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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
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton
    • 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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    5Red-Barracuda

    So-so silent slapstick

    This Buster Keaton short has a very good title. But as you will discover there really isn't much actual ballooning in it. As you might expect from a short film its pretty simplistic. It begins at a fun-house where Keaton accidentally hitches a ride in a hot air balloon. He is propelled miles away and winds up in the wilderness. He meets a girl out here who isn't initially too keen on him but together they get in to all manner of scrapes including some memorable scenes with grizzly bears.

    It would be fair to say that this is not a great feature. It doesn't have a very cohesive narrative and essentially boils down to a series of gags loosely connected into the synopsis above. It's really mainly recommended to fans of Keaton and/or silent slapstick in general. Others might be a bit underwhelmed.
    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.
    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.
    Snow Leopard

    Keaton Short With Some Good Moments

    This is not one of Buster Keaton's best short features, but it has some good moments. Most of the gags are of good quality, and most of the sequences work well enough. The main thing it really lacks is that, unlike most of Buster's movies, it never really builds on itself or gets much momentum. In his best features, the setting and story help make the decent gags very funny and the good gags hilarious.

    Buster becomes "The Balloonatic" when he is trying to help a balloonist prepare his craft, and it accidentally takes off with Buster on top of the balloon. He winds up in the wilderness, where he and a young woman that he meets (Phyllis Haver) have to fend for themselves.

    Although this one doesn't fit together quite as well as his best comedies, being mostly a series of only loosely-connected gags, some of them are very good in themselves. If nothing else, it has enough that it should probably be of interest at least to those who are already Keaton fans.
    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.

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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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