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Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
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Overview
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Irwin Allen (screenplay)
Charles Bennett (writer)
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Release Date:
22 August 1962 (USA) more
Tagline:
Climb Aboard... For The Fun-Venture Of The Year!
Plot:
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans... more | add synopsis
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Taller Than An Elephant more (19 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Red Buttons | ... | Donald O'Shay |
 | Fabian | ... | Jacques |
 | Barbara Eden | ... | Susan Gale |
| Cedric Hardwicke | ... | Fergusson |
 | Peter Lorre | ... | Ahmed |
| Richard Haydn | ... | Sir Henry Vining |
 | Barbara Luna | ... | Makia |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | Sultan / Auctioneer |
| Herbert Marshall | ... | The Prime Minister |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Consul |
| Henry Daniell | ... | Sheik Ageiba |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Slave Captain |
| Alan Caillou | ... | Inspector |
| Ben Astar | ... | Myanga |
| Raymond Bailey | ... | Randolph |
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Runtime:
101 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Spain:T | Netherlands:6 | Finland:S | USA:PG
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[the balloon is about to land in the middle of the jungle]
Sir Henry Vining:
It's a forest full of trees!
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Version of Cinci saptamîni în balon (1966) more
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Five Weeks In A Balloon more
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The title song assures us that, if you fly in a balloon, nothing is impossible. "I'm taller than an elephant and twice as powerful, too." From the first minute you know, "5 Weeks in a Balloon" will be fun with a capital F. Sure, it's easy to analyze this movie and come to the conclusion it's childish and full of clichés. But my point is, grown-ups rarely manage to make movies that really show the world as it is in the imagination of a 10 year old - an admirable quality. While the real Africa is struck by war, starvation and disease, this is the fantasy Africa where rogues were colorful costumes for good looks and the heroes will have a break in the middle of the wilderness, not worrying about the lions around, to sing a song before they go on - because they know, in a dream no-one can actually be harmed. "5 Weeks in a Balloon" may not be Irwin Allen's best movie, but I still like it as much as I did when I watched it for the first time, because only movie theater entertainment at its best can take us away from the real world for an hour and a half to forget all our worries. Can't be grateful enough for that sometimes!