The film tells the story of Pascal, a small child who's fascinated by his grandfather's lighter-than-air balloon. The older man claims he's invented the best mode of transportation: a balloon that can be controlled when in the sky. The altitude, direction, and speed of the balloon are all under the direction of the pilot.
As the grand-père takes the balloon on a demonstration, Pascal climbs on board and lifts them both upward to an adventure. The balloon travels all around France, Brittany, over the ocean, and over Mont Blanc in the Alps.
However, the balloon turns out to be not so controllable: church spires become objects of threat, factory smokestacks become volcano-like, a stag hunt is no longer about the thrill of the chase, and they inadvertently kidnap washing on a clothesline and a guest at a wedding party in Brittany.
The land-bound adults have conniptions as the balloon wafts by, yet, Pascal has a great time.
Backgroundedit
Jack Lemmon, the narrator of the film's English version, was so impressed with the film that he bought the American rights.
Castedit
Pascal Lamorisse as Pascal
Maurice Baquet as Le mécanicien
André Gille as Le grand-père (grandfather)
Jack Lemmon as Narrator (English version narrator)
Critical receptionedit
In a brief film review of the film the weekly news magazine Time wrote, "Stowaway in the Sky will enchant moppet, matron and greybeard with its breath-catching, balloonist's-eye view of the fair land of France."[2]
The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited it as one of his 100 favourite films.[3]
^Thomas-Mason, Lee. "From Stanley Kubrick to Martin Scorsese: Akira Kurosawa once named his top 100 favourite films of all time". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
stowaway, french, voyage, ballon, 1960, french, family, adventure, film, dyaliscope, eastman, color, directed, albert, lamorisse, theatrical, posterdirected, byalbert, lamorissewritten, byalbert, lamorisseproduced, byalbert, lamorissenarrated, byjack, lemmonci. Stowaway in the Sky French Le Voyage en ballon is a 1960 French family adventure film in Dyaliscope and Eastman Color directed by Albert Lamorisse 1 Stowaway in the SkyU K Theatrical PosterDirected byAlbert LamorisseWritten byAlbert LamorisseProduced byAlbert LamorisseNarrated byJack LemmonCinematographyMaurice FellousGuy TabaryEdited byPierre GilletteMusic byJean ProdromidesDistributed byFilms MontsourisLopert Pictures CorporationRelease dates14 September 1960 1960 09 14 France 18 June 1962 1962 06 18 U S Running time85 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchAlbert Lamorisse used his ten year old son Pascal as the main character in the film Contents 1 Plot 2 Background 3 Cast 4 Critical reception 5 Awards 6 Footnotes 7 External linksPlot editThe film tells the story of Pascal a small child who s fascinated by his grandfather s lighter than air balloon The older man claims he s invented the best mode of transportation a balloon that can be controlled when in the sky The altitude direction and speed of the balloon are all under the direction of the pilot As the grand pere takes the balloon on a demonstration Pascal climbs on board and lifts them both upward to an adventure The balloon travels all around France Brittany over the ocean and over Mont Blanc in the Alps However the balloon turns out to be not so controllable church spires become objects of threat factory smokestacks become volcano like a stag hunt is no longer about the thrill of the chase and they inadvertently kidnap washing on a clothesline and a guest at a wedding party in Brittany The land bound adults have conniptions as the balloon wafts by yet Pascal has a great time Background editJack Lemmon the narrator of the film s English version was so impressed with the film that he bought the American rights Cast editPascal Lamorisse as Pascal Maurice Baquet as Le mecanicien Andre Gille as Le grand pere grandfather Jack Lemmon as Narrator English version narrator Critical reception editIn a brief film review of the film the weekly news magazine Time wrote Stowaway in the Sky will enchant moppet matron and greybeard with its breath catching balloonist s eye view of the fair land of France 2 The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited it as one of his 100 favourite films 3 Awards editWins Venice Film Festival OCIC Award Le Voyage en ballon 1960 Nominations Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Le Voyage en ballon 1960 Footnotes edit Stowaway in the Sky at IMDb nbsp Time film review July 13 1962 Thomas Mason Lee From Stanley Kubrick to Martin Scorsese Akira Kurosawa once named his top 100 favourite films of all time Far Out Magazine Retrieved 23 January 2023 External links editStowaway in the Sky at IMDb nbsp Stowaway in the Sky at Rotten Tomatoes Stowaway in the Sky at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stowaway in the Sky amp oldid 1190577540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
