RobSS Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) The opening song from the 1970 film, The Phantom Tollbooth, based on a book of the same title, by Norton Juster (1929–2021). The Phantom Tollbooth is a story for people seeking the truth about the nature of reality, and the world. It looks like a children's story, but in an interview, not long before he died, Norton Juster said he wrote the book with adults in mind. Time is a gift, precious and rare Take it and make it with all you can Time is a gift given to you Given to give you the world to see Time is a gift given to you Given to give you the time you need No hope is too high Milo... No hope is too high Milo No dream too big to dream You can climb a cloud To a sunshine beam Edited December 17, 2021 by RobSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSS Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Not sure why the video below says 1989... the film was made in 1970. Anyhow, the opening lines from the book... There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always. When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd bothered. Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have. "It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," he remarked one day as he walked dejectedly home from school. "I can't see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February." And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all. Towards the end of the credits, notice how he nonchalantly brushes past the goats on his way home from school! Edited December 17, 2021 by RobSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSS Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) I have to say the book is 100 x better than the film, but here's the official trailer... "Pass through the Phantom Tollbooth and into the magic world of your mind" Edited December 17, 2021 by RobSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKitty Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 13 hours ago, RobSS said: Not sure why the video below says 1989... the film was made in 1970. Anyhow, the opening lines from the book... There was once a boy named Milo who didn't know what to do with himself—not just sometimes, but always. When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he'd bothered. Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have. "It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," he remarked one day as he walked dejectedly home from school. "I can't see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February." And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all. Towards the end of the credits, notice how he nonchalantly brushes past the goats on his way home from school! It was released on VHS in 1989. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSS Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 46 minutes ago, KingKitty said: It was released on VHS in 1989. Yes, that's what I found out later. They could've made it clearer in the description! I've got a remastered version of the film, which I'm going take a few clips from to upload to my secondary YouTube channel, and I'll restart this thread with much better quality video in the Personal Development & Self Improvement part of the forum. The film, and especially the novel, has some interesting philosophical ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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