Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. The Man From Snowy River, Storm Boy, Rabbit Proof Fence. Movies made in Australia: Pitch Black, Mad Max Movies made in NZ: Lord Of The Rings.
A film made in 1966 : They're a weird mob. It's about an Italian immigrant's adventures in Australia but it illustrates very well the Australia of that time. You'll be able to find it on TH-cam.
The sad thing is that most Aussies didn't even know about this until The Dish was released. But now we're very proud of our part in bringing such an incredible human event to the rest of the world
It’s actually played semi regularly on SBS world movies ! I watched it with my 15 yr old daughter not to long ago. She loved it. I remember watching it at the old cinema at Glenelg when it came out.
I watched Malcolm for the first time recently and 100% agree. I dont know why I never watched it earlier. ABC iView has is in their play list atm if interested
Muriel's Wedding. Loved for its pure Australianness! Strictly Ballroom. (I was one of the dancers in that movie.) The Castle. So Australian it bleeds Vegemite. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A celebration of diversity. The Sapphires. A heartwarming true story about four native Australian women singing for the troops in Vietnam in the 1960s. The Dry. An excellent whodunnit in the Aussie outback.
Sam is an adopt6ed Aussie, actually born in NZ. Great movie, made by Working Dog Productions. Check out "The Castle" if you havent.. another Aussie comedy classic.
Hi Kevin . The Parks Dish did play a big part, but the Carnavon Tracking Staion in Western Australia also played a similar part. I was privilaged to see the direct link vision transmitted to the Pier St Trucking Exchange in Perth, with my fellow Telecom empolyees and witnessed the moon landing on a 20 inch monitor in black and white before anyone on the planet saw it. Wonderful experience. It puts to bed anyone how thinks that this was some sort of conspiracy. Love your videos.😀
Carnarvon may have played a role in other missions, but not the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The first nine minutes came through Honeysuckle Creek and the rest through Parkes. The reason why Parkes didn’t do the first nine minutes is that the moon hadn’t risen at Parkes at the time the moonwalk started. So it certainly would not have risen in Carnarvon. The pictures you saw in Perth came to Carnarvon from Honeysuckle Creek via Moree before being sent onto Perth.
2 years ago on a road trip I stopped by The Dish and took some photos. My dad's question for me when I shared the pics was "Did you take your cricket bat?" :-D
I remember it well. I was in grade 3 in a small Qld primary school and we all piled into the headmasters lounge room to watch it on his black and white tv.
My cousin was a engineer with the GPO (later telecom/ telstra) he and all his colleagues got scrambled to find the supposed transmission fault, so that part is certainly true.
I can give you several icon Aussie movies. 1: Red Dog (Based on true events). 2: Oddball (Based on true events). 3: Charlie & Boots (Comedy). 4: Muriel's Wedding (comedy). 5: Man from Snowy River (Classic Australiana) . 6: Light horsemen (War time). 7: Kokoda (War time). 8: Stone Bros. (comedy, Aboriginal). 9. Ten Canoes (Aboriginal story-time). 10: Blackrock (1997) (Australian crime drama), Staring Heath Ledger, Very gritty & VERY intense. A couple from NZ, 1: Once were warriors, (Very, very, very gritty drama) 2: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Kiwi classic). 3: Boy (very Kiwi)
Try “Getting Square” with David Wenham. From playing Faramir in Lord of the Rings and 170 other films, this character role (Johnny ‘Spit’ Spitieri) is such a departure for him and is hysterical. Filmed on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
Im Australian. I was nearly 11. My mum allowed me to stay home from school that day so we could watch the moon landing. We sat in front of our black and white TV and watched in amazement as, over time, the Luna Module inched towards the moon, and eventually, Armstrong stepped out. I recall after they landed on the moon, the Flight Surgeon at NASA wanted the astronauts to have some rest time, a sleep break. I think everyone who saw that thought ‘are you kidding!’. I knew that Honeysuckle Creek in ACT was an earth station and was part of the whole moon landing, but not Parkes. I remember the excitement when the 3 astronauts came to Australia on their world tour and donated an actual moon rock to the National Museum, which I have seen. This is a great little film. I saw this at the cinema when it came out. It’s very underrated. I love it when they play the ‘national anthem of the USA’ in the hall…😂😂😂😂😂
I have a great memory of this. One Friday night we hired this movie (remember blockbuster?) and watched it. As a family we all wanted to go "to the dish". The very next weekend we road tripped from Melbourne to Parkes and back. It was a very long boring drive but we did it in 3 days up and back. We still reminisce about that impulse journey :D
I was a 15 year old aussie kid in 1969, but the family found itself in the US on a military posting, so we watched the Moon landing over there, thanks to our boys over here.
