The Phantom Tollbooth is the only feature-length film that Chuck Jones directed. Based on Norton Juster’s beloved 1961 children’s book, it contains some of Jones’s most beautiful artwork. In the film, Milo’s discovery of a tollbooth with a magical portal catapults him into the Kingdom of Wisdom, leaving behind his dreary lonely life in the ‘real’ world. Springing from live action into a wildly animated and vividly colored world, the film is an illustration of Chuck Jones’s statement that “[...] animation is an extension of motion pictures, not an imitation. It should go where live action can’t go.” DS
D: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Dave Monahan
G: Chuck Jones, Sam Rosen, Norton Juster
F: Lester Shorr
E: William Faris
DA: Maurice Noble
S: Franklin Milton
M: Dean Elliott
P: Chuck Jones
CP: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Butch Patrick, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Candy Candido, Hans Conried
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For over 70 years, Chuck Jones created works of art that have intrigued, entertained, and left lasting memories with audiences after audiences. His artwork continues to capture the imaginations of audiences in 100s of countries, dozens of languages, and across every economic and political landscape.Chuck Jones’ great gift of art comes in the...
