The Flying Scientists
- IMDb link: 1537314
- IMDb rating: 4.7 (431 votes)
- Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation, Family, Mystery, Romance
- Director: Heather Graham, Walt Becker, Dorota Kobiela, Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey
- Cast: Benedict Wong, Lang Lang, Sandra Portman, Kizzy Mee and others
- Release date: 4 Nov 2011
- Release year: 2010
- Runtime: 85 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom, Poland, China, India, Norway, United States
- Keywords: 3d, 3 dimensional, stop motion animation, part stop motion animation, woman wears a tie, live action animation
Plot:
'The Flying Machine' is a 3D live action/animation family feature film about a stressed out business-woman, Georgie (played by Heather Graham), who takes her two children to see the animation film 'Magic Piano', which is being performed live by world famous pianist Lang Lang. A magical event occurs and Georgie's kids get transported inside the animation world, and Georgie has to pursue them, with a little help from Maestro Lang Lang. The "Magic Piano" which is a stop-motion animation tells a story of Anna, a girl whose dad had to leave Poland to work in London. Anna and her cousin Chip Chip find a broken piano which magically transforms into a flying machine and takes them across the Europe. The girl hopes to meet her longing dad.