The Secret Of Nimh (1982)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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11.29.08
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A fieldmouse named Mrs. Brisby must move her family to a safe location before the farmer plows the field where they live, but her invalid son Timmy cannot go outside due to his pneumonia. She enlists the aid of some highly intelligent, escaped lab rats that have built a subterranean society inside a rose bush near the farmer's garden. The rats, led by the wise Nicodemus, decide to help her physically move her house to repay a debt of gratitude to her late husband, who made possible the rats' escape from the laboratory. But things become complicated when some of the rats decide to use the situation to kill Nicodemus and make it appear to be accidental.
Movie Tagline:
Right before your eyes and beyond your wildest dreams.
Also Known As:
Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH
Title: Secret Of Nimh, The
Release Date: July 02, 1982
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Animation
All Genres: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Dolby
IMDB Rating: 7.3
Brimstone Pit Rating: 8.3 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With S
MPAA Rating: G
Director(s):
Don Bluth
Cast:
Derek Jacobi ...Nicodemus (voice)
Elizabeth Hartman ...Mrs. Brisby (voice)
Arthur Malet ...Mr. Ages (voice)
Dom DeLuise ...Jeremy (voice)
Hermione Baddeley ...Auntie Shrew (voice)
Shannen Doherty ...Teresa (voice)
Wil Wheaton ...Martin (voice)
Jodi Hicks ...Cynthia (voice)
Ian Fried ...Timothy (voice)
John Carradine ...Great Owl (voice)
Peter Strauss ...Justin (voice)
Paul Shenar ...Jenner (voice)
Tom Hatten ...Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)
Lucille Bliss ...Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)
Aldo Ray ...Sullivan (voice)
Norbert Auerbach ...Councilman 1 (voice)
Dick Kleiner ...Councilman 2 (voice)
Charles Champlin ...Councilman 3 (voice)
Edie McClurg ...Miss Right (voice)
Joshua Lawrence ...Billy Fitzgibbons (voice