The Aeronauts
"Soar beyond your limits."
AdventureDramaRomance
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
🎬 DirectorTom Harper
📅 Release2019-11-04
🌍 CountryUnited Kingdom, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioAmazon Studios, Mandeville Films, FilmNation Entertainment
🗳 Votes1,186
🔥 Popularity3
💰 Budget$40,000,000
💵 Revenue$3,485,251
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🎭 Cast
Eddie Redmayne
James Glaisher
Felicity Jones
Amelia Wren
Tom Courtenay
Arthur Glaisher
Phoebe Fox
Antonia
Himesh Patel
John Trew
Rebecca Front
Aunt Frances
Robert Glenister
Ned Chambers
Vincent Perez
Pierre Rennes
Anne Reid
Ethel Glaisher
Lewin Lloyd
Charlie
Tim McInnerny
Airy
Thomas Arnold
Charles Green
Elsa Alili
Antonia's Daughter #1
Connie Price
Antonia's Daughter #2
Gunce Ates
Villager Mary (uncredited)
🎥 Crew
Visual Effects Producer
Annie Godin
Standby Art Director
Mary Buri
Costume Supervisor
Charlotte Finlay
Assistant Costume Designer
Laura Smith
Visual Effects Supervisor
Louis Morin
Visual Effects Producer
Carole-Anne Hébert
Visual Effects Supervisor
Laurent Pancaccini
Visual Effects Producer
Annie Normandin
Script Supervisor
Marnie Paxton
Visual Effects Supervisor
Martin Larrivée
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🏷 Keywords
cloudhot air balloonbiographybased on true storyaeronautics19th century
💬 Reviews
There's little groundbreaking about 'The Aeronauts', but that isn't to diminish what an excellent and genuinely thrilling experience it is. At its best, it's 'Gravity' in a hot air balloon, a nail-biting and awe-inspiring adventure of human beings pitted against the ferocity of the elements. Tom Harper has done a sterling job elevating Jack Thorne's screenplay and imbuing it with tremendous tensio…
The Aeronauts ascends through the weathering clouds to deliver a beautifully panoramic adventure. The sky is our limit. Our ambitious endeavours, boundless by the mysterious stars that plague the night. Eloquent diamonds dancing on a twinkled canvas. The infallible lust for discovery, eternally motivated to make the world and ourselves more habitable. Safer. Predictable. Harper’s loose adapta…
The Aeronauts is a100-minute long illustration of the rule in Ebert's Little Movie Glossary that teaches us, "no good movie has ever featured a hot-air balloon," though it takes it less than 10 minutes to show why — right about the point where a poor, defenseless dog is parachuted from a hot-air balloon; the animal makes a safe landing, which of course raises the question, how does a dog, lackin…
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