The winds were 110 km per hour and the telescope dish (was 65m radius) was at a full tilt. It could have been a deadly situation. They mention Honeysuckle Creek, which is located outside Canberra.
The Castle (from the same production company that made The Dish), Romper Stomper (an early Russell Crowe film), Red Dog - (have some tissues handy). Muriel's Wedding - funny! Gallipoli (early Mel Gibson film). Strictly Ballroom... There are so many!
Hi Kevin from Melbourne. I think you would enjoy The Man from Snowy River, it is based on a poem written by Banjo Patterson and set in the 1800s. Not only is it a great story but the cinematography of the high country is beautiful.
I was in Parkes when mankind walked on the moon for the first time. I was just four and I watched it on our teeny tiny black and white television. It was amazing, I remember it so well. Every school kid in Parkes went on an excursion to the radio telescope. I've even been up in the dish. When we saw the movie at the theatre my mum and I cried. Seeing that big sky country just feels like home even after all these years. I guess you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl.
Kev, you left out one of my most favourite scenes from the movie. The scene was where the regular staff members of the Parks radio telescope played cricket inside the dish itself. Having said that, I did enjoy your review.
@discoveringnlwithkevin What a shame, I have always enjoyed that movie. Have you had an opportunity to have a look at the original Crocodile Dundee movie staring Paul Hogan? It is an absolute cracker of a movie and definitely worth a look.
If you can get hold of a copy, "Picnic at Hanging Rock" is a good film. The story is about the disappearance of some schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria (76 Km or a 1 hour drive from Melbourne) on Valentine's Day in 1900. Their bodies were never found.
Another very fine Australian film from back in the day is "Running On Empty" from 1982. The plot is pretty mundane, but the characters are an absolute standout including a blind hotrod street racer (I kid you not)
My favourite from this movie is from the purported Prime Minister (Harold Holt?) to the local mayor: “There’s only one rule in our Party: Don’t F*#@ Up. That’s it.”
@ I stand corrected. Bugger, I was going to check that because I suspected as much. But the actor looks like so much more like Harold Holt than Gorton!
@@domitiusseverus1 it’s puzzling that they didn’t use his real name ? Perhaps they were afraid of being sued ? But you’re right he does look more like Holt than Gorton did. The real John Gorton was shot down over Singapore in 1942. And had his face smashed up requiring endless operations to fix it. So it would have been hard to find an actor with those exact characteristics.
I remember seeing an interview with one of the actual dudes there on the day. He liked the movie, but said they were very well trained and the whole thing went off without any dramas. But, that would be a very dull movie. However, it introduced cricket to Americans, even before Bluey .
Bob and May McIntyre! What a couple! May always corrected Bob and appeared to be an ambitious social climber. But there is such affection and love in their relationship and how they treat others. Such as those poignant moments when Cliff reflects upon his late wife. The DVD contains over 1 hour of NASA archive footage, which is brilliant!
I visited the Parkes Observatory a couple of years ago while passing through on my way from Brisbane to Melbourne, and was somewhat confused by all the posters of Elvis Presley plaster everywhere, until I realized I’d stumbled on the annual Parkes Elvis Festival! Great movie. Here are some others for consideration: Red Dog Rabbit Proof Fence The Tracker Strictly Ballroom Chopper Spottswood Death in Brunswick
The Castle is Australia's favourite Aussie movie and made by the same people as the dish. Not a true story like The Dish. Chopper is the best Aussie moive. Crocodile Dundee is the most famous Aussie movie of all time.
I’ve watched The Dish twice, a bit of our Aussie humour thrown in for good measure lol. There are some interesting Documentaries/interviews inside the Dish of scientists who work at Parkes NSW on TH-cam, talking about the Movie. One vid is called, I think - Inside The Dish, Parkes CSIRO Telescope.
