USA, 1962
101m
35mm film, colour, 2.35:1
mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm optical prints), 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints), English
An American fantasy film directed by Irwin Allen.
Plot Summary
Professor Fergusson has invented a huge hot air balloon and uses it to take a trip into uncharted territories in West Africa.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Irwin Allen
© MCMLXII [1962] Cambridge Productions, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation presents a CinemaScope picture. Irwin Allen’s production of… Produced by Cambridge Productions, Inc. and released through Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Produced by: Irwin Allen
Screenplay by: Charles Bennett, Irwin Allen, Albert Gail
Based on the Novel by: Jules Verne
Director of Photography: Winton Hoch
Film Editor: George Boemler
Music: Paul Sawtell
Sound: E. Clayton Ward, Warren B. Delaplain
Costumes Designed by: Paul Zastupnevich
Makeup by: Ben Nye
Hair Styles by: Helen Turpin
Special Photographic Effects: L.B. Abbott, Emil Kosa Jr
Art Direction: Jack Martin Smith, Alfred Ybarra
Cast
Red Buttons [Donald O’Shay]
Fabian [Jacques]
Barbara Eden [Susan Gale]
Cedric Hardwicke [Professor Samuel Fergusson]
Peter Lorre [Ahmed]
Richard Haydn [Sir Henry Vining]
Barbara Luna [Makia]
Billy Gilbert [Redbeard the sultan/auctioneer]
Herbert Marshall (the prime minister)
Reginald Owen [Mr Townshend, the consul]
Henry Daniell [Sheik Ageiba]
Mike Mazurki [slave captain]
Alan Caillou [inspector]
Ben Astar [Myanga]
Raymond Bailey [Randolph]
Chester The Chimp (“The Duchess”)
Alternative Titles
5 evdomades s’ ena aerostato – Greece
5 Semanas em Balão – Portugal
5 settimane in pallone – Italy
5 veckor i ballong – Sweden
5 εβδομάδες σ’ένα αερόστατο – Greece
Cinci săptămâni în balon – Romania
Cinco semanas en globo – Argentina, Mexico, Spain
Cinco Semanas num Balão – Brazil
Cinq semaines en ballon – Canada (French), France
Cinque settimane in pallone – Italy
Fem uger i ballon – Denmark
Fünf Wochen im Ballon – Austria, Germany, West Germany
Viisi viikkoa ilmalaivassa – Finland
Пет седмици в балон – Bulgaria
Пять недель на воздушном шаре(Russian) – USSR
気球船探検 – Japan
Links
Extracts included in
The Great Canadian Supercut (2017)
See also
5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977)
Cinci saptamîni în balon (1966)
Viaje fantástico en globo (1975)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.9 p.33
- Cinémonde no.1467 (18 September 1962) p.42
- The Daily Cinema no.8689 (19 November 1962) p.6
- The Film Daily vol.121 no.31 (14 August 1962) p.6
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.171 no.29 (13 August 1962) p.3
- Kine Weekly no.2877 (22 November 1962) p.24
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.30 no.348 (January 1963) p.7
- Motion Picture Herald vol.228 no.4 (22 August 1962) p.641
- Variety 15 August 1962
Books
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.144
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) pp.175
- The World of Fantasy Films by Richard Myers p.66
