The Phantom Tollbooth
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69% Critic Match

The Phantom Tollbooth

It's an Alphabeautiful Mathemagical New Musical Movie!

6.9 / 10 1970 1h 30mG English
FantasyAnimationAdventureFamilyComedy

Storyline

The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing better to do, Milo drives through it and enters a kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.

Cast & Crew

Butch Patrick

Butch Patrick

Milo

Lead
Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

Officer Short Shrift / Dodecahedron / Demon of Insincerity (voice)

Daws Butler

Daws Butler

Whether Man / Senses Taker / Terrible Trivium / Gelatinous Giant (voice)

Candy Candido

Candy Candido

Awful DYNN (voice)

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

King Azaz / The MathemaGician (voice)

June Foray

June Foray

Ralph / Faintly Macabre / Princess of Pure Reason (voice)

PG

Patti Gilbert

Princess of Sweet Rhyme (voice)

SM

Shepard Menken

Spelling Bee / Chroma (voice)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dave Monahan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Phantom Tollbooth is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker