The Phantom Tollbooth at Aero – View a Clip

By Steve Biodrowski • June 24, 2009

The American Cinematheque offers a family matinee of this obscure cult movie from 1970. From their website: “The classic children’s adventure novel by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer comes to life in this Chuck Jones (”What’s Opera Doc?”) musical. Butch Patrick (”The Munsters”) plays Milo, a bored city kid who receives a mysterious gift of a magical tollbooth. Entering, he finds himself transported from live action to a psychedelic animated universe, then thrust into a series of far-out adventures including rescuing the Princess Rhyme and Reason from the castle in the air. Voices supplied by voice-over legend Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig)”

Location: Aero Theatre – 1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica
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Date: Sunday, July 19 at 4:00pm

Categories: Screenings, Updates, Video
Tags: Aero Theatre

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Steve Biodrowski

Steve Biodrowski owns and operates Hollywood Gothique. Since graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema, Steve has worked as a film critic, script analyst, journalist, and interviewer. As a film journalist, his work has appeared in Movieline, Premiere, Le Cinephage (in France) and The Dark Side (in England). He served as the West Coast Editor of Cinefantastique magazine in the 1990s, then worked as the Vice President of Editorial Content at Fandom.com and, more recently, as the Executive Editor at Cinescape Online. He is currently the Managing Editor of Cinefantastique Online, the website incarnation of Cinefantastique magazine.

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