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The Phantom Tollbooth
- G
- Year:
- 1970
- 90 min
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[BELL RINGING]
[HONKING]
[SIRENS]
[HONKING]
[VOICES]
[VOICES OVERLAPPING]
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S
SONNETS...
NOW, LET'S GET READY
AFTER THE DISCOVERY
THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE...
THE THREE.
YOU WEREN'T THINKING...
WITH INTERMITTENT SHOWERS...
A 12-SIDED MATHEMATICAL...
E=MC SQUARED...
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID...
JUDGE PRONOUNCED
HIM GUILTY...
BLABBER DOWN...
[BELL RINGS]
[VOICES FADING]
WHAT WILL HE:
AND HE DOESN'T SEE?
DOESN'T SEE
LITTLE FELLOW,
WHAT'S WRONG?
DOESN'T HAVE A DREAM
DOESN'T EVEN CARE
HE'S A BOY
BE HIS PIE:
IF HE'D ONLY TRY
SEE HOW INTERESTING
LIFE CAN BE:
MILO:
DOESN'T EVEN CARE
HE'S A BOY
ALL THE WORLD:
IF HE'D ONLY TRY
SEE HOW INTERESTING
LIFE CAN BE:
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
MILO:
[RING]
[RING]
[RING]
[RING]
HELLO, RALPH.
HI, MILO.
NOTHING, I GUESS.
RIGHT.
EVERYTHING'S
WHEN I'M IN SCHOOL,
IS BE OUT.
SOMEPLACE ELSE.
IF ONLY SOMETHING
COULD HAPPEN SOMETIME.
YEAH.
WHAT'S THE USE
IN SUBTRACTING:
TURNIPS FROM TURNIPS
OR CARRYING A THREE
OR KNOWING HOW:
TO SPELL "FEBRUARY"?
FEB-RU-ARY.
YEAH.
EVERYTHING'S A DRAG.
DOING HOMEWORK, ANYWAY?
EVERYTHING:
SEEMS SO IMPOSSIBLE.
EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S SUCH
A BIG, WONDERFUL WORLD.
[THUD]
HEY, RALPH.
HEAR SOMETHING?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
IT SOUNDED:
OR LIKE SOMETHING
HEAVY DROPPING.
WELL...
I GUESS:
IT WASN'T ANYTHING.
NOTHING'S
EVER ANY--THING.
HEY, RALPH.
THERE'S SOMETHING
SOMETHING FUNNY:
IN YOUR BEDROOM?
I'LL BE BACK
IN A MINUTE.
THAT'S FUNNY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S MY BIRTHDAY.
[MILO READING CARD]
WELL, MILO,
YOU ARE NOW:
THE PROUD POSSESSOR
OF ONE GENUINE:
TURNPIKE TOLLBOOTH.
TURNPIKE TOLLBOOTH?
BEYOND?
BEYOND WHAT?
BEYOND YOUR WILDES IMAGINATION, OF COURSE.
YOUR GENUINE TOLLBOOTH KI CONTAINS ONE
GALVANIZED AUTOMOBILE.
[BEEP BEEP]
[SPROING]
AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
ONE MAP, UP-TO-DATE
AND CAREFULLY DRAWN
BY A MASTER CARTOGRAPHER.
AND PRECAUTIONARY SIGNS
A PRECAUTIONARY MANNER.
HAVE YOUR DESTINATION
IN MIND.
I DON'T THINK
I HAVE A DESTINATION.
RULE NUMBER 8A...
ALL TRAVELERS:
MUST HAVE A DESTINATION.
WITHOUT A DESTINATION.
WELL? WELL?
AS ANYWHERE.
DIGITOPOLIS,
DICTIONOPO--
DIGITOP--
MAYBE I DON'T WANT--
WELL, MILO,
GOING OR STAYING?
WELL?
I DON'T KNOW IF...
ALL RIGHT.
GOING, I GUESS.
[DING]
BUT IF NO PERFECTLY SATISFIED,
YOUR WASTED TIME
WILL BE REFUNDED.
PLEASE HAVE:
YOUR FARE READY.
[DING]
HUH?
STOP!
THIS IS CRAZY.
HERE I AM, RIDING ALONG
GOING TO A PLACE
ANYWAY.
[DINGING]
TO DICTIONOPOLIS"?
"BEWARE OF OFFICER
SHORT SHRIFT"?
WHAT A FUNNY NAME.
[SIREN]
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY,
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY.
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY,
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYONE SO GUILTY.
SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN,
SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN.
SLOW DOWN OR I'LL ARRES THE LOT OF YOU.
OH, IT'S YOU, IS IT?
MIGHT HAVE KNOWN
TALKING BACK:
TO AN OFFICER--
THAT'S A MISDEMEANOR.
WHERE WERE YOU:
HMM?
JULY 25th?
DO WITH IT?
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
THAT'S WHAT IT'S
PEOPLE'S BIRTHDAYS.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
YOU HAVE COMMITTED
THE FOLLOWING CRIMES...
A MISDEMEANOR.
BUT I WASN' EVEN MOVING.
WASN'T EVEN
MOVING, EH?
OVERSTRUCTING:
TRAFFIC, A FELONY.
I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING.
NOT DOING ANYTHING...
I THINK YOU'LL ADMIT,
AT YOUR AGE,
THAT'S A CRIME.
NOW, THEN,
SENTENCE:
OR SHORT SENTENCE?
WELL...
IF I HAVE A CHOICE.
HOW ABOUT "I AM"?
IT'S THE SHORTES SENTENCE I KNOW.
TO GIVE ME:
SUCH A SHORT SENTENCE.
S-S-SERVING?
WELL, I, UH...
I SUPPOSE:
I REALLY CAN' UNTIL I GET BACK
FROM DICTIONOPOLIS
AND THE CASTLE:
IN THE AIR.
[THUNDER]
WHY,
[THUNDER]
BOYS ARE GUILTY:
OF EVERYTHING.
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY,
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY.
"WELCOME TO EXPECTATIONS."
EXPECTATIONS?
BOY,
OF NAMING PLACES
AROUND HERE.
"INFORMATION,
PREDICTIONS, AND ADVICE
CHEERFULLY OFFERED."
WELL, THAT'S ONE THING
IS A LITTLE INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT.
[HONKING]
MY, MY, MY, MY, MY.
WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME
OF EXPECTATIONS.
WE DON'T GET MANY
TRAVELERS THESE DAYS.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T GE MANY TRAVELERS THESE DAYS.
FOR YOU?
I WONDER...
A DICTIONOPOLIS...
OR SOMEPLACE?
DICTIONOPOLIS?
WELL, NOW. WELL, NOW.
WELL, NOW.
TO DICTIONOPOLIS.
GOES TO DICTIONOPOLIS AT ALL,
DON'T YOU THINK?
TO SOMEWHERE,
MUSTN'T IT?
DO YOU THINK:
IT WILL RAIN?
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
I'M THEWHETHER MAN,
FOR AFTER ALL, IT'S
WILL BE...
DON'T YOU THINK?
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