conspiracy country town cricket the sport crisis deception emergency falling in love family relationships father daughter relationship father son relationship fishwife flashback friend friendship girl gun hay hay bale high school band historic event husband wife relationship impersonation independent film loss of wife lunar module mayor moon moon landing moon walk mother daughter relationship mother son relationship nasa new south wales outer space paddock party philosophical conversation prime minister radio telescope reference to jimi hendrix reference to neil armstrong reporter rural setting satellite dish science scientist security guard sheep shyness small town teenage boy teenage girl teenager telephone call television timeframe 1960s timeframe 20th century title spoken by character two word title walkie talkie widower wind windy day year 1969

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Drugs 2/5	Social drinking, smoking

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