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Fun in Balloon Land

  • 1965
  • TV-14
  • 53m
IMDb RATING
1.4/10
693
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Fun in Balloon Land (1965)
Sonny falls asleep while his mom reads him a bedtime story and wakes up in Balloon Land, a magical world filled with giant balloon people and animals.
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Sonny falls asleep while his mom reads him a bedtime story and wakes up in Balloon Land, a magical world filled with giant balloon people and animals.Sonny falls asleep while his mom reads him a bedtime story and wakes up in Balloon Land, a magical world filled with giant balloon people and animals.Sonny falls asleep while his mom reads him a bedtime story and wakes up in Balloon Land, a magical world filled with giant balloon people and animals.

  • Director
    • Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr.
  • Writer
    • Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr.
  • Stars
    • Patricia Ann Pearson
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  • IMDb RATING
    1.4/10
    693
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    • Director
      • Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr.
    • Writer
      • Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr.
    • Stars
      • Patricia Ann Pearson
    • 20User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Patricia Ann Pearson
    • Southern Lehigh H.S. Head Majorette
    • Director
      • Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr.
    • Writer
      • Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr.
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    5kristinafillers

    what i think about "Fun in Balloon Land"

    I know this special mostly has one star reviews, but im givin it a 5-star review!!

    This special consists of TOTAL MIND SCREWNESS, but that's normal for these low-budget 50's-2-70's films. HECK! Take Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny 4 example!! There is a scene with a fairy tale with no correlation 2 santa or the ice cream bunny!! (that fairytale either being thumbelina, or jack and the beanstalk) rating: 5/10!! (so bad, it's good!!)
    1LTPHarry

    Another poorly made low budget Christmas "Movie".

    Throughout the early days of films, there were lots of poorly made low budget Christmas films such as "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and "Santa Claus" which have been lampooned on Mystery Science Theater 3000. This movie however is SO BAD that I am not going to describe all of it.

    The "film" is about a boy named sonny who is being read a story about Balloon Land by his mother. After this the rest of the "film" is just amateur footage from a balloon parade. The balloons are so badly made and creepy looking. If you want a good balloon parade watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

    Overall, avoid this "Film" at all costs. Please!
    1soulexpress

    Why does this even have an IMDb entry?

    So if a movie was filmed, edited, released, and seen by more people than just the director and his mom, it gets an entry on IMDb? You learn something new every day!
    1Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki

    Leftover Thanksgiving turkey, like something a pedophile uses to lure small children into their gingerbread house.

    A diaper-wearing kid falls asleep, and dreams of something called Balloon Land, which amounts to some gigantic balloons in a pedophile's warehouse/ garage. There is a bit of piano music hear in these scenes, but the piano music is clearly being performed live, by someone sitting behind the camera, as it is obviously live, and drowning in echo. Someone is blowing bubbles on the audio tracks, crew members can clearly be seen moving the balloons around, and the end of the so-called stage can frequently be seen, along with a bit of lighting equipment, before the film pads out its run time with footage of an unidentified parade filled with gigantic balloons, and an unidentified female narrator, who can't seem to decide if she is narrating a kid's movie, or doing a porn flick. It frequently shows the audience reacting to the balloons in this parade, and they look as bored and confused as the few people who have ever seen this probably looked.

    How was this ever made, and by who? Was it ever screened publicly, and if it was, how many people saw it, and what was their response to it? Its production history is a complete mystery, no cast or crew received any screen credit. Aside from its title, and 1965 copyright date, nothing is known of its origins.

    In reality, this was most likely done by Gigantic Balloon co, Inc., just to promote themselves, and make use of some leftover balloons, the original footage was probably filmed in one morning, and on one take, with the parade footage filmed the same evening, and on absolutely zero budget, guerrilla-style, and the people who made this are likely in prison.
    1cgearheart

    A "movie" that takes bad to new levels

    I felt many emotions while on my egregious odyssey through the horrors of balloon land, but "fun" is definitely not an adjective I'd be comfortable with using to describe the tedium and mind numbing insanity inflicted on me while staring into the abyss of this oddly transgressive and borderline creepy "movie" that's really just a very annoying home movie that washed up onto the shores of hell. I swear to all living/breathing beings that enjoy films that I'm not exaggerating when I say this is honest to god the single worst movie I have ever seen in my life. It's so tedious, annoying, poorly made, and irrelevantly ridiculous that it exceeds new levels of badness I didn't even think were possible. I laugh when I hear friends of mine say how bad The Last Airbender or Green Lantern are and take so much solace knowing they'll never be subjected to the IQ dropping levels of stupidity found in Fun in Balloon Land.

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    -1/10.

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    • Trivia
      This film was released in two theaters in Davenport, Iowa, to coincide with the parade that Giant Balloons Inc. was putting on in town.
    • Goofs
      During the "Ring around the Rosie" dance, the stage light and the end of the stage are visible.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: You may slay any dragon you wish to stray!

    • Crazy credits
      Aside from the title, and a 1965 copyright date, there are no credits at the beginning or end of this film.
    • Connections
      Edited into Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 10 (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Fun in Balloon Land
      Words and music by Frank E. Conner (Frank Connor).

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    • Release date
      • August 30, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA(parade footage)
    • Production company
      • Giant Balloon Parades
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    • Runtime
      • 53m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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