To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Elizabeth Hartman
- Mrs. Brisby
- (voice)
Derek Jacobi
- Nicodemus
- (voice)
Dom DeLuise
- Jeremy
- (voice)
Arthur Malet
- Mr. Ages
- (voice)
Shannen Doherty
- Teresa
- (voice)
Wil Wheaton
- Martin
- (voice)
Jodi Hicks
- Cynthia
- (voice)
John Carradine
- The Great Owl
- (voice)
Peter Strauss
- Justin
- (voice)
Paul Shenar
- Jenner
- (voice)
Tom Hatten
- Farmer Fitzgibbons
- (voice)
Norbert Auerbach
- Councilman 1
- (voice)
Dick Kleiner
- Councilman 2
- (voice)
Charles Champlin
- Councilman 3
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDon Bluth, John Pomeroy, and Gary Goldman all left Disney to pursue this project, which had originally been rejected by their former employer as "too dark" to be a commercial success. They were followed soon after by twenty other Disney animators, dubbed "The Disney Defectors" by the trade press.
- GoofsDragon's bad eye switches from his right to his left throughout.
- Crazy creditsThe production storyboards are used for background in the end credits.
- Alternate versionsIn the late 1990s VHS and DVD prints in addition to the 2003 reissue of the DVD release, the United Artists logo is plastered with the 1994 variant.
- ConnectionsEdited into An American Tail (1986)
- SoundtracksFlying Dreams
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Lyrics Written and Performed by Paul Williams
Orchestrations: Arthur Morton
Arranged by Ian Fraser
Lullaby Performed by Sally Stevens
Featured review
Magical, Fantastic, a real delight
The Secret of NIMH after twenty three years is still an absolutely fantastic film. I hold it in such high regard as the even more obscure Gay Pur-ee (with the voice talent of Judy Garland, also wonderful) and Disney's Robin Hood.
Criticisms can be made of the film. For one, "faithful" isn't exactly an adjective that can be used when describing it's relation to the source material: "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert O'Brien. However, the novel was a Newberry Award winner and it deserved an excellent film which is what it received.
The book itself had two separate story lines, one focusing on Mrs. Frisby and her plight, and the other a lengthy backstory involving the rats of NIMH. For the animated feature, Don Bluth and his team chose to focus on Mrs. Frisby's plight and for this I am grateful.
In Mrs. Brisby we have a totally unique and a truly delightful heroine. She isn't some young boy getting ready to go on a fantastic adventure or some sort of great, brave hero. She's just a mother, a mother whose first concern is her family. And she makes a fantastic hero, showing that courage isn't just involved in facing down fierce monsters (though when she has to do that she finds the courage). She never stops pushing herself and though she might be a very small mouse, she has a very big heart.
As a kid I walked away thinking how cool Justin was, but now that I'm older I have complete respect for Mrs. Brisby. It's an excellent film both for children and adults alike.
And how about Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus? Dom deLuise as Jeremy? Not to mention Elizabeth Hartman, whose short career was never-the-less magnificent. Thank god for film that we might have her talents available to us for all time!
Criticisms can be made of the film. For one, "faithful" isn't exactly an adjective that can be used when describing it's relation to the source material: "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert O'Brien. However, the novel was a Newberry Award winner and it deserved an excellent film which is what it received.
The book itself had two separate story lines, one focusing on Mrs. Frisby and her plight, and the other a lengthy backstory involving the rats of NIMH. For the animated feature, Don Bluth and his team chose to focus on Mrs. Frisby's plight and for this I am grateful.
In Mrs. Brisby we have a totally unique and a truly delightful heroine. She isn't some young boy getting ready to go on a fantastic adventure or some sort of great, brave hero. She's just a mother, a mother whose first concern is her family. And she makes a fantastic hero, showing that courage isn't just involved in facing down fierce monsters (though when she has to do that she finds the courage). She never stops pushing herself and though she might be a very small mouse, she has a very big heart.
As a kid I walked away thinking how cool Justin was, but now that I'm older I have complete respect for Mrs. Brisby. It's an excellent film both for children and adults alike.
And how about Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus? Dom deLuise as Jeremy? Not to mention Elizabeth Hartman, whose short career was never-the-less magnificent. Thank god for film that we might have her talents available to us for all time!
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- La ratoncita valiente
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,665,733
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $386,530
- Jul 5, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $14,665,733
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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