Five Weeks in a Balloon (film) intended to exploit the hype of Fox’s own "Cleopatra" (1963). Allen's film is played much more for comedy than Juran's film. In Verne's novel and the Woolner Brothers' film, the balloon was named the "Victoria". Allen's film renames it the "Jupiter" with Allen giving the name "Jupiter II" to the spaceship on "Lost in Space". Filming took place in early 1962. It was the only film being made on the Fox lot at the time, due to costs incurred by "Cleopatra" (1963). The film was entirely shot in Hollywood except for some second unit shots in Africa. Allen wanted to
Sayonara Jupiter (film) into the black hole, thereby altering the hole's path and potentially save the galaxy's inhabitants. However, time is short... "Bye Bye Jupiter" was released in Japan on 17 March 1984, distributed by Toho. The film was never released theatrically in the United States. It was released on DVD by Discotek Media in both an English-dubbed and Japanese-language format on January 30, 2007. Critical reception for the film by English language critics has been mixed. "DVD Talk" gave the film a mixed review, writing ""Sayonara Jupiter" will intrigue and frustrate fans of Japanese fantasy cinema in equal measure, while mainstream American