I suggest searching all movies Sam has been in, from Australia, every single 1 of them are worthy of note, and he has a decent list of movies under his belt, so gives you a good head start on movies lol. There's a surprising amount of Ozzie classics free to view on here, "Take Away" gets suggested to me a lot (love that movie, own it on DVD lol), might pay to search for Australian movies and jotting down ones that catch your eye
ohhh, if you like horror movies in the realm of "Cujo", a classic is called "Razoback" about a huge Feral pig that goes on a rampage through an outback town
My list of impressive Australian films would include The Proposition, Wake In Fright, Breaker Morant, Walkabout, The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith, Animal Family, The Castle, Crocodile Dundee, Samson and Delilah and Muriel's Wedding
If you want to have a look at the dish, on google earth, its coordinates are 32deg 59'53"S 148deg 15'50"E. Honeysuckle creek station (Disassembled) is at 3deg 35'00"S 148deg 58' 37"E The road running around where the HC dish was is called Apollo Road.
@discoveringnlwithkevin this year it was 8-12 (second week) Januar. there is a special train from Sydney put on for the event. They call the train the Elvis express.
Tom Long: gone too soon. Suggestions: For true police crime: Blue Murder For grotesque true crime: Snowtown For violent crime inspired by true events: Animal Kingdom For chilling crime inspired by true events: The Boys But my favourite, not violent but nostalgic: The Year My voice Broke
There are plenty of great Aussie movies but I enjoyed The backyard ashes , ,a comedy that gives an insight of Aussie mateship . It was filmed in Wagga Wagga on a shoestring budget with Aussie actors who were not what you would call big stars but still good actors
If you would like to review a movie that's about a very dark time in Australian history, Rabbit Proof Fence is a good one. Mini series called "The Potato Factory" based on a book following the lives of early convicts and settlers in Australia.
G'day, Glad you liked it. With so many facts that needed to be included for authenticity, It would be hard to write an entertaining story. Another true story that you need to see a movie of is "Ned Kelly". The first ever feature length movie ever made was about Ned. There have been several Movies about this famous "Bushranger" (Australian cowboy bandit), Both Heath Ledger and Mick Jagger have played the lead role in more recent versions. Another fun movie besed in Yakandandah, Victorie . Starring Michael Caton from "The castle" and none other than Paul Hogan is, Strange Bedfellows.
As others have mentioned The Castle is a great watch and for a heavy duty movie the 2010 Animal Kingdom staring Guy Pierce will wear out the edge of your seat also an early Heath Ledger movie Two Hands is worth a sticky beak.
So, to consolidate the list so far, and a couple of new ones, the list looks like this: The Man from Snowy River The Castle Red Dog Chopper Crocodile Dundee Storm boy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Death in Brunswick Blue Murder Snowtown Animal Kingdom The Boys The Year My voice Broke Strange Bedfellows Ned Kelly Australia Two Hands The Babadook Wolf Creek
True stories are the best, though mostly based on true stories are what we get Red Dog one of my favorite movies and Underbelly TV series I would recommend.
Small dish ? The 210 ft Parkes Radio Telescope is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. PS - the dish never had a power blackout. Even if the backup generator had failed, there was a backup battery at the top of the receiving antenna above the dish. However, the cyclone just before the moon walk is absolutely true. (Kym in Darwin). PPS - Wouldn’t the theme to Hawaii 50 have made a great U.S. national anthem ?
To sick to describe why each film is a must see, but: A Picnic At Hanging Rock; Two Hands Muriel’s Wedding The Castle Bad Boy Bubby Romper Stomper the Year My Voice Broke The Dressmaker The Man From Snowy River (just for the historical cultural mythos by 19th C poet Banjo Patterson) Lantana The Year Of Living Dangerously Proof Shine Rabbit Proof Fence Storm Boy The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith Wake In Fright 1970s Walkabout 1970s The Interview 1998 Strictly Ballroom Pricilla Queen Of The Desert On The Beach (really old black and white Cold War movie) Gallipoli Breaker Morant Crocodile Dundee Dead Heart Mad Max 1 and 2, plus Fury Road The Piano Phar Lap My Brilliant Career The Tracker We Of The Never Never Death In Brunswick The Back of Beyond Australian-US coproductions Memento,
I’m not intending to watch sorry. I am a massive fan of OZ film but this is the rare exception. I hope you came to the same conclusion. It’s old now and all I can remember about it is my bitter disappointment It wasn’t about a lack of budget or head liner talent - some of my favs have very few of those. I no longer know but it must of been lots of things because I am usually very forgiving with Aussie films.
What other movies would you like me watch and review?
Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. The Man From Snowy River, Storm Boy, Rabbit Proof Fence.
