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The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)

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Milo is a boy who is bored with life. One day he comes home to find a toll booth in his room. Having nothing better to do, he gets in his toy car and drives through - only to emerge in a world full of adventure.

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Directors:

Chuck Jones , Abe Levitow , Dave Monahan

Writers:

Chuck Jones (screenplay), Sam Rosen (screenplay), Norton Juster (based on the book by)
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6 July 2004 | newkidontheblock
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I very much enjoyed Phantom Tollbooth, a rare occurrence of the movie being worthy to the book. With weird music, great writing, and somewhat educational.

The plot of this film is that there's this boy named Milo. He leads a crappy life because he can't make up his mind about anything, when ever he's inside he longs to be out, and whenever he's outside he long's to in (that was from the book). Well one day he find's this strange box. In the box, there's a freaky tollbooth that talks. Then afterwards there's this car that shows up, he gets in the car and goes on his quest for happiness.

Even though it may seem like a acid trip when you see it, as the film goes on, you can tell that there's method to the madness. I would suggest this film to anyone.

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The film credits say this was produced in 1970. But young Butch Patrick, who is still very diminutive and short and has not changed his voice yet, is clearly only about 13 or 14 tops. (Which means part of it was probably filmed from about 64-68, which was about the same time he was filming the Munsters).

Quotes

Gelatinous Giant: And what have we here? Aha! I see! Breakfast!
Milo: Wait! I have a better idea!
Gelatinous Giant: An idea? Ugh, if there's one thing I can't swallow, it's an idea!
Milo: Well, it just so happens that I have a bag full of all the ideas in the world, right here!
Gelatinous Giant: NO! No no no! Don't ...

Goofs

In the live action scenes Milo's eyes are blue, but in the animated world his eyes are brown.

Crazy Credits

The closing "THE END" zooms in as the last shot freezes into a still. The closing title (in one line) and "An MGM Picture" appear shortly before fading to black a second later.

Soundtracks

Noise, Noise, Beautiful Noise
(1969)
Music by Lee Pockriss
Lyrics by Paul Vance
Performed by the Cliff Norton (uncredited) and Candy Candido (uncredited)

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Genres

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Release Date:

December 1972

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

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Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

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