I first saw The Phantom Tollbooth during the early seventies, more than likely on a Sunday afternoon. I enjoyed it at the time but being a child its subtleties were lost on me. However I did get a distinct feeling that there was more to the movie than met the eye and it stuck in my mind as being different to the other animated films that I had seen at the time. Forty years on, I am now familiar with the legacy of Chuck Jones and the significance of his work. So when I recently acquired a copy of The Phantom Tollbooth on DVD I was very keen to revisit it and view it through the eyes of an adult.