Man's first step on the moon nearly stumbled on earth.
Director: Rob Sitch
Producer: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch, Michael Hirsh
A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.
101 min
Rating: 6.721/10
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Top Cast
Sam Neill
Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
Patrick Warburton
Al Burnett - From NASA
Kevin Harrington
Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell - Maneuvers
Tom Long
Glenn Latham - Electronics
Eliza Szonert
Janine Kellerman - The Girl
Roy Billing
Mayor Robert 'Bob' McIntyre
Movie Info
Director: Rob Sitch
Producer: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch, Michael Hirsh
Production Companies: Working Dog, Distant Horizon
Countries: Australia
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Peter McGinn:
I may have watched this Aussie film much closer to when it came out, since have always like Sam Neill, but I had no memory of it and we gave it a look. It is very entertaining in a quiet way. The bursts of humor are short, occasional and subtle, and it works.
Of course it is based on actual events and feature a few news archive clips as well as actors playing historical characters, sometimes almost as a cameo.
It features some restrained tension and suspense as the crew at the telescope try to live up to their commitment to passing audio and video from the moon landing on to NASA and the world. Among the supporting cast we also have a radical political daughter and a clumsy young couple trying to initiate a new romance. It all adds flavor to the main plot.