The Phantom Tollbooth
1970 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,681 VOTES · DIR. Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,053 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 Lion Roars Loudly
00:05:08 Milo (reluctantly): (Sighs) Hello Ralph.
00:08:50 Tollbooth: Rule #8a. All travelers must have a destination. No journey is valid without a destination.
00:13:11 Milo: Look, you can't do this! I wasn't doing anything.
00:16:30 But my job is to hurry them along anyway. So I'd better hurry you along, too.
00:21:18 Milo: I'm ready to diddle away the days, I am! Lethargians: The days we don't
00:24:51 Milo (copying Tock): Albert Einstein. E= MC squared.
00:28:07 Milo: Time to give, given to you, Tock: Time...time...time...
00:31:41 KAD: Just as I suspected, you are suffering from a severe lack of noise.
00:35:28 (Time is a Gift Music Begins) Milo/Tock Sing Simultaneously Again
00:37:50 Man: Nouns by the pound! Nouns by the pound!
00:42:19 Mincing words. (Alarm Rings)
00:45:57 Which: But you see Milo, this decision infuriated the two kings
00:49:29 We'll abound, in a symphony of spoken sound, truth is found, beauty crowned.
00:52:58 Azaz: Perhaps someone else among my faithful court would volunteer to join this brave boy
00:56:41 Milo: Golly. And I used to think numbers weren't important or valuable.
01:00:58 Tock: Yes sir, he has.
01:04:43 (Humbug Laughs Menacingly to Himself)
01:09:07 Terrible Trivium: Welcome to you, your faithful dog, and that handsome gentleman.
01:12:09 it's that people aren't always what they say they are.
01:15:50 (4 Stretches, Dramatic, Fast-Paced Music Plays)
01:20:09 Milo: But you don't know! I've made so many mistakes! I've messed up the whole sky and I've-
01:24:30 Choir: Sense and sanity prevail! Choir/Which: Sense and sanity prevail!
17:48:05 I'll tell you what's important.
Cast & Characters
Butch Patrick
Milo
Hans Conried
King Azaz
Hans Conried
The MathemaGician
Mel Blanc
Officer Short Shrift
Mel Blanc
Dodecahedron
Mel Blanc
Demon of Insincerity
Daws Butler
Whether Man
Daws Butler
Senses Taker
Daws Butler
Terrible Trivium
Candy Candido
Awful DYNN
June Foray
Ralph
June Foray
Faintly Macabre
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,053
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line17:48:05
Production Record
DirectorChuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,681