The Aeronauts
A balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.

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Director: Tom Harper
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Budget: $40 million
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Box office: $3.3 million
Cast
Eddie Redmayne
Felicity Jones
Himesh Patel
Tom Courtenay
Toronto Premiere
When: Sunday 8th September 2019
Where: Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
London Premiere
When: Monday 7th October 2019
Where: Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square, London
New York Premiere
When: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Where: SVA Theater, New York City, NY
Fun Facts
- The film is based on the book ‘Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air’ by Richard Holmes.
- Eddie Redmayne sprained his ankle during filming. Whens hooting a scene on an air ballon he walked on a crash mat, and tripped over it resulting in the injury. He ended up having to wear a leg brace!
- The film reunites Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, who previously starred in 2014’s The Theory of Everything.