Just a head’s up: There’s no #SilentFilm/transitional sound film on the TCM schedule until the weekend: the limited dialogue epic “2001: A Space Odyssey”(1968) on Saturday afternoon & Sunday morning has “Le Ballon Rouge” (1956)🇫🇷
#TCMParty #2001ASpaceOdyssey #scifi #TheRedBalloon

Hurray for books! 1960.
1 print : color offset ; sheet 56 x 53 cm (poster format) | Poster shows a clown playing the tuba and juggling books.

#TheRedBalloon #BOOKWEEK #HurrayforBooks! #TommyeSandry #BookWeek #posters #american #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2015647850/

Gaza Children’s Film Festival Opens With Classic French Film ‘The Red Balloon’

Gaza Children’s Film Festival Opening With Classic French Film 'The Red Balloon'

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The French film director Albert Lamorisse, most famous for his 1956 short film The Red Balloon 🎈 also invented the strategic board game Risk in 1957 👀

#AlbertLamorisse #Film #Risk #BoardGame #TheRedBalloon

A24 Published a Kids Guide to Watching Movies — My Daughters Picked ‘The Red Balloon’ and ‘Cats Don’t Dance’
#IndieWire #Commentary #Features #A24 #Film #HeyKidsWatchThis #TheRedBalloon #WhereIstheFriend039sHouse

https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/a24-a-kids-guide-to-watching-movies-1235038822/

A24 Published Kids Guide to Watching Movies, We Gave It to Actual Kids

"Hey Kids, Watch This!" curates a collection of more than 100 classic films spanning 100 years for the young cinephile in your life.

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Tonight in 1961 — THE RED BALLOON made its TV debut.

The Oscar-winning 1956 short aired on CBS’s GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER…in black and white. 🎈

#FilmMastodon #TheRedBalloon

Love Is Like Oxygen (new arrangement 2024) produced by Barry Sparks, mixed by Terry Brown an all star jam. Guitar John Norum, classical guitar Andy Scott (@SweetOfficial) and many more. #TheRedBalloon (1956)

https://youtu.be/iQ-TpEm8I_g?si=qmXZllvh2pdrtSn5

"Love is Like Oxygen" 2024 - The Red Balloon - An "ALL STAR JAM"

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On June 16, 1971, The Red Balloon premiered on West German television. Here’s some fan art to celebrate!
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#TheRedBalloon #AlbertLamorisse #PascalLamorisse #FantasyFIlm #FantasyComedy #ShortFilm #ComedyFilm #1950sFilm #FantasyComedyFilm #Art#MovieArt #MovieHistory

Tonight in 1961 — #TheRedBalloon made its TV debut.

The Oscar-winning 1956 short aired on CBS’s GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER…in black and white. 🎈

#OnThisDay #ClassicTC #1960sTV #1960s #Nostalgia

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a #Chinese #spy device?

Don't shoot it down!

It's #TheRedBalloon, the silent, sentient title character in Albert Lamorisse's 1956 fantasy dramedy that became a global cinematic sensation.

The 34-minute classic about a #Parisian boy's interactions with said #balloon is the only short #film to have won an #Oscar in a writing category (#BestOriginalScreenplay).

Additionally, it won the #PalmedOr for short #films at the #CannesFilmFestival.

#cinema #movies