Let the Balloon Go
Directed byOliver Howes
Written by
Based onnovel by Ivan Southall
Produced byRichard Mason; Hal and Jim McElroy, associate producers
Starring
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited byMax Lemon
Music byGeorge Dreyfus
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
16 December 1976
Running time
92 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$400,000[1]

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

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.[2]

Reception

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

References

  1. ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 309
  2. ^ "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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