Family Flicks: The Phantom Tollbooth
- This is a past program
Presented in 35mm!
A mysterious tollbooth and a toy car transport young Milo to a magical, topsy-turvy world where letters are at war with numbers. Accompanied by the “watchdog” Tock, Milo embarks on a fantastical adventure to reunite the Kingdom of Wisdom in this live action/animated film based on the children’s book by Norton Juster.
1970, dir. Chuck Jones, 90 min.
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