Movies made in Australia: Pitch Black, Mad Max
Movies made in NZ: Lord Of The Rings.
I think you’d like the Mad Max trilogy, but I think the new mad max: fury road and furiosa are my favourite in the franchise.
The Man from Snowy River
Good one Kev
A film made in 1966 : They're a weird mob. It's about an Italian immigrant's adventures in Australia but it illustrates very well the Australia of that time. You'll be able to find it on TH-cam.
Working Dog Productions never disappoint. The Dish gently carries you along with a loving respect and humour . It is in my mind a beautiful movie.
The sad thing is that most Aussies didn't even know about this until The Dish was released. But now we're very proud of our part in bringing such an incredible human event to the rest of the world
Didn't the movie have a lot to do with its survival, I vaguely recall they wanted to pull it down or something?
I knew about it well before the movie came out.
Sadly that role was actually played by the dish and crew at Honeysuckle Creek Canberra. Not the Parkes dish. See my main comment.
I went there as a kid
A forgotten classic is Malcolm. My kids loved the car in it, but you never see it anymore.
It’s actually played semi regularly on SBS world movies ! I watched it with my 15 yr old daughter not to long ago. She loved it. I remember watching it at the old cinema at Glenelg when it came out.
I watched Malcolm for the first time recently and 100% agree. I dont know why I never watched it earlier. ABC iView has is in their play list atm if interested
Muriel's Wedding. Loved for its pure Australianness! Strictly Ballroom. (I was one of the dancers in that movie.) The Castle. So Australian it bleeds Vegemite. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A celebration of diversity. The Sapphires. A heartwarming true story about four native Australian women singing for the troops in Vietnam in the 1960s. The Dry. An excellent whodunnit in the Aussie outback.
Watch Kate Winslett and Liam Hemsworth in The Dressmaker. Just a lovely film from a great Australian book.
Good review of an iconic Aussie movie Big Kev 👍👍👍
Sam is an adopt6ed Aussie, actually born in NZ.
Great movie, made by Working Dog Productions. Check out "The Castle" if you havent.. another Aussie comedy classic.
Born in Ireland isn't he but brought up in NZ.
Hi Kevin . The Parks Dish did play a big part, but the Carnavon Tracking Staion in Western Australia also played a similar part. I was privilaged to see the direct link vision transmitted to the Pier St Trucking Exchange in Perth, with my fellow Telecom empolyees and witnessed the moon landing on a 20 inch monitor in black and white before anyone on the planet saw it. Wonderful experience. It puts to bed anyone how thinks that this was some sort of conspiracy. Love your videos.😀
Carnarvon may have played a role in other missions, but not the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The first nine minutes came through Honeysuckle Creek and the rest through Parkes. The reason why Parkes didn’t do the first nine minutes is that the moon hadn’t risen at Parkes at the time the moonwalk started. So it certainly would not have risen in Carnarvon.
The pictures you saw in Perth came to Carnarvon from Honeysuckle Creek via Moree before being sent onto Perth.
2 years ago on a road trip I stopped by The Dish and took some photos. My dad's question for me when I shared the pics was "Did you take your cricket bat?" :-D
A very young Sam Neil is also in 'my brilliant career' based on the book by Miles Franklin. There is now a prestigious literary award named for her.
Also great in Reilly, Ace of Spies
I remember it well. I was in grade 3 in a small Qld primary school and we all piled into the headmasters lounge room to watch it on his black and white tv.
My cousin was a engineer with the GPO (later telecom/ telstra) he and all his colleagues got scrambled to find the supposed transmission fault, so that part is certainly true.
