This short documentary brought a little joy to my lunch today. The subject of the movie is the wonderful book, The Phantom Tollbooth, and how it came about. It interviews the author, Norton Juster, and illustrator, Jules Feiffer, both together and separately, as well as many others who comment lovingly about the book. It got me excited to read this again and to get it as a belated birthday present to my nephew, who might really like it.
And this short movie is a teaser to a planned full-length documentary about the book. The Phantom Tollbooth Turns 50 project has already reached their fundraising goal on Kickstarter. I look forward to the documentary and hope the project comes to fruition. In the meantime, we have this…
