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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Film Details - Film Australia , 1976

Producers:

Richard Mason (Producer)
Hal McElroy (Associate Producer)
Jim McElroy (Associate Producer)

Production Companies:

Film Australia

Director of Photography:

Dean Semler

Editors:

Max Lemon

Production Designers:

David Copping

Composer:

George Dreyfus

Cast:

Robert Bettles (John Sumner), Janet Kingsbury (Mrs Sumner), John Ewart (PC Baird), Ben Gabriel (Mr Sumner), Sally Whiteman (Mamie), Matthew Wilson (Cecil), Terry McQuillan (Harry), Bruce Spence (Chief Gifford), Ken Goodlet (Major Fairleigh), Ray Barrett (Dr McLeod), Nigel Lovell (The Parson), Babette Stephens (Mrs Braithwaite), Brian Anderson (Scott Griffiths), Phillip Ross (Goff Vockler), Charlie Metcalfe (Bob Lee), Scott Griffiths, Bob Lee, Goff Vockler.

Release Dates:

1. Premiered at the Town Theatre, Sydney, on 16 December 1976. Other known release dates are USA (March 1977) and Finland (17 February 1978).
2. Released on videocassette format in the 1980s by Film Australia.

Location:

  • Filmed largely on location in the NSW coastal town of Carcoar.

Awards:

  • Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1977) Best Achievement in Costume Design - Ron Williams (nomination)
  • Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1977) Best Actor in a Supporting Role - John Ewart (nomination)

Notes:

1. Also known as Anna Pallon Lentää (Finland).
2. Produced for about $400,000 by Film Australia, Let the Balloon Go sold widely in the overseas markets, notably in the USA.
3. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980), p. 390.

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