Balloon Farm

Director: William Dear

Screenwriter: Steven Karczynski / Jerdine Nolen

Starring: Rip Torn / Mara Wilson /Roberts Blossom

Country/Region of Production: United States

Language: English

Release Date: 1999

Waterston is A small town with a population of only 230 people. Although the people in the town have been living and farming here peacefully and prosperously for many years, the town at this time seemed lack of vitality because it was facing the most severe drought in fifty years. It had not rained for more than a year. The situation of a drop of rain has quietly changed the people who rely on farming here: they have to carry people on their backs when washing cars, the number of showers is limited, and some people even want to sell their farmland and move away.

One day, a strange old man named Harry came to the town. Despite repeated dissuasion from the local elder Wiltz, Harry planted his carefully selected corn seeds in the land enclosed by the fence. Just when people in the town thought that there was something wrong with Harry's brain, little girl Wheeler was the first to discover a miracle: Not only did tender green corn grow in Harry's dry cornfield, but every corn also had With a balloon. The novelty of corn balloons attracted people from all over the town, but when people wanted a balloon, Harry said a balloon cost ten dollars, but even so, the balloons were still sold out.

After buying the balloon and bringing it home, when people discovered that the life around them began to undergo surprising changes, Weller discovered that what her mother bought her was a "living" balloon, and at this time Harry We are busy cultivating the second crop of corn again. Soon, the real estate businessman Mr. Kandel took advantage of the ongoing drought to maliciously acquire farmland. People released all their balloons because they had no money to solve their predicament and suspected that they had been deceived by Harry. Only Weller believed that Harry was right. When the balloon released by his father flew back, the balloon took Weller to Harry's cornfield. Just as Harry's cornfield filled with balloons was surrounded by people, including the FBI, the balloons released by Wheeler turned into a continuous downpour in the sky. After the drought was completely resolved, Harry also left the town. People followed Harry's example and planted corn with balloons all over the land, and life returned to its former leisure and prosperity.