Stowaway in the Sky (1960)
Directed by Albert Lamorisse
Genres - Action, Adventure, Children's/Family |
Sub-Genres - Children's Fantasy, Family-Oriented Adventure |
Run Time - 82 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Originally titled Le Voyage en Ballon, Stowaway in the Sky is a disarmingly simple French-made children's story. The plot is implicit in the title: A small child, fascinated by a lighter-than-air balloon, clambers aboard. The balloon takes flight, lifting the child upward to an amazing adventure. The land-bound adults have conniptions as the balloon wafts by; the child has nothing more than a great time. The film was directed by Albert Lamorisse, who earlier produced a similar-themed, award winning short subject, The Red Balloon. Released in France in 1960, then distributed in the US four years later by United Artists.
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airborne, balloon, boy, child, flight, generation-gap, grandfather, grandson, hot-air-balloon, inventor, journey, on-the-road, sea, sky, stowaway, trip
