Matthew Schuchman Dec 6, 2019
We speak with director Tom Harper about The Aeronauts and a time when hot air balloons in the sky were an escape into the unknown.
Pop quiz: what is the first thing that enters your mind when you think about mankind's first venture into the skies? The smart money is on you thinking about the Wright Brothers. Maybe there is a long shot on a few of you sickos went straight to the Hindenburg. Before all of them though, we first started exploring the skies in balloons.
In his new film The Aeronauts, writer-director Tom Harper brings to light the early perils and wonder of what it was like to float up into the unknown, when one could only imagine seeing anything above the clouds. Along with his co-writer, Jack Thorne, and stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, Harper set out to bring along his audience into...
We speak with director Tom Harper about The Aeronauts and a time when hot air balloons in the sky were an escape into the unknown.
Pop quiz: what is the first thing that enters your mind when you think about mankind's first venture into the skies? The smart money is on you thinking about the Wright Brothers. Maybe there is a long shot on a few of you sickos went straight to the Hindenburg. Before all of them though, we first started exploring the skies in balloons.
In his new film The Aeronauts, writer-director Tom Harper brings to light the early perils and wonder of what it was like to float up into the unknown, when one could only imagine seeing anything above the clouds. Along with his co-writer, Jack Thorne, and stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, Harper set out to bring along his audience into...
- 12/6/2019
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