The Balloonatic is a 1923 short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It was one of Keaton's final short films. A young man has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a hot air balloon for launch. The young man assists the group by climbing atop the balloon to afix a pennant, when the balloon mistakenly takes flight with no one aboard but the young man. The young man finally downs the balloon in a wilderness area, where he encounters a young outdoorswoman and proceeds to have a series of misadventures.
| Release date: | January 22, 1923 |
| Directed by: | Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline |
| Runtime: | 22 Minutes |
| Producer: | Joseph Schenck |
| Cinematography: | Elgin Lessley |
| Genre: | Short Film, Comedy |