Balloon Farm (1997)

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A man proves that hope can grow in the flintiest of soil in this made-for-TV drama for the family. A farming community is struggling to survive a severe drought when a mysterious stranger named Harvey Potter (Rip Torn) arrives in town. Potter rents a farm, a move which is believed to be the height of foolishness by his new neighbors, but one day a local child, Willow (Mara Wilson), passes by Potter's field to discover that it's full of colorful balloons. Willow is convinced that Potter has found a way to grow balloons, and while her mother Casey (Laurie Metcalf) knows better, she sees that Potter has brought an excitement and joy back into the lives of the town's children that had been all but snuffed out by the recent dry spell. Willow thinks that Potter knows some sort of magic, and Casey considers him to be a well-meaning eccentric, but a few of the locals are convinced that he has something dangerous up his sleeve. Disney's Balloon Farm was based on the book Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen; it premiered on the television anthology series The Wonderful World of Disney. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Director(s):: William Dear

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: NR

Format(s):: DVD
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Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 89 mins

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Director(s):: William Dear

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: NR

Categories:: Family & Kids

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	Jo G.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

If people could only grasp the moral of the story... Faith, and letting go. When we want or need something very badly we have got to be willing to let go of something we have in hand to get it. In this case, those who believed and the Faith of the child who let go of her prized balloon... they received what they needed most at the time: rain.

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	Jan V.

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I hate Mara Wilson and i hate Rip Torn so i don't even know why i got this. Oh i remember, the cover said that it is good entertainment for the whole family. LIARS!!!!!! The cinematogrophy was terrible, the special effects were HERENDOUS!!!!! I don't understand why Disney would actually want to make such a horrible movie. I hated it, my kids hated it, heck far as i know i think my dog even hated it. It was a low budget independant peice of absurdity and it is the only thing about Disney that i question. Whatever you do DON'T GET THIS MOVIE!!!!! YOU WILL HATE THIS MOVIE!!!!!! The only good thing Mara Wilson has done is Mrs. Doubtfire. Matilda was also really stupid becuase of Mara Wilson. This movie she thinks that she is being cool but she ends up being a loser. Mara Wilson should have stuck to Mrs. Doubtifre and ended her career there. Anyway long story short, DON'T SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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