The Phantom Tollbooth Page #4

Synopsis: 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.
Production: Warner Home Video
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
G
Year:
1970
90 min
1,445 Views


ANYTHING.

AND LETHARGARIANS

DON'T WANT YOU

TO DO ANYTHING,

EVEN EATING OR BREATHING.

BREATHING?

BUT I'VE ALWAYS BREATHED.

I CAN'T STOP NOW.

THEN GET STARTED THINKING.

THINK, BOY, THINK!

WHAT DO I:

THINK ABOUT?

THINK OF BIRDS THAT SWIM

AND FISH THAT FLY.

UH...LET'S SEE...

BIRDS THAT SWIM...

[DING]

AND FISH THAT FLY...

[DING]

WORDS THAT BEGIN

WITH "J."

IT'S WORKING.

IT'S WORKING.

KEEP THINKING!

DINOSAUR INSTEPS!

POTATO ICE CREAM!

UH...POTATO INSTEPS

AND DINOSAUR ICE CREAM.

FASTER, BOY, FASTER!

DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID!

DEOSSY-RYE-BANANA

CLUNK-CASTLE!

ALBERT EINSTEIN!

E=MC SQUARED!

ALBERT EINSTEIN!

E=MC SQUARED!

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE!

ANTHONY TROLLOPE!

ISAAC NEWTON!

FASTER, BOY!

FASTER! ROGER BACON!

JOHN STUART MILL!

[RINGING]

FEBRUARY,

F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y!

15 TIMES 86

EQUALS 1,290,

AND CARRY THE 3!

[RINGING]

WHEW! FOR A MINUTE,

I WAS AFRAID:

I'D SNAPPED

MY MAINSPRING.

YOU MUST EXCUSE:

MY GRUFF CONDUCT.

BUT, YOU SEE,

IT'S TRADITIONAL

FOR WATCHDOGS:

TO BE FEROCIOUS.

I THOUGH YOU WERE JUST GREAT,

BUT ARE YOU SURE

IT'S ALL RIGH TO LEAVE

THOSE LETHARGARIANS

BACK THERE ALONE?

OH, I DON'T JUS WATCH LETHARGARIANS.

I WATCH BOYS, TOO.

AND RIGHT NOW, I'D SAY

YOU NEEDED A WATCHDOG,

AND ANYWAY, I JUS LOVE AUTOMOBILE RIDES!

I'M VERY PLEASED

TO HAVE YOU ALONG.

MY NAME IS MILO.

MILO--THAT'S A STRANGE

NAME FOR A BOY.

MY NAME IS TOCK.

WELL, ISN' THAT KIND OF

A STRANGE NAME:

FOR A DOG?

OH, NO. HOW MANY NAMES

CAN YOU GIVE A WATCHDOG?

ACTUALLY,

MY NAME IS TICK TOCK.

MY FRIENDS:

CALL ME TOCK.

MAY I CALL YOU TOCK?

IT'S ABOUT TIME

I HAD A FRIEND.

IT'S ABOUT TIME?

TIME? BUT TIME

ISYOUR FRIEND!

"TIME MARCHES ON."

"TIME AND TIDE

WAIT FOR NO MAN."

TIME, TIME

TIME, TIME

TIME IS A GIFT,

FLEETING AND SWIFT

TICKING AND TOCKING

ITSELF AWAY:

ITSELF AWAY,

I'M SAYING BETTER BEWARE

TIME IS A GIFT,

PRECIOUS AND RARE

TAKE IT AND MAKE OF I ALL YOU CAN

USE ALL YOU CAN, THERE'S NO A MOMENT TO SPARE

SO TAKE A SECOND

TO LOOK AROUND:

SEE A SIGHT,

HEAR A SOUND:

TAKE A MINUTE TO CONCENTRATE

ANALYZE:

CONTEMPLATE:

TAKE AN HOUR AND CHANGE

THE FATE OF THE WORLD

TIME IS A GIF GIVEN TO YOU

GIVEN TO GIVE YOU

THE TIME YOU NEED

THE TIME YOU NEED

TO HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE

TIME:

TICKS:

HASTILY AWAY:

TAKE TIME:

TO SAVE IT EVERY DAY

TIME:

SAVED:

IN THE NICK OF TIME

IS GOLDEN TIME:

[MILO]

TIME, TIME

TIME:

TIME IS A GIFT,

FLEETING AND SWIFT

TICKING AND TOCKING

ITSELF AWAY, ITSELF AWAY

TIME TO:

SAVE IT EVERY DAY

TIME IS A GIFT,

PRECIOUS AND RARE

TAKE IT AND MAKE OF I ALL YOU CAN, USE ALL YOU CAN

THERE'S NOT A MOMEN TO SPARE

SO TAKE A SECOND

TO LOOK AROUND:

SEE A SIGHT,

HEAR A SOUND:

TAKE A MINUTE TO CONCENTRATE

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Chuck Jones

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, filmmaker, cartoonist, author, and screenwriter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig, Michigan J. Frog, the Three Bears, and a slew of other Warner characters. After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions, and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Enterprises, which created several one-shot specials, and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works. Jones was nominated for an Oscar eight times and won three times, receiving awards for the cartoons For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little, and The Dot and the Line. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 for his work in the animation industry. Film historian Leonard Maltin has praised Jones' work at Warner Bros., MGM and Chuck Jones Enterprises. He also said that the "feud" that there may have been between Jones and colleague Bob Clampett was mainly because they were so different from each other. In Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons, ten of the entries were directed by Jones, with four out of the five top cartoons being Jones shorts. more…

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