Balloon Land (1935)

Balloon Land (1935)

Directed by Ub Iwerks
Music by Carl Stalling

High in the air floats Balloon Land, where everyone and everything is a balloon. The people, the animals, the trees and even the rocks are filled with nothing but air. Even the movie stars, such as Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, are balloons. The citizens of Balloon Land have but one mortal enemy: the Pincushion Man, who lives in the forest. A foolhardy young boy takes his girlfriend into the forest, determined to show he's not afraid of the Pincushion Man. The boy and girl are nearly popped when the evil creature comes after them. They manage to escape into the seeming safety of the city. But the wily Pincushion Man tricks a guard into letting him in. It will take an army of Balloon soldiers to get rid of this threat.
Written by J. Spurlin

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146460/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Balloonland
• Ub
• Iwerks
• Stalling
• Pincushion
• Cartoon
• 1935

[gnikcohs]

This is one of the best, most beautiful, and most gruesome, of the "land" genre cartoons I've ever seen. Nothing redeems that pincushion man, not even an implicit sense of humor. Too bad he didn't get that little idiot kid.

[BeyondThat01]

ive seen 2 penis ballons so far..

[jirishj]

Years iv been searching for this! finally found out! anyone know of another with the 'can can' song in it?

[IZEASGT]

Is it just me, or does 1930s cartoon physics seem a bit off compared to, say, that of 1950s Looney Tunes?

[ophios]

Sigmund Freud would weep at the PCM

[Cartmaniac1960]

Pincusion Man--Bit of a prick, isn't he?

[XGameBoiX]

what was that christmas video what had this on.. i used to LOVE that video

[MsPandaRosa]

Wonder if some enterprising independent film student will ever make a sequel? This drug-induced cartoon is just crying out for it. Bring Back The Pincushion Man!

[kyon813]

@MsPandaRosa Good point.

[MsPandaRosa]

@thrisseh

Whew! My own traumas are pretty boring.