I can give you several icon Aussie movies. 1: Red Dog (Based on true events). 2: Oddball (Based on true events). 3: Charlie & Boots (Comedy). 4: Muriel's Wedding (comedy). 5: Man from Snowy River (Classic Australiana) . 6: Light horsemen (War time). 7: Kokoda (War time). 8: Stone Bros. (comedy, Aboriginal). 9. Ten Canoes (Aboriginal story-time). 10: Blackrock (1997) (Australian crime drama), Staring Heath Ledger, Very gritty & VERY intense. A couple from NZ, 1: Once were warriors, (Very, very, very gritty drama) 2: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Kiwi classic). 3: Boy (very Kiwi)
Try “Getting Square” with David Wenham. From playing Faramir in Lord of the Rings and 170 other films, this character role (Johnny ‘Spit’ Spitieri) is such a departure for him and is hysterical. Filmed on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
Im Australian. I was nearly 11. My mum allowed me to stay home from school that day so we could watch the moon landing. We sat in front of our black and white TV and watched in amazement as, over time, the Luna Module inched towards the moon, and eventually, Armstrong stepped out. I recall after they landed on the moon, the Flight Surgeon at NASA wanted the astronauts to have some rest time, a sleep break. I think everyone who saw that thought ‘are you kidding!’. I knew that Honeysuckle Creek in ACT was an earth station and was part of the whole moon landing, but not Parkes. I remember the excitement when the 3 astronauts came to Australia on their world tour and donated an actual moon rock to the National Museum, which I have seen. This is a great little film. I saw this at the cinema when it came out. It’s very underrated. I love it when they play the ‘national anthem of the USA’ in the hall…😂😂😂😂😂
I have a great memory of this. One Friday night we hired this movie (remember blockbuster?) and watched it. As a family we all wanted to go "to the dish". The very next weekend we road tripped from Melbourne to Parkes and back. It was a very long boring drive but we did it in 3 days up and back. We still reminisce about that impulse journey :D
One of the best scenes is where the local band in Parkes plays the U.S. National Anthem for the visiting dignitaries...very funny.
The theme to Hawaii 5 0 or something like that.
@@JulieS261 it was hilarious...lol
I grew up in Parkes and still have lots of family there. The Dish and its history are still a big part of the town.
I wouldn’t call the Parkes radiotelescope “small”. It is probably one of the largest mobile radio-telescopes in the world.
I was a 15 year old aussie kid in 1969, but the family found itself in the US on a military posting, so we watched the Moon landing over there, thanks to our boys over here.
The winds were 110 km per hour and the telescope dish (was 65m radius) was at a full tilt. It could have been a deadly situation. They mention Honeysuckle Creek, which is located outside Canberra.
Yeah. Honeysuckle Ck was part of the NASA Manned Space Flight Network. It had a smaller dish than Parkes.
The Castle (from the same production company that made The Dish), Romper Stomper (an early Russell Crowe film), Red Dog - (have some tissues handy). Muriel's Wedding - funny! Gallipoli (early Mel Gibson film). Strictly Ballroom... There are so many!
Hi Kevin from Melbourne. I think you would enjoy The Man from Snowy River, it is based on a poem written by Banjo Patterson and set in the 1800s. Not only is it a great story but the cinematography of the high country is beautiful.
I was in Parkes when mankind walked on the moon for the first time. I was just four and I watched it on our teeny tiny black and white television. It was amazing, I remember it so well. Every school kid in Parkes went on an excursion to the radio telescope. I've even been up in the dish. When we saw the movie at the theatre my mum and I cried. Seeing that big sky country just feels like home even after all these years. I guess you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl.
The school I attended borrowed television sets from students parents and we watched the moon landing in our classrooms.
Great review, that was really well done! “Chopper” is my favourite Australian movie, Eric Bana was awesome in it.
Evryone seems to have forgotten ' Breaker Morant "
Kev, you left out one of my most favourite scenes from the movie. The scene was where the regular staff members of the Parks radio telescope played cricket inside the dish itself. Having said that, I did enjoy your review.
@@paullees5705 I actually had to remove some clips in order to get past any copyright issues, that was one of them...
@discoveringnlwithkevin What a shame, I have always enjoyed that movie. Have you had an opportunity to have a look at the original Crocodile Dundee movie staring Paul Hogan? It is an absolute cracker of a movie and definitely worth a look.
"The Castle" and "Red Dog" are 2 great Aussie movies 🎬.
Red Dog is actually based on a true story...
I second Red Dog. Marvelous film!
If you can get hold of a copy, "Picnic at Hanging Rock" is a good film. The story is about the disappearance of some schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria (76 Km or a 1 hour drive from Melbourne) on Valentine's Day in 1900. Their bodies were never found.
It's fiction. But very beautiful and dreamy until the girls disappear.
Underrated gem of a movie. Legitimately one of my all time favourites
Another very fine Australian film from back in the day is "Running On Empty" from 1982. The plot is pretty mundane, but the characters are an absolute standout including a blind hotrod street racer (I kid you not)
I was on my 'Ps' in 1990, and my mates and I can recite this movie word for word!!! Still can today.
