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Writers:
Chuck Jones (screenplay)
Norton Juster (book)
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Release Date:
7 November 1970 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's an Alphabeautiful Mathemagical New Musical Movie!
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A happy surprise! more (30 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Butch Patrick ... Milo

Mel Blanc ... Officer Short Shrift / The Word Speller / The Dodecahedron / The Demon of Insincerity (voice)

Daws Butler ... Whether Man (voice)
Candy Candido ... Awful DYNN (voice)
Hans Conried ... King Azaz / The MathemaGician (voice)
June Foray ... Ralph / The Which / Princess of Pure Reason (voice)
Patti Gilbert ... Princess of Sweet Rhyme (voice)
Shepard Menken ... Tick Tock the Watch Dog (voice) (as Shep Menken)
Cliff Norton ... Spelling Bee / Senses Taker (voice)
Larry Thor ... Kakofonous A. Dischord (voice)
Les Tremayne ... Humbug (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:G | USA:G

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Milo is in class and many people are heard speaking at once, one of them is the voice of Bugs Bunny. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Faintly McCabre offers Milo and Tock some cookies, Tock eats all of them, yet in the next shot they are back. more
Quotes:
Officer Short Shrift: I should have known. It's you! Guilty of sowing confusion, upsetting an alphabet cart...
Milo: Apple cart.
Officer Short Shrift: Correcting an officer, wreaking havoc, mincing words, having a dog with an unauthorized alarm...
[Tock barks at Short Shrift]
Officer Short Shrift: And illegal barking.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Parks and Recreation: Canvassing (#1.2)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Noise, Noise, Beautiful Noise more

FAQ

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A happy surprise!, 1 September 2000
10/10
Author: kzoofilm from Portage, MI

I hadn't seen this film since I was a child and it was a happy surprise to find it on Cinemax last week. The movie and the excellent book of the same name were big inspirations to me as a grade-schooler and helped me understand the importance of language and logic. The Chuck Jones-directed animation is terrific and although the music is very 1969 middle-of-the-road (dreamy choruses and faux-Herb Alpert trumpet), it doesn't get in the way of a clever adventure story that celebrates using your mind to solve problems. This picture deserves a much bigger cult following.

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