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Movie · 1999

The Theory of Flight

Released 22 January 1999 More from 1999 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After they strike up a friendship, Jane asks Richard to help fulfill her deepest wish: to lose her virginity before her death.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Kenneth Branagh
as Richard
38
Helena Bonham Carter
as Jane Hatchard
32
Holly Aird
as Julie
29
Nia Roberts
as Checkout Girl
26
Natasha Williams
as Care Worker
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
12years between the oldest and youngest billed
38Kenneth Branagh — oldest on the call sheet
26Nia Roberts — youngest billed
31average age of the credited cast
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