- HD 1080
- Runtime: 101m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: South Africa, United Kingdom
- Director: Paul Greengrass
- Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Jones, Holly Aird, Ray Stevenson
- keywords: wheelchair, flight, friends, disease, dying, motor neuron disease, behinderung
- Production_studio: BBC Film, Distant Horizon
- The The Theory of Flight is featured in the top rankings of 1999
- #100 in Top Comedy Movies of 1999
- #56 in Top Romance Movies of 1999
A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girl friend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.