Project Detail

The Balloon

Synopsis

Jimmy looks like a punk, but he's a child at heart.

This modern day silent film follows him through one day - from being thrown out by his girlfriend, meeting the magical Balloon man, being chased by two slapstick thugs, to finding happiness with Iris in a roomful of balloons.

Details

Year: 1999
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 11 mins
Format: 16mm
Director: Tom Whitemore
Producer: Sharon Gold
Executive Producer: Sharon Gold
Director of Photography: Paul Englefield
Principal cast: Ben Crompton, Caroline Carver
Film Stock: Kodak
Screen Writers: Tom Whitemore, Thomas Dalton

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tom Tom Productions

Flat 1F2, 12 Lonsdale Terrace
Edinburgh EH3 9HN
UK

T +44 0131 228 6100

tom@tomtom.demon.ac.uk

Sales Company

The Short Film Bureau Ltd

4th Floor
74 Newman Street
London W1T 3EL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7636 2400

sales@shortfilmbureau.com

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