The Black Balloon

Category: 16
All Genres: Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: Australia, UK
Runtime: 97
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Elissa Down
Sound: Dolby Digital
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Writing by: Elissa Down – writer
Jimmy Jack – writer (as Jimmy The Exploder)

Produced by: Sally Chesher – executive producer
Toni Collette – executive producer
Jimmy Jack – co-producer
Tristram Miall – producer

Cast: Rhys Wakefield – Thomas Mollison
Luke Ford – Charlie Mollison
Toni Collette – Maggie Mollison
Erik Thomson – Simon Mollison
Gemma Ward – Jackie Masters
Lloyd Allison-Young – James
Nathin Butler – Chris
Lisa Kowalski – Sally
Firass Dirani – Russell
Aaron Glennane – Bucko
Andy Meritakis – Daniel

Music: Michael Yezerski
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Plot Outline: In a bid to rescue fellow racer Markie Wylde from the evil Racing Drones, the AcceleRacers enter a portal that leads right into Drones headquarters…
Plot: All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie (Ward), accept his brother?

Movie Quotes:
Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: You can't ask me to battle nature in my own heart.


Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Actor's Lonnie Martin and Cindy Marie Martin appear in a scene at the end of the films credits. Also below the copyright notice, a statement that “No Animals or Zombies were harmed during the making of this film” appears as the last item.

Goofs: We know about 4 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Factual errors: Wolf and his men are referred to as soldiers. Soldier is a term reserved for those who have served in the Army. Wolf and his men are Marines, and are therefore called Marines, not soldiers.

Trivia: There are 4 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• Costume designer Michael O'Connor based the blue “Fox uniform” ensemble worn by Keira Knightley in the whig political rally scene on portraits and political cartoons of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, that were made in the late 18th century.
• The Tuscan red zone-front gown worn by Keira Knightley (known as the “Drunken Dress”) had to be made in triplicate due to a stunt scripted for the scene. The costume required 36 meters of silk total for the three gowns, with green and gold lace applied by hand to each one.
• Producer Gabrielle Tana and her partner, Executive Producer Carolyn Marks Blackwood, got the rights to the Book “Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire” back in 1998.

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