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The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, first published in 1961.The story follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom.
The Phantom Tollbooth (also known as The Adventures of Milo in the Phantom Tollbooth) is a 1970 American live-action/animated fantasy film based on Norton Juster's 1961 children's book of the same name.
In recent years Feiffer focused on producing children's books, a career that could be traced back to 1961 when he teamed up with author Norton Juster to illustrate “The Phantom Tollbooth,” a ...
Both The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line were adapted into films by animator Chuck Jones. [1] [14] The latter film received the 1966 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [15] The Phantom Tollbooth was also adapted into a musical by Norton Juster and Sheldon Harnick, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music composed by Arnold ...
"The Phantom Tollbooth" tells the tale of a bored young boy, Milo, who is transported to a world of wonder when he drives through a magical tollbooth that has arrived without warning at his house.
The Doorman - A man who received the package of the tollbooth. [1]: xxx The small, wild-eyed little man who kept breathlessly repeating "It's here, it's here" who, in early drafts, brought the tollbooth package to the doorman. [1]: xxxi In the final draft, it is not known who brought the tollbooth, or who sent the tollbooth.
Norton Juster, the USA TODAY bestselling author best known for writing "The Phantom Tollbooth," has died, according to his publisher. He was 91.
The studio's most ambitious work was its 1970 feature film The Phantom Tollbooth, adapted from another Norton Juster book, which had been completed in 1968 but was held up from release until two years later due to internal studio problems.