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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.
Buster Keaton
- The Young Man
- (as 'Buster' Keaton)
John Brown
- A Bear
- (uncredited)
Phyllis Haver
- The Young Woman
- (uncredited)
Babe London
- Fat Girl at The House of Trouble
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIncluded in "Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection" blu-ray set, released by Kino.
- GoofsBuster 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
- ConnectionsFeatured in Seeing Stars (1922)
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The Balloonatic is Always on a High When it Comes to Entertainment Value. Its Another Triumph in the Joyful Keaton Shorts.
The Balloonatic is always on a high when it comes to entertainment value present in Keaton shorts. For the first time, it begins with a close up shot of a spooked Keaton at The House of Trouble, a haunted house at an amusement park. As the camera zooms out of his face, we see him walk towards three different rooms, each time to be surprised by a spooky figure. Once he gets out of the house, he watches a stout lady enter the same place. She loves the haunted house so much she enters the second time.
Keaton however moves on to another thrill and soon finds himself on top of a hot air balloon. The balloon crashes and Keaton lands on a tree. While fixing the balloon, he also goes to a lake and tries fishing; in his Keaton-esque manner, he tries to block the flow of water by placing a barricade rocks at the shallow point, only for the water to collect on the other side and soon crash into the barricade and take Keaton along. He encounters a girl who attacks him at first for coming in her way when she dives into the lake, but later becomes close to him.
The ending takes you by surprise as you fully expect a disaster only to be baffled. That's the high point of The Balloonatic, another triumph in the joyful Keaton shorts.
Keaton however moves on to another thrill and soon finds himself on top of a hot air balloon. The balloon crashes and Keaton lands on a tree. While fixing the balloon, he also goes to a lake and tries fishing; in his Keaton-esque manner, he tries to block the flow of water by placing a barricade rocks at the shallow point, only for the water to collect on the other side and soon crash into the barricade and take Keaton along. He encounters a girl who attacks him at first for coming in her way when she dives into the lake, but later becomes close to him.
The ending takes you by surprise as you fully expect a disaster only to be baffled. That's the high point of The Balloonatic, another triumph in the joyful Keaton shorts.
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- Jun 4, 2013
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- Runtime22 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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