A documentary about the politics and science that animatedThe Phantom Tollbooth

far-famed children ’s book The Phantom Tollbooth , about a dispirited young man named Milo who enters a off-the-wall world of word and number secret plan , was the mathematical product of two neighbors — an designer describe Norton Juster who was shillyshally on a book about urban design , and a political cartoonist describe Jules Feiffer , who want to bestow down the U.S. political science . Now , there ’s go to be a documentary about the two men ’s friendly relationship , and their societal world that led to the creation of one of the strangest , and most memorable , children ’s books since Alice in Wonderland .

The filmmakers say : The Phantom Tollbooth wrick 50 this class , and we ’ve joined Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer , Milo and Tock , and a horde of authors , critics , instructor and kids – to keep the Graeco-Roman 1961 children ’s Scripture , by making the definitive documentary film about this beloved workplace of the American imagination . . . With conversations – and give-and-take – from Norton and Jules , this documentary explore the educational , political and linguistic back - story and lasting wallop of “ one of the great works of fantasy in American Literature ” ( Leonard S Marcus , generator of The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth ) .

you may learn more about the pic by visitingthe film ’s official web site , and if you like what you see , donate to the Kickstarter military campaign . The labor has already suffer its lower limit funding goal , but could always apply a bit more to complete the yield .