I agree. It is a brilliant film. A couple more you might like are The Dressmaker and The Man Who Sued God. There is also The Castle. Enjoy!
my favourite aussie movie is the year my voice broke, a beautiful portrayal of growing up in rural australia
Excellent review! More please!!
My favourite from this movie is from the purported Prime Minister (Harold Holt?) to the local mayor: “There’s only one rule in our Party: Don’t F*#@ Up. That’s it.”
Actually it would have been John Gorton. Harold Holt drowned in December 1967. This is 1969 so it must be John Gorton. (But he’s not named).
@ I stand corrected. Bugger, I was going to check that because I suspected as much. But the actor looks like so much more like Harold Holt than Gorton!
@@domitiusseverus1 it’s puzzling that they didn’t use his real name ? Perhaps they were afraid of being sued ? But you’re right he does look more like Holt than Gorton did. The real John Gorton was shot down over Singapore in 1942. And had his face smashed up requiring endless operations to fix it. So it would have been hard to find an actor with those exact characteristics.
I remember seeing an interview with one of the actual dudes there on the day. He liked the movie, but said they were very well trained and the whole thing went off without any dramas. But, that would be a very dull movie. However, it introduced cricket to Americans, even before Bluey .
Bob and May McIntyre! What a couple! May always corrected Bob and appeared to be an ambitious social climber. But there is such affection and love in their relationship and how they treat others. Such as those poignant moments when Cliff reflects upon his late wife.
The DVD contains over 1 hour of NASA archive footage, which is brilliant!
A lovely review, Kevin. Thank you 😊
I have watched this many times. Tom Long passed away last year ( Glen)
I visited the Parkes Observatory a couple of years ago while passing through on my way from Brisbane to Melbourne, and was somewhat confused by all the posters of Elvis Presley plaster everywhere, until I realized I’d stumbled on the annual Parkes Elvis Festival!
Great movie. Here are some others for consideration:
Red Dog
Rabbit Proof Fence
The Tracker
Strictly Ballroom
Chopper
Spottswood
Death in Brunswick
The Castle is Australia's favourite Aussie movie and made by the same people as the dish. Not a true story like The Dish. Chopper is the best Aussie moive. Crocodile Dundee is the most famous Aussie movie of all time.
I’ve watched The Dish twice, a bit of our Aussie humour thrown in for good measure lol. There are some interesting Documentaries/interviews inside the Dish of scientists who work at Parkes NSW on TH-cam, talking about the Movie. One vid is called, I think - Inside The Dish, Parkes CSIRO Telescope.
I suggest searching all movies Sam has been in, from Australia, every single 1 of them are worthy of note, and he has a decent list of movies under his belt, so gives you a good head start on movies lol. There's a surprising amount of Ozzie classics free to view on here, "Take Away" gets suggested to me a lot (love that movie, own it on DVD lol), might pay to search for Australian movies and jotting down ones that catch your eye
ohhh, if you like horror movies in the realm of "Cujo", a classic is called "Razoback" about a huge Feral pig that goes on a rampage through an outback town
My list of impressive Australian films would include The Proposition, Wake In Fright, Breaker Morant, Walkabout, The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith, Animal Family, The Castle, Crocodile Dundee, Samson and Delilah and Muriel's Wedding
If you want to have a look at the dish, on google earth, its coordinates are 32deg 59'53"S 148deg 15'50"E. Honeysuckle creek station (Disassembled) is at 3deg 35'00"S 148deg 58' 37"E The road running around where the HC dish was is called Apollo Road.
@@allangoodger969 awesome! Just found it! Thank you
@discoveringnlwithkevin On a side note there is a massive Elvis Presley event every year at Parkes
@@allangoodger969 I'm actually a pretty big Elvis fan... When does this happen?
@discoveringnlwithkevin this year it was 8-12 (second week) Januar. there is a special train from Sydney put on for the event. They call the train the Elvis express.
Best scene- the US national anthem!
@@RobynChapman-l5r that was hilarious
Chopper
The Castle
Storm boy
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Death in Brunswick
I should also say I have visited that dish.
@@davecollins6122 it's now on my list when I visit Australia one day.
I love your Canadian accent
@@Stoic_SunHounds thank you 🤗
Tom Long: gone too soon.
Suggestions:
For true police crime: Blue Murder
For grotesque true crime: Snowtown
For violent crime inspired by true events: Animal Kingdom
For chilling crime inspired by true events: The Boys
But my favourite, not violent but nostalgic: The Year My voice Broke
Crackerjack, 2002 with Mick Malloy & Bill Hunter
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Kenny are must watch movies.
