The Phantom Tollbooth

1970 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,681 VOTES · DIR. Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan

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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

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