Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Film of a 13-year-old boy flying round the Earth in a home-made spaceship brings the world's media to Horsepool's Hill. He announces is going on a day trip to Mars, an adventure matched in danger only by his new-found fame. Paul Sutton fuses the arts of science and storytelling, within a collage of pop culture, philosophy and humour, to detail the coming of age of an English boy growing up in an era of big technology and big government. An elegiac novel about innocence and responsibility.
"A richly imaginative fusion of Carl Sagan, Jules Verne and The Little Prince."
Synopsis
Film of young Charlie Ellis flying round the Earth in a home-made spaceship brings the world's media to Horsepool Hill. The boy and his engineer, Steve Atherton, announce they are going on a day trip to Mars. The first stage of a plan to visit all the main wonders of the Solar System, from the moons of Saturn, to the clouds of Jupiter and the ice world of Pluto.
Paul Sutton fuses the arts of science and storytelling, within a collage of pop culture, philosophy and humour, to detail the remarkable adventures of a very real boy.
"A richly imaginative fusion of Carl Sagan, Jules Verne and The Little Prince."