The Phantom Tollbooth (film)

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The Phantom Tollbooth
Poster for The Phantom Tollbooth
Directed by	Chuck Jones Abe Levitow Dave Monahan (live action)
Produced by	nikki Chuck Jones Abe Levitow
Written by	selena Norton Juster Sam Rosen
Starring	Butch Patrick Mel Blanc Daws Butler Candy Candido Hans Conried June Foray Patti Gilbert Shepard Menken Cliff Norton Larry Thor Les Tremayne Michael Earl
Music by	Dean Elliott
Cinematography	Lester Shorr
Editing by	William Faris
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	November 7, 1970
Running time	90 mins
Country	USA
Language	English
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The Phantom Tollbooth is a live-action/animated film based on Norton Juster's 1961 children's book The Phantom Tollbooth. This film was directed by Chuck Jones and the live action portions by Dave Monahan, produced by MGM Animation/Visual Arts, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to movie theatres in 1970. It was the first animated feature film released by MGM.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer held the film up for release until 1970 due to internal problems, (the live action sequences were filmed in early 1968), and the animation studio closed soon afterwards. Juster had no input into the film adaptation, and has stated that he is not particularly fond of it.^{[citation needed]}

1 Synopsis
2 Voice actors and their characters
3 Video releases
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Milo, a bored, lonely boy who lives in a city apartment block, is surprised by the sudden arrival of a large, gift-wrapped package. Inside is a tollbooth, which turns out to be a gateway into a magical parallel universe. As Milo passes through the tollbooth, the character moves from live action to animation, and his toy car transports him to the enchanted Kingdom of Wisdom and the cities of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis.

Accompanied by a watchdog called Tock (because he has a large clock face embedded in his body), Milo has a series of adventures in places like the Mountains of Ignorance, the Forest of Sight, the Valley of Sound and the Island of Conclusions. Together they must rescue the Princesses Rhyme and Reason, who are being held captive in Castle in the Air, and restore order to the Kingdom of Wisdom. The many eccentric characters they meet include the noisy Dr. Dischord, the Mathemagician, King Azaz,the Soundkeeper and Officer Short Shrift.

[edit] Voice actors and their characters

Butch Patrick - Milo
Mel Blanc - Officer Short Shrift, The Spelling Bee, The Dodecahedron, The Demon of Insincerity
Daws Butler - Whether Man, The Terrible Trivium, The Gelationous Giant
Candy Candido - Awful DYNNE
Hans Conried - King Azaz, The Mathemagician
June Foray - Rhyme, Reason, voice of Ralph
Patti Gilbert - Princess of Pure Reason, Princess of Sweet Rhyme
Shepard Menken - Tock the Watchdog, Chroma the Great
Cliff Norton - Spelling Bee, Senses Taker
Larry Thor - Kakofonous A. Dischord
Les Tremayne - Humbug
Thurl Ravenscroft, Mel Blanc, Larry Thor, Candy Candido - The Lethargians