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7 November 1970 (USA)
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It's an Alphabeautiful Mathemagical New Musical Movie!
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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...
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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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The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth
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90 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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This film was actually made in 1968 but due to MGM's financial problems and frequently changing management, the film was not heavily promoted. When it was released in 1970, it was not a box office success.
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Continuity: After the princesses Rhyme and Reason are rescued, the Kings toast each other, and as the car containing Milo, Tock and the Humbug drive past in front of them from right to left, for just a split-second, the car (and its occupants) disappears, and then reappears.
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The Dodecahedron:
My sides are many, my angles aren't few. I'm the Dodecahedron, and who are you?
Milo: What's a dodecahedron?
Tick Tock the Watch Dog: If I'm remember correctly, a dodecahedron is a geometrical shape with twelve sides.
The Dodecahedron: See for yourself. I only use one at a time. Saves wear and tear.
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Milo: What's a dodecahedron?
Tick Tock the Watch Dog: If I'm remember correctly, a dodecahedron is a geometrical shape with twelve sides.
The Dodecahedron: See for yourself. I only use one at a time. Saves wear and tear.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (#5.5)" (1992)
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Word Market
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This movie is amazing. I'm 24 and I have just seen it for the first time. I've watched it now with a 29 year old and a 34 year old and they both adored it.
Not only does it give a message that every person needs to here at many different stages in their life *not just childhood*, but it's fun and entertaining.
The songs are well worded and fun, the script is amazing. The art is trippy. The characters have incredible voices that take you back to Saturday morning cartoons.
It's a movie that parents can enjoy with their kids, teenagers can enjoy with friends, and all people should agree it's like a tiny mind trip without the drugs.
Anyone that can't find joy somewhere in this movie is stuck in the Doldrums!