Let the Balloon Go

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Let the Balloon Go
Directed by Oliver Howes
Written by
Based onnovel by Ivan Southall
Produced byRichard Mason; Hal and Jim McElroy, associate producers
Starring
Cinematography Dean Semler
Edited byMax Lemon
Music byGeorge Dreyfus
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • 16 December 1976 (1976-12-16)
Running time
92 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$400,000 [1] or $285,000 [2]

Let the Balloon Go is a 1976 Australian children's film about a young boy with polio in 1917.

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Plot

In 1917 rural New South Wales, a young boy with polio struggles to break free of his overprotective mother.

Cast

Production

The film was shot near the town of Carcoar. [3]

Reception

The film sold widely overseas including to the United States. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 309
  2. ↑ Australian Film Commission. (1977), "MARKETING BRANCH", Annual report, Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) (1976/1977, PP no. 63 of 1979), [Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, ISSN   0816-9624, nla.obj-2754195620, retrieved 27 March 2025– via Trove
  3. ↑ "LOVELY OLD TOWN IN FILM STAR MAKE-UP". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 24 December 1975. p. 34. Retrieved 28 September 2012.


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