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Release Date:
7 November 1970 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisNewsDesk:
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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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90 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
San Francisco, California, USAFun Stuff
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When Milo is in class and many people are heard speaking at once, one of them is the voice of Bugs Bunny. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Faintly McCabre offers Milo and Tock some cookies, Tock eats all of them, yet in the next shot they are back. moreQuotes:
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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Noise, Noise, Beautiful Noise moreFAQ
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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.