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Title:
The red balloon and other stories [DVD video]
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Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (287 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm)
ISBN:
9798886070927
Abstract:
The red balloon: A French boy named Pascal discovers a stray red balloon in the streets of Paris. Pascal and the balloon become fast friends and share many adventures.
White mane: A young fisherman living near the Rhone River in the vast plains of the Camargue in France wins the confidence of a wild stallion named White Mane.
Bim, the little donkey: This spirited adventure follows two boys - one poor and good hearted, the other weathy and spoiled - who go from rivals to friends as they set out to save a donkey from thieves.
Stowaway in the sky: Lamorisse takes us on the breathtaking odessey of a young boy who sneaks aboard his inventor grand-father's experimental new hot-air balloon.
Circus angel: A daring young thief - having been affixed with a pair of wings in order to become a flying circus attraction - finds himself mistaken for an angel.
General Note:
Originally released as individual films from 1951-1965.
Full screen (1.37:1) and wide screen (2.35:1).
Special features: New interview with actor Paul Lamorisse, director Albert Lamorisse's son; My father was a red ballon, a 2008 documentary featuring Pascal Lamorisse and his daughter Lysa; French television interviews with Albert Lamorisse from 1957 and 1959; essay by David Cairns.
Performers:
Red balloon: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Wladimir Popof, Paul Perey, Renée Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Michel Pezin.
White mane: Alain Emery; narrated by J.P. Grenier, Peter Strauss.
Bim, the little donkey: Abdallah, Messaoud, and the children of the island ; narrated by Jacques Prévert.
Stowaway in the sky: André Gille, Pascal Lamorisse, Marice Baquet ; narrated by Jack Lemmon.
Circus angel: Philippe Avron, Mireille Nègre, Henri Lambert.
Contents:
The red balloon. (1956 : 34 min.) -- White mane (1953 : 39 min.) -- Bim, the little donkey (1951 : 54 min.) -- Disc 2. Stowaway in the sky. (1960 : 83 min.) -- Circus angel. (1965 : 77 min.).
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1; NTSC; monaural.
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Language:
French
Additional Language:
French dialogue; English dubbed dialogue on Circus Angel and English narration on White Mane and Stowaway in the sky; U.S. English language version of Bim, the little donkey. English subtitles. English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Container of (work): Ballon rouge (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Bim, le petit âne (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Crin-Blanc (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Voyage en ballon (Motion picture).
Container of (work): Fifi la plume (Motion picture).
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Bim, the little donkey [DVD video].
White man [DVD video].
Stowaway in the sky [DVD video].
Circus angel [DVD video].
