China News Network, November 13, Hollywood adventure action blockbuster "Hot Air Balloon Pilot" released today, the film released a production special, and for the first time announced the hot air balloon "Mammoth" replication process.
Hot Air Balloon Pilot poster
Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, Hot Air Balloon Aviator tells the story of meteorologist James Glascher and female hot air balloon pilot Emilia Lane who set the highest flight record for mankind in a hot air balloon and experience a thrilling high-altitude adventure.
In the movie, the two leading actors ride a hot air balloon at an altitude of 11278 meters, surviving in the extreme environment of lightning and thunder or ice and snow, and they travel between life and death in the high sky, which makes the audience feel as if they are immersed in the movie.
70% of the scenes in the movie are set in the hot air balloon, and almost 100% of the thrilling scenes take place in the small space of the hanging basket, which makes the hot air balloon the most watched prop in the whole film.
It is reported that in order to ensure the audience's viewing experience, the crew invited the famous aeronautical engineer and pilot Poe Lindland and his team to perfectly copy the "Mammoth" hot air balloon. After accurate measurement and calculation, they tried more than 20 kinds of silk cloth materials to build the hot air balloon in the film that weighed 25 meters high and weighed 375 kilograms and took off on gas power, which was also the first reproduction of the Mammoth since the mid-19th century.
Source: China News Network
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