person or book cover
Screen cap from promotional trailer
form y separately published work icon Let the Balloon Go single work   film/TV   children's   historical fiction   adventure  
Adaptation of Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction
Note: Cliff Green (additional dialogue)
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Let the Balloon Go
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Set in 1917, Let the Balloon Go tells the story of a crippled boy, Robert, and his attempts to overcome his physical disability. His overprotective mother is unwilling to leave him alone and unsupervised, until he convinces her one day that he'll be fine on his own. He promptly chucks his brace aside and scales the highest tree in town.

Notes

  • The trailer for this film is available to watch via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtoSHxor9-0 (Sighted: 31/8/2012)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Film Australia , 1976 .
      person or book cover
      Screen cap from promotional trailer
      Extent: 78 min.p.
      Description: Colour
Last amended 31 Aug 2012 09:28:54
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