This movie is actually based on a true story, the name of the real director of the Parkes antenna was Dr. John Bolton. The film is set in the town of Parkes, in New South Wales, Aus., but was actually filmed in Forbes, which is a neighboring town a few miles down the road. The reason for the re-filming is because Parkes has changed over the last 30 years, but Forbes hasn't changed as much - Forbes still looked like a 1960s town, like Parkes did 30 years before. Much mention is made of the ...[Read Story ]