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| Butch Patrick | ... | Milo | |
| Mel Blanc | ... | Officer Short Shrift / Dodecahedron / Demon of Insincerity (voice) | |
| Daws Butler | ... | Whether Man / Senses Taker / Terrible Trivium / Gelatinous Giant (voice) | |
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| Hans Conried | ... | King Azaz / The MathemaGician (voice) | |
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Patti Gilbert | ... | Princess of Sweet Rhyme (voice) |
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Shepard Menken | ... | Spelling Bee / Chroma The Great (voice) (as Shep Menken) |
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Cliff Norton | ... | Kakofonous A. Dischord / Tollbooth Speaker (voice) |
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| Les Tremayne | ... | Humbug (voice) | |
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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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It's an Alphabeautiful Mathemagical New Musical Movie!Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
December 1972 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Edit
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Milo: And you don't sting?
Spelling Bee: Sting? Oh, I can sting, but I don't. But I can spell anything. A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
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Music by Lee Pockriss
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
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Chuck Jones: In the opening segment as a man on a trolley car next to Butch Patrick. See more »Goofs
When Milo meets the Which, she addresses him by name even though he never told her what it was. See more »Quotes
Spelling Bee: Please do not be alarmed. A-L-A-R-M-E-D, alarmed. I know that boys are often afraid of bees. B-E-E-S, bees. But let me assure you my intentions are peaceful. P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L.Milo: And you don't sting?
Spelling Bee: Sting? Oh, I can sting, but I don't. But I can spell anything. A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
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Rhyme and Reason Reign(1969)
Music by Lee Pockriss
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
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The Phantom Tollbooth is warped movie from the warped mind of the great Chuck Jones.
Milo, an ordinary boy, is bored with life. One day he receives a tollbooth as a present. This Tollbooth will supposedly take him out of his boredom.
Milo enters the Tollbooth and is instantly changed into a cartoon character. From here on in, he journeys to the "Whether" man, into the doldrums, meets tock, the watchdog, and onward to Dictionopolis and the Kingdom of Numbers in order to save Rhyme and Reason.
The movie is twisted in every which way; there are plenty of songs the make no sense but make you laugh out loud. The Animation is typical "Looney Tunes" style but works very well with the quirky plot.
The Phantom Tollbooth is a lost gem the deserves DVD treatment in the worst way. Lets hope one day soon that this diamond in the rough will find a new generation of children!