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The Aeronauts
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67/100
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 34, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1862, a determined scientist and a fearless balloon pilot embark on a daring flight to explore the atmosphere higher than anyone in history. Their voyage in a gas balloon becomes a fight for survival as they ascend into the freezing, thin air, facing equipment failure, violent storms, and hypoxia. They must rely on their courage and ingenuity to make it back to Earth alive.
Details
- Director
- Tom Harper
- Writers
- Jack Thorne, Tom Harper
- Based on
- a work by Richard Holmes
- Released
- 4 November 2019
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $40.0M
- Box office
- $3.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 7 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 25th Critics' Choice Awards 2019 | Best Visual Effects | The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| 16th Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2019 | Best Equality of the Sexes | The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| 18th Visual Effects Society Awards 2019 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Louis Morin, Annie Godin, Christian Kaestner, Ara Khanikian, Mike Dawson | Nominee |
| 19th World Stunt Awards 2019 | Best Work with a Vehicle | Stunt Team of The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| 24th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2019 | Best Visual Effects | The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| 9th Music + Sound Awards 2019 | Best Sound Design in a Feature Film | Lee Walpole, Andy Kennedy, Saoirse Christopherson, Jeff Richardson, Philip Clements, Sarah Elias, Catherine Thomas, Anna Wright, Gibran Farrah, Stuart Hilliker | Nominee |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2019 2019 | Best Original Song | "Home to You" – The Aeronauts | Nominee |
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7 awards — The Aeronauts
×| Best Visual Effects | The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| Best Equality of the Sexes | The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Louis Morin, Annie Godin, Christian Kaestner, Ara Khanikian, Mike Dawson | Nominee |
| Best Work with a Vehicle | Stunt Team of The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | The Aeronauts | Nominee |
| Best Sound Design in a Feature Film | Lee Walpole, Andy Kennedy, Saoirse Christopherson, Jeff Richardson, Philip Clements, Sarah Elias, Catherine Thomas, Anna Wright, Gibran Farrah, Stuart Hilliker | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "Home to You" – The Aeronauts | Nominee |