

Danny Deckchair
2003-05-16 · 100 min · ★ 6.1
An unappreciated laborer's patience reaches breaking point when his girlfriend cancels a romantic holiday. Making light of the situation, he decides to tie hundreds of helium balloons to a chair in an outlandish bid to float to a new life.
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- Directors
- Jeff Balsmeyer
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox, Lions Gate Films, Crusader Entertainment, Cobalt Media Group, MacQuarie Film Television Investment Fund
- Countries
- Australia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Rhys IfansDanny Morgan
Miranda OttoGlenda Lake
Justine ClarkeTrudy Dunphy
Rhys MuldoonSandy Upman
John BatchelorPete
Alan FlowerRay Vitali
Richard JohnsonPasserby
Dina GillespieKaz
Rod ZuanicBob
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