# Old movie about children stranded somewhere after an air balloon left off

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**Created:** [May 3, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/old-movie-about-children-stranded-somewhere-after-an-air-balloon-left-off/3246 "2023-05-03T09:30:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![kba](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kba](https://filmfind.me/u/kba)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/old-movie-about-children-stranded-somewhere-after-an-air-balloon-left-off/3246/1 "2023-05-03T09:30:07Z")

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Hi, I am looking for an old (children?) movie I once saw when I was a little bit too young to watch it 🙂 .  
I remember the children (or teenagers) in the movie enter the basket of a hot air balloon that suddenly lifts off, leaving their frightened parents behind. After a while they land/crash somewhere in a jungle or a deserted island. They go on a journey and meet all kinds of scary things. I’m not sure if there were people, but I do remember giant spiders. I think the movie ends with them being saved or being able to lift off again with their balloon.  
I was 10 years old in 1995. I’ve seen the movie on television or VHS, so it can be older than that.

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**Author:** ![VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/41988e/32.png) [@VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/u/VHS_Lives)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/old-movie-about-children-stranded-somewhere-after-an-air-balloon-left-off/3246/2 "2023-05-03T18:25:01Z")

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pirates island?

> **[Pirates Island (TV Movie 1991) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Adventure, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102672/?ref_=kw_li_tt)**
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> Pirates Island: Directed by Viktors Ritelis. With Beth Buchanan, Brian Rooney, Sancho Gracia, John Jarratt. A bunch of city kids in a balloon got stranded on a remote and uncharted tropical island terrorized by pirates.The entire island is still...

pippi longstocking hand some hot air balloon adventures

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**Author:** ![kba](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kba](https://filmfind.me/u/kba)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/old-movie-about-children-stranded-somewhere-after-an-air-balloon-left-off/3246/3 "2023-05-03T18:59:51Z")

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Thank you! I think it is indeed Pirates Island!  
I stumbled on the movie when doing my research before posting here, but I didn’t believe it at first. Strange that I do remember spiders but don’t recall any pirates.  
But after your reply, I started looking for a trailer. I didn’t find anything, but I did find a dodgy summary focusing only on the 18 yo main character. And I recognize the balloon and… the spider web. Thanks again!

[![](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2f1681acbb991619ca86c12d7060395a85aa93c2.jpeg "Les Hill age 18 (underbelly Home & Away) 1991 Pirates Island") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdMg7qIIEwg)

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**Author:** ![VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/41988e/32.png) [@VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/u/VHS_Lives)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/old-movie-about-children-stranded-somewhere-after-an-air-balloon-left-off/3246/4 "2023-05-04T13:12:42Z")

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glad that is it. it seems the movie is classified as “lost media” as people have been looking for the original dub for years and though a company hold the rights they want an exorbenant amount for it sadly. a couple russian/polish dubs exist people found