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Malec aéronaute

Original title: Balloonatic
  • 1923
  • Not Rated
  • 22m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
3.4K
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Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, and John Brown in Malec aéronaute (1923)
ComedyShort

A hapless amusement park attendant finds his runaway balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.A hapless amusement park attendant finds his runaway balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.A hapless amusement park attendant finds his runaway balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.

  • Directors
    • Edward F. Cline
    • Buster Keaton
  • Writers
    • Buster Keaton
    • Edward F. Cline
  • Stars
    • Buster Keaton
    • John Brown
    • Phyllis Haver
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    3.4K
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    • Directors
      • Edward F. Cline
      • Buster Keaton
    • Writers
      • Buster Keaton
      • Edward F. Cline
    • Stars
      • Buster Keaton
      • John Brown
      • Phyllis Haver
    • 26User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Buster Keaton
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    • The Young Man
    • (as 'Buster' Keaton)
    John Brown
    • A Bear
    • (uncredited)
    Phyllis Haver
    Phyllis Haver
    • The Young Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Babe London
    Babe London
    • Fat Girl at The House of Trouble
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Edward F. Cline
      • Buster Keaton
    • Writers
      • Buster Keaton
      • Edward F. Cline
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    6JoeytheBrit

    Not one of Buster's best...

    This minor offering from Keaton is really just a collection of sketches cobbled together to make a 20 minute short; as such, it lacks any cohesion and struggles to hold the viewer's interest despite containing a number of decent sight gags and Keaton's ever-reliable comic timing. In this one he finds himself atop a hot air balloon that has drifted from its moorings and which transports him deep into the countryside where he encounters young Phyllis Haver, a rather strapping young wench whose initial coolness towards him thaws after a number of escapades. There's very little that is memorable here, and probably the best moment is Keaton's reaction when he realises he is standing beneath a chute that dispatches visitors from the 'House of Trouble' fairground ride just after a heavy young lady has entered.
    Lugosi31

    Short Keaton Comedy Set in the Woods

    Here, Buster Keaton accidentally gets on top of a hot-air balloon. When he shoots himself out of the sky, he lands near a stream filled with fish. Also, there is a young woman camping nearby. Funny scenes follow, which contain, among other things, bears, burning canoes, and waterfalls. See this film because it is yet another one that displays Keaton's mechanical ingenuity. Surely, you will also find it quite humorous.
    6SnoopyStyle

    wish he stayed on the balloon

    Buster Keaton is at an amusement park. First he's in the House of Trouble and then he gets slapped in a tunnel ride. He finds a large balloon. The balloon gets loose and he gets taken for a ride. He tries his hand at duck hunting and shoots his own balloon. He crash lands and tries to do some fishing. He gets into a constant fight with a woman fishing until they run into a bear.

    I really laughed when he brought out the duck decoys. It would have been better for Keaton to extend the balloon ride. That is fun and something different. Once he gets on land, the story isn't quite as much fun. It's interesting to have the bear but that's to see if he's getting bit or not. I really the balloon but it's far too short.
    ccthemovieman-1

    Buster & Phyllis Camping Out

    Actually, there are only a few minutes of Buster Keaton and the big hot-air balloon in this 22-minute movie. Most of it is Buster and Phyllis Haver out in country, separately, canoeing and having adventures fishing and hunting. In the end, they get together for a few scenes including a "cute" ending with some waterfalls.

    Overall, it's okay but nothing hilarious. Most of the gags are very loosely connected, but that's not unusual for a short silent comedy film. Buster provides most of the laughs but Haver, a new female face not seen by me before in a Keaton film, is not a bad comedienne.

    I watched this right after a much faster-paced Keaton short ("Neighbors") so this looked a little slow in comparison.
    6ackstasis

    "After this bare (bear?) escape, a backwoods romance begins"

    Buster Keaton produced many wonderful short films – 'The Love Nest (1923)' is my favourite so far – but, unfortunately, 'The Balloonatic (1923)' isn't one of them. Despite a fair share of funny jokes, the film is basically comprised of a number of different gags strung together with a flimsy pretense, and so it lacks any narrative cohesiveness. Considering that this was released in the same year as the feature 'Our Hospitality (1923),' which had a terrifically-dark storyline to complement the jokes, this short really does come across as disappointing. Indeed, even the title promises more than the film actually delivers, with barely a quarter of the running time concerned with hot-air balloons. However, cast aside these trivial complaints, and you can simply enjoy Buster's antics for what they are. The actor/director's comedic work still sparkles with imagination and creativity, and few entertainers could have achieved such hilarious results with something as simple as a collapsible canoe. Also, it beats me how he avoided drowning on at least one occasion.

    The story opens at a carnival, where hopeless romantic Buster goes out looking for love in a "House of Trouble." As always, it's interesting to note just how stone-faced he remains as numerous ominous figures emerge from dark doorways; his body language communicates fear and panic, but his facial expressions remains astonishingly deadpan. After finding his way out of the attraction, Buster then ruins a perfectly good jacket in being kind to a beautiful lady, before earning a black eye from another pretty girl (Phyllis Haver) who presumably rejected his advances. Buster then inadvertently catches a ride on the top of a hot-air balloon, which brings him down in the middle of the wilderness, where – surprise! – the girl who punched him is enjoying a lonely fishing trip. The pair try their best to ignore each other, thinking up elaborate techniques to survive comfortably in the forest, until all that remains is for Buster and Phyllis to fall in love. This silly story makes for some enjoyable enough gags, including, most memorably, Buster's face-to-face meeting with two curious bears.

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    • Trivia
      Included in "Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection" blu-ray set, released by Kino.
    • Goofs
      Buster chases the fish up one fork of the creek and builds a dam there, but when the dam breaks he's shown being washed down the other fork of the creek.
    • Quotes

      Title Card: At the House of Trouble

    • Connections
      Featured in Seeing Stars (1922)

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    • Release date
      • July 25, 1924 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Balloonatic
    • Filming locations
      • Ocean Park Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Buster Keaton Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 22m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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