Product Details

• Actors: Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre
• Directors: Irwin Allen
• Writers: Irwin Allen, Albert Gail, Charles Bennett, Jules Verne
• Producers: Irwin Allen
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: January 2, 1996
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302098432
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,424 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Weeks in a Balloon, March 27, 2005

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Leilani - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Weeks in a Balloon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love this movie. Not only is it exciting and adventurous, it also has a rather catchy theme song. This movie also has an allstar cast (well, at least they were big stars in 1962). The characters are perfect: from the always calm and collected Professor with a dry sense of humor to the pompous general whose last request before his execution is some hot water to fill his prize teapot. I recommend this to anyone looking for a fun adventure movie.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Widescreen Please..., March 19, 2009

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MadMacs (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Weeks in a Balloon (DVD)

While I applaud the studio for releasing this wonderful Irwin Allen film from the fate of dark obscurity too many films from the golden age suffer, they should strive for the best rendition possible. In this case Five Weeks In A Balloon was filmed in CinemaScope - widescreen. This pan-n-scan dvd does not do this great flick justice.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars star-studded adventure romp!, May 4, 2008

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five Weeks in a Balloon (DVD)

One of the better star-studded adventure movies helmed by producer/director Irwin Allen, FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON (based on the Jules Verne novel) is ideal entertainment for the whole family.

When a party of explorers (led by Cedric Hardwicke, Red Buttons, Richard Haydn and Fabian) set out for uncharted African territory in an elaborate hot-air balloon device, their journey instead takes them on a rollicking rollercoaster of danger, thrills and romance all the way from London to Timbuktu! Barbara Eden co-stars as the lovely schoolteacher the group saves from an Arabian slavetrader; with fine support from Peter Lorre and Barbara Luna.

FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, filmed in deluxe colour and CinemasScope, was a big ratings winner for 1962. The performances all-round are very pleasing, especially Richard Haydn as the dithering old Colonel, and Barbara Eden provides the requisite love interest (she'd previously worked with Irwin Allen in 1961's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"). The very catchy theme song, composed by Jodi Desmond, is sung over the main titles by The Brothers Four, later reprised in the movie by Fabian.

Ideal lazy Saturday afternoon fare.