āI am left grinningā: why The Dish is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers picking their most loved comfort films is a 2000 Australian gem featuring the late Sam Neill After the
The latest in our series of writers picking their most loved comfort films is a 2000 Australian gem featuring the late Sam Neill After the shock of Sam Neillās death, I was surprised just how hard the news hit me. I donāt usually take a celebrity death so deeply to heart and yet here I was struggling to stem the weeping.
There is no denying he holds a special place in my movie-watching life: heās Dr Alan Grant from Jurassic Park, for goodness sake. I first saw the Spielbergian masterpiece at the age of five and Neillās passionate, intelligent and empathetic scientist was the coolest hero my young mind could hope for (when it wasnāt overwhelmed with terror).
Then, in my early teens, I got introduced to another hero role of Neillās, the equally passionate, intelligent and empathetic scientist Cliff Buxton, from The Dish. Directed by Rob Sitch, the 2000 based-on-a-true-story drama is a warm hug and a joke from a
dear friend. It has a sharp and silly script that belies its charmingly gentle demeanour and itās about the 1969 moon landing, which has always had the power to get me emotional at the utterance of āOne small step ā¦ ā Continue reading...
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