FUN IN BALLOON LAND 1965 + UB IWERKS’ BALLOONLAND / THE PIN-CUSHION-MAN 1935 + THE RED BALLOON 1956 DVD-R!

Fun in Balloon Land is an obscure 1965 American fantasy musical “film” apparently created by for kid matinees by a balloon parade company Giant Balloon Parades, Inc.

Balloon Land, also known as The Pincushion Man, is a 1935 animated short film produced by Ub Iwerks as part of the ComiColor Cartoons series. The cartoon is about a place called Balloon Land, whose residents (including caricatures of popular entertainment figures such as Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin) are made entirely out of balloons. The villain in the cartoon is the Pincushion Man, a character who walks around Balloon Land popping the inhabitants with pins.

The Red Balloon is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The 34-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy and a sentient, mute red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighborhood of Paris. Lamorisse’s son Pascal plays himself in the main role, and his daughter Sabine portrays a young girl.

The film won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Lamorisse for Best Original Screenplay in 1956 and the Palme d’Or for short films at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It also became popular with children and educators. It is the only short film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film is considered among the greatest short films of all time.

color, mono, fullscreen, 90 minutes in total. DVD-R coms packaged as shown in color DVD case, wrapped in plastic!