Great review. A movie you might be interested in is Gallipoli. Its a great story about Aussie mateship with a very young Mel Gibson.
There are plenty of great Aussie movies but I enjoyed The backyard ashes , ,a comedy that gives an insight of Aussie mateship . It was filmed in Wagga Wagga on a shoestring budget with Aussie actors who were not what you would call big stars but still good actors
If you would like to review a movie that's about a very dark time in Australian history, Rabbit Proof Fence is a good one.
Mini series called "The Potato Factory" based on a book following the lives of early convicts and settlers in Australia.
I am 58 and never have seen it! I do have it on a HDD!
Sam Neill was in one of my favourite movies, Dead Calm
New Zealand not Australian but also with Sam Neill, "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" is fantastic.
G'day, Glad you liked it. With so many facts that needed to be included for authenticity, It would be hard to write an entertaining story. Another true story that you need to see a movie of is "Ned Kelly". The first ever feature length movie ever made was about Ned. There have been several Movies about this famous "Bushranger" (Australian cowboy bandit), Both Heath Ledger and Mick Jagger have played the lead role in more recent versions. Another fun movie besed in Yakandandah, Victorie . Starring Michael Caton from "The castle" and none other than Paul Hogan is, Strange Bedfellows.
@@skullandcrossbones65 Ned Kelly yes , g’day skull 💀
As others have mentioned The Castle is a great watch and for a heavy duty movie the 2010 Animal Kingdom staring Guy Pierce will wear out the edge of your seat also an early Heath Ledger movie Two Hands is worth a sticky beak.
I've seen it several, so I think you have good taste, Mate XD
So, to consolidate the list so far, and a couple of new ones, the list looks like this:
The Man from Snowy River
The Castle
Red Dog
Chopper
Crocodile Dundee
Storm boy
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Death in Brunswick
Blue Murder
Snowtown
Animal Kingdom
The Boys
The Year My voice Broke
Strange Bedfellows
Ned Kelly
Australia
Two Hands
The Babadook
Wolf Creek
@@Rastusmishka12 thank you
True stories are the best, though mostly based on true stories are what we get
Red Dog one of my favorite movies and Underbelly TV series I would recommend.
I've been to the Parkes Dish.
Have a look at Buddies ( 1983) and The Castle
Small dish ? The 210 ft Parkes Radio Telescope is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. PS - the dish never had a power blackout. Even if the backup generator had failed, there was a backup battery at the top of the receiving antenna above the dish. However, the cyclone just before the moon walk is absolutely true. (Kym in Darwin). PPS - Wouldn’t the theme to Hawaii 50 have made a great U.S. national anthem ?
I'm an RF guy, and it's pretty big by my standards.
I know where Apollo 11 is!
The Castle is even better
Priscilla Queen of the Desert .
To sick to describe why each film is a must see, but:
A Picnic At Hanging Rock;
Two Hands
Muriel’s Wedding
The Castle
Bad Boy Bubby
Romper Stomper
the Year My Voice Broke
The Dressmaker
The Man From Snowy River (just for the historical cultural mythos by 19th C poet Banjo Patterson)
Lantana
The Year Of Living Dangerously
Proof
Shine
Rabbit Proof Fence
Storm Boy
The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith
Wake In Fright 1970s
Walkabout 1970s
The Interview 1998
Strictly Ballroom
Pricilla Queen Of The Desert
On The Beach (really old black and white Cold War movie)
Gallipoli
Breaker Morant
Crocodile Dundee
Dead Heart
Mad Max 1 and 2, plus Fury Road
The Piano
Phar Lap
My Brilliant Career
The Tracker
We Of The Never Never
Death In Brunswick
The Back of Beyond
Australian-US coproductions Memento,
Working Dog still make television with the same humour. Look up Utopia, Hollowmen or Have you been Attention
you Gotta watch THE CASLTLE THE APPITOMY OF THE AUSSIE DECISION-MAKING PARADIGM.
I’m not intending to watch sorry. I am a massive fan of OZ film but this is the rare exception. I hope you came to the same conclusion. It’s old now and all I can remember about it is my bitter disappointment
It wasn’t about a lack of budget or head liner talent - some of my favs have very few of those. I no longer know but it must of been lots of things because I am usually very forgiving with Aussie films.
I was born in Parkes.
Great review mate, Thanks.