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MPAA Raing: PG13
Director: Rob Sitch
Genres: Comedy of Manners, Comedy
Sound By: Dolby Digital
Released Date: October 19, 2000 (Australia) March 14, 2001 (USA
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Summary:
In this comedy, as American astronauts prepare to make one giant leap for mankind, a small Australian town stumbles through its own small steps to help. In the summer of 1969, Cliff Buxton (Sam Neill) leads a team of scientists overseeing the operations of one of the world's largest radio telescope dishes, nestled in a New South Wales community of sheep farmers. As NASA prepares for A... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Sam Neill - (Cliff Buxton)
Kevin Harrington - (Ross "Mitch" Mitchell)
Tom Long - (Glenn Latham)
Patrick Warburton - (Al Burnett)
Genevieve Mooy - (May McIntyre)
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Review:
The worst thing anyone could possibly say about this thoroughly likable Australian comedy-drama is that it's a bit slight in material and presentation. It can be persuasively argued, however, that an ancillary quality to the proceedings is very much the intention of filmmaker Rob Sitch, whose previous film The Castle (1997) was another Dow... Continue >>

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