Hello all!

2 ways to hopefully banish the Wednesday Doldrums:

• 1) Get updated on the progress of The Phantom Tollbooth Documentary
• 2) Get David Hyde Pierce to do it for you.  

Excited to report that the doc is coming together great, filled with warm and witty words from Eric Carle, Adam Gopnik, David Hyde Pierce, Jason Epstein and more!  As well as insights into our two main men - Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer - and how they came to write such an impacting book.  

Though we anticipated finishing the film in the beginning of summer, we're extending post-production through till early fall. Good news since we were able to fit more interviews in, and are now working on exciting animated sequences, and making a kick-ass edit if we may say so ourselves.  

Dear Kickstarters, 

Second round of introductions to our wonderful interviewees (more pics/info on our blog and facebook)!

- All the best from the crew

David Hyde Pierce, actor, who among his many achievements, was the voice for the audio book of The Phantom Tollbooth. We talked about his father’s tendency for punning, and got to hear some hilarious voices as he read excerpts for us. More Pics Here...

Adam Gopnik, writer and critic, who wrote the great New Yorker piece on The Phantom Tollbooth last fall, Broken Kingdom, We talked about the art of children’s literature, Liberal Arts, and why Rhyme and Reason are sexy. More Pics Here...

Bill Harley, storyteller and songwriter, the rare adult who really understands kids and makes great songs and stories to prove it. More Pics Here...

Leonard S Marcus, children's book historian, who wrote the Annotated Phantom Tollbooth. He helped us to contextualize The Phantom Tollbooth and locate it in Brooklyn Heights in the late 1950s and early 1960s.  A wealth of knolwedge!

Jules Feiffer, a man who needs little introduction from us! The illustrator of The Phantom Tollbooth and Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist who shares his wit, warmth and satire from everything from the cold war to hitchhiking across the country to his long friendship with Norton Juster.  

Dear Kickstarters, 

We are thrilled to have wrapped production a few weeks ago and are now editing, arranging and plotting away. We wanted to introduce you to some of our interviewees with stills and highlights (more pics/info on our blog and facebook). This is the first installment (1/3), so more to come - we couldn't introduce everyone at once!

- All the best from the crew

Eric Carle, author/illustrator of The Hungry Caterpillar and other beloved children’s books, and his wife Bobbie shared stories from their 35 year long friendship with Norton Juster, about their old dog named Tock, and their founding of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. More pics here...

Jason Epstein, Editorial Director at Random House for forty years, told us his thoughts on the joy of a good story, how he never left college, and how the publishing industry is undergoing drastic changes. Oh yes, and why his dog Hamlet doesn’t quite live up to his name. More pics here...

Martha Minow, Dean of Harvard Law, talked to us about the essay she wrote for the 50th Anniversary Edition: “The rewards of laughter come with memorable cautions against the distractions of trivia: the recognition that a sense of humor can preserve purpose and proportion, and that even the smallest “but” can topple unjustified authority.” More pics here...

Norton Juster. Well I guess he doesn't need an introduction. But we did have the pleasure of another long interview with him in his study where we heard about his friendship with Jane Jacobs, his thoughts on education and teaching, and got to hear The Phantom Tollbooth read by the very man himself.  

Hello all!

We've been so busy updating our FACEBOOK, TWITTER and our BLOG, that we've been a bit negligent with our Kickstarter updates.  Have you missed us?  We've missed you! So keep in touch - these are the best ways:

JOIN US ON FACEBOOK

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER

CHECK OUT OUR BLOG

We have lots of exciting updates having wrapped production with some great interviews!  We'll post an update here soon, but until then - get connected!  It's the best way for us to keep you up to date on the film and all things Phantom Tollbooth related, and to hear your comments and questions.  So stay in touch - we miss you!

Well, not a party per se.  BUT, lots of packing and posting and waiting in line, and labeling and writing and waiting in line, and snipping and taping and waiting in line (seems we weren't the only ones trying to send everything the week before the holidays!). 

Almost all the rewards are in the mail and on their way to YOU.  

Are you giving a Tock Doll for Christmas?  Are you putting the Certificate on your fridge?  Are you sending a greeting card out for a friend's birthday?  Whatever you do please share your photos!  Send us photos, post a comment - either on our BLOG or FACEBOOK or TWITTER (@TollboothDoc).  We want to see them :)

Tock Dolls and Greeting Cards and Certificates should get there in time for the holidays. Books and Posters will arrive after the holidays. And Norton's puns will be sent in January as will the custom dolls. And of course DVDs and Film Downloads are not finished - but we'll get to work on that!

Thanks everyone - have lovely holidays!  Wishing you the best from Brooklyn and The Lands Beyond

- Hannah & The Crew