A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 10 nominations
Beverley Dunn
- Secretary v
- (voice)
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Storyline
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- TriviaIn 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.
- GoofsArchive footage of the ascent stage of the lunar module lifting off from the moon is not from the Apollo 11 mission. The first images of such a lift-off (showing an exterior view of the lunar module) were made using the camera mounted on the wheeled lunar roving vehicles, only carried on later Apollo missions 15, 16 and 17.
- Quotes
Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell: That's bullshit. You just bullshitted NASA!
- Crazy creditsThe producers acknowledge the valuable assistance of the staff at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory and Visitors Centre, the Council and people of Parkes, New South Wales, and the Council and people of Forbes, New South Wales.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
- SoundtracksThe Day the World Stood Still
(2000)
Written by Edmund Choi
Vocal performance by Tina Arena
Tina Arena appears courtesy Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Ltd
Additional performance by the Australian Boys Choir
Featured review
Wonderfully Pleasant Movie
I am a die-hard movie buff and I had never heard of this movie until my brother brought it to Thanksgiving. After watching it I was very pleased. A very fun movie with a great story and a delightfully quirky cast. The movie is worth watching just for Rudi, the security guard. Enjoy.
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- jymcgr
- Dec 14, 2003
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Тарілка
- Filming locations
- Forbes, New South Wales, Australia(location)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,552,992
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $70,612
- Mar 18, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $16,575,074
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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