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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Black Balloon can be found here.

The Black Balloon is based on a screenplay by Australian screenwriters Elissa Down (who also directed the movie) and Jimmy Jack.

The Black Balloon is the story of young Thomas Mollison (Rhys Wakefield) who is placed in charge of his older, autistic brother Charlie (Luke Ford) when his pregnant mother is required to take it easy.

Near the start of the movie, a bunch of brightly-colored balloons can be seen. In their midst is one black balloon, the odd balloon, different from all the others, just as Charlie and his family are different from the other families around them.

Holsworthy, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Filming was also carried out in the Holsworthy/Sydney area.

SCAB stands for School Clean-up And Beautification duty, typically assigned to students as punishment for some wrongdoing.