The Theory of Flight (1998)

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Guionista:

Richard Hawkins (writer)

Release Date:

22 enero 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A dreamer (Kenneth Branagh) who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building...

Plot Keywords:

Wheelchair | Independent Film

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Love Takes Flight

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter	...	Jane Hatchard
Kenneth Branagh	...	Richard
Gemma Jones	...	Anne
Holly Aird	...	Julie
Ray Stevenson	...	Gigolo
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Daryl Beeton	...	Club Organiser
Robert Blythe	...	Farmer
Richard Hibbert	...	Kite boy
Aneirin Hughes	...	Doctor
Jill James	...	Mrs. Allen
Sue Jones-Davies	...	Catharine
Ruth Jones	...	Becky
Frances Lima	...	Julie's Colleague
Sian Naiomi	...	Volunteer
Gwenyth Petty	...	Magistrate
Dilys Price	...	Mrs. Williams
Nia Roberts	...	Checkout Girl
Deborah Sheridan-Taylor	...	Shop Assistant
Natasha Williams	...	Care Worker
Sidney Williams	...	Club Owner

Dirigida por
Paul Greengrass

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Richard Hawkins		writer

Producida por
Ruth Caleb	....	producer
Shan Davies	....	line producer
Paul Janssen	....	co-producer
Sudhir Pragjee	....	co-producer
Tracey Scoffield	....	associate producer
Anant Singh	....	producer
Sanjeev Singh	....	co-producer
Helena Spring	....	producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer

Música original por
Rolfe Kent

Fotografía por
Ivan Strasburg

Montaje por
Mark Day

Casting
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard

Diseño de producción por
Melanie Allen

Dirección artística
Tom Bowyer

Diseño de vestuario por
Dinah Collin

Departamento de maquillaje
Catherine Davies	....	makeup artist
Marina Monios	....	makeup supervisor
Roseann Samuel	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Virginia Arendt	....	post-production supervisor: London
Lesley Fox	....	post-production supervisor
Jane Hamlyn	....	post-production supervisor: London

Ayudante de dirección
Rhydian Evans	....	third assistant director (as Rhidian Evans)
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director: second unit
James Haven	....	second assistant director: second unit
Sasha Mann	....	third assistant director: second unit
Llyr Morus	....	second assistant director
Jennie Osborn	....	assistant director

Art Department
Paul Biggs	....	property master
Gary Flay	....	props buyer
Chris Forster	....	storyboard artist
Don Harding	....	assistant stand-by props
Sarah Kane	....	art director: second unit
Ron Shackell	....	assistant stand-by props
Phil Shellard	....	stand-by props
Lucy Shipp	....	art department runner
Mike Weston	....	assistant stand-by props

Departamento de sonido
Pat Boxshall	....	dialogue editor
Charlotte Buys	....	dialogue editor
Simon Dart	....	boom operator
Nicky De Beer	....	sound designer
Charles Evans	....	foley artist
Jennie Evans	....	sound editor
Robert Farr	....	sound mixer
Kirsty Halls	....	sound trainee
Elinor Hardy	....	dialogue editor
Sharron Hawkes	....	adr editor
Christian Joyce	....	boom operator
Danny Longhurst	....	sound editor
Jeff Matthews	....	sound recordist: second unit
Tim Partridge	....	boom operator: second unit
Juliet Phillips	....	foley artist (as Juliette Phillips)
Mark Phillips	....	sound re-recording engineer
John Taylor	....	sound mixer
Matt Vowles	....	sound
Stan White	....	dialogue editor
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Terry Palmer	....	special effects technician
Chris Reynolds	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects
Emma Bateman	....	digital compositor
Chris Panton	....	digital compositor
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects

