| Description |
2 videodiscs (287 minutes) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1200.
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| Note |
Originally released as individual films. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
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Special features: New interview with actor Paul Lamorisse, director Albert Lamorisse's son; My father was a red ballon, a 2008 documentary featuring Pascal Lamorisse and his daughter Lysa; French television interviews with Albert Lamorisse from 1957 and 1959; essay by David Cairns. |
| Contents |
The red balloon. (1956 : 34 min.) -- Bim, the little donkey (1951, 54 min.) -- White mane (1953 : 39 min.) -- Disc 2. Stowaway in the sky. (1960 : 83 min.) -- Circus angel. (1965 : 77 min.). |
| Credits |
Red balloon: Director of photography, Edmond Sechan; editor, Pierre Gillette ; music, Maurice Le Roux. |
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White mane: Director of photography, Edmond Sechan ; music, Maurice Le Roux ; editor Georges Alépée. |
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Bim, the little donkey: Original music, Mohamed Iguerbouchen; editor Marity Cléris; photographed by André Costey, Guy Tabary. |
| Cast |
Red balloon: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Wladimir Popof, Paul Perey, Renée Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Michel Pezin |
| Performer |
Bim, the little donkey: narrated by Jacques Prévert |
| Cast |
Bim, the little donkey: Abdallah, Messaoud, and the children of the island. |
| Performer |
White mane: Narrated by J.P. Grenier, Peter Strauss. |
| Cast |
Bim, the little donkey: Adballah, Messaoud and the children of the island |
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Circus angel: Philippe Avron, Mireille Nègre, Henri Lambert. |
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Stowaway in the sky: André Gille, Pascal Lamorisse, Marice Baquet. |
| Performer |
Stowaway in the sky: Narrated by Jack Lemmon. |
| Summary |
The red balloon: A French boy named Pascal discovers a stray red balloon in the streets of Paris. Pascal and the balloon become fast friends and share many adventures. |
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Bim, the little donkey: This spirited adventure follows two boys - one poor and good hearted, the other weathy and spoiled - who go from rivals to friends as they set out to save a donkey from thieves. |
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White Mane: A young fisherman living near the Rhone River in the vast plains of the Camargue in France wins the confidence of a wild stallion named White Mane. |
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Stowaway in the Sky: Lamorisse takes us on the breathtaking odessey of a young boy who sneaks aboard his inventor grand-father's experimental new hot-air balloon. |
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Circus Angel: A daring young thief - having been affixed with a pair of wings in order to become a flying circus attraction - finds himself mistaken for an angel. |
| Audience |
MWT rating: NR. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; NTSC; full screen; monaural. |
| Language |
French dialogue, English dubbed dialogue on Circus Angel and English narration on White Mane and Stowaway in the sky; English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Balloons -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Schoolboys -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Friendship -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Stallions -- France -- Camargue -- Drama.
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Wild horses -- France -- Camargue -- Drama.
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Donkeys -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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20e Arrondissement (Paris, France) -- Drama.
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Paris (France) -- Drama.
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Camargue (France) -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Short films.
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Fiction films.
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French language materials.
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Foreign films, French.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Derocles, Georges, -2013, film producer.
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Lamorisse, Albert, film director, screenwriter.
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Lamorisse, Pascal, actor.
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Sellier, Georges, 1893-1988, actor.
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Popov, Vladimir A., actor.
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Emery, Alain, actor.
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Grenier, Jean-Pierre, narrator.
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Strauss, Peter, 1947- narrator.
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Prévert, Jacques, 1900-1977, narrator.
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Gille, André, actor.
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Baquet, Maurice, 1911-2005, actor.
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Avron, Philippe, actor.
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Nègre, Mireille, actor.
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Cairns, David, 1967- essayist.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Films Montsouris, production company.
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| Standard No. |
715515290715 |
| Music No. |
CC3509D-1 Criterion Collection |
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CC3509D-2 Criterion Collection |
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