The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations

2013
8.1| 0h56m| en
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“The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations” is a documentary that playfully explores the creation, creators, lasting impact and enduring relevance of one of the most universally beloved children’s books of our time. Through interviews, animation and archival materials, the documentary traces the friendship between author Norton Juster and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Jules Feiffer, and the wit and wisdom of the novel over half a century.

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CommentsXp Best movie ever!
Dotbankey A lot of fun.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
lmakman This documentary playfully recounts the journey of Norton Juster's classic novel, beginning with the friendship and collaboration of two young hip Brooklyn housemates--juster and Jules Feiffer, both from the Jewish immigrant world of the outer boroughs of new york city. With a Juster-like whimsical touch, the film looks at the book's creation, its reception, and its emergence as a classic, showing how it has touched the lives of generations of readers. The film interweaves multiple voices –the voices of its creators and of others who have been moved by them and their work—It gestures at the many allegorical meanings of a book that is—brilliantly illuminating, inimitable and--as we will hear in the film --"hard to summarize"

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