Especialistas
Jim Dowdall	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Hammatt	....	stunts
Tina Maskell	....	stunts
Andreas Petrides	....	stunt coordinator
Lee Sheward	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ken Ashley-Johnson	....	grip
John Bailie	....	focus puller: second unit
Andrew Banwell	....	clapper loader: second unit (as Andy Banwell)
Matthew Budd	....	grip assistant
Dion M. Casey	....	steadicam operator
Anthony Cooper	....	clapper loader
Perry Cullen	....	generator operator
Anne Dodsworth	....	camera trainee
Paul Edwards	....	steadicam operator
Bob Fernandez	....	electrician: second unit
Gifford Hooper	....	aerial camera operator
Mark Hutchins	....	electrician: second unit
Mark Isaac	....	focus puller
Steve Lawes	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Jimmy Mullins	....	grip
Richard Philpott	....	camera operator: second unit
Adrian Rogers	....	still photographer
Tony Rowland	....	grip: second unit
Kevin Scott	....	clapper loader
Steve Slocombe	....	best boy
Andrew Taylor	....	gaffer
Peter Thornton	....	camera operator: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Una Nicholson	....	wardrobe mistress: London
Jilly Thornley	....	wardrobe mistress: Wales
Paul Yeowell	....	costume assistant: second unit

Editorial Department
Hermione Byrt	....	first assistant editor
Natalie Rademeyer	....	post-production secretary
Jon Whitson	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Bob Bowen	....	music coordinator
Paul Broucek	....	music supervisor
Karen Elliott	....	music supervisor
Richard Ford	....	supervising music editor
Dana Sano	....	music supervisor
Kerry Wikstrom	....	additional orchestrator
Allan Wilson	....	conductor

Otros miembros del equipo
Bart Bailey	....	production runner
Joanie Blaikie	....	production executive
Victoria Edmunds	....	assistant to producers
Cherry Fiddaman	....	production accountant
Lionel Glass	....	projectionist
Ronnie Govender	....	production auditor
Brian Halliday	....	armorer
Trystan Howell	....	production runner
Pauline Hume	....	title designer
Jennifer Ivory	....	assistant to producers
Sara Morris	....	production coordinator: second unit
Bryan Moses	....	location manager: Wales
Robert Naidoo	....	production auditor
Ruta Ozols	....	production coordinator
Karin Padgham	....	assistant to producers
Kate Power	....	location manager: London
Daniel Rochford	....	production runner
Helen Rutherford	....	assistant to producers
Joy Sapieka	....	unit publicist
Patrick Schweitzer	....	location manager
Viresh Sirkisson	....	production auditor
Julia Stubblefield	....	assistant to producers
Rosanna Swinburne	....	assistant to producers
Gaye Sykes	....	production secretary
Bev Tatham	....	continuity
Claire Tovey	....	accounting assistant

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Distant Horizons (associate)

Distributors

• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (Switzerland)
• Budapest Film (Hungary)
• Capelight Pictures (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Eurocine (Argentina)
• Fine Line Features
• K2 Entertainment
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Les Films de l'Astre (France)
• Shaw Brothers (Singapore)
• Tobis Filmkunst (Germany)

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  light equipment
• Chris Fellows Sound Studios  post-production facilities
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• General Screen Enterprises  titles and opticals
• Goldcrest Post Production London  post-production facilities
• Midnight Transfer  telecine facilities
• Mike Fraser  negative cutting
• Movitech Camera Rentals  camera equipment
• The Frame  digital audio post-production
• The Philharmonia Orchestra of London  orchestra

También conocida como:

Extraña petición (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Duración:

101 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:R | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Jane: Most people don't like to walk next to me.
Richard: Yeah, and why is that?
Jane: It implies friendship.

Movie Connections:

References Pretty Woman (1990)

Soundtrack:

Nothing Else

Love Takes Flight

The Theory Of Flight is an engaging character study of an artist (Branagh) yearning to break free of boredom and mediocrity, and a terminally ill patient (Bonham-Carter) in the last stages of ASL, confined to a wheelchair, who desires to make love to a man before dying.

Helena Bonham-Carter exudes wit, defiance, and independence as an ASL patient who is virtually dependent upon people around her to take care of her.

Kenneth Branagh, sentenced through community service to take part in caring for her, complements Helena's charm with woeful melancholy, creating a sentimental, compelling love story in which two people try to help each other find the road to happiness, before time runs out.