MGM
Directed by Chuck Jones
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Butch Patrick (Eddie from the Munsters) is a bored kid who finds a mysterious box one day in his bedroom. It turns out to be a passageway to an animated world. He drives a toy car into it and randomly decides to go the Castle in the Air on a map. He soon picks up a passenger in the form of a dog named Tock. They drive right into the middle of a war between the Kingdoms of Words and Numbers. Two princesses named Rhyme and Reason are being held in the Castle in the Air, so they go to rescue her and restore peace. High brow animated film from Chuck Jones, filled with words and wordplay, not to mention some interesting characters with names like the Awful Dynne, the Whether Man and Dr. Kakofonous A. Dischord. Sort of like Dr. Seuss meets Yellow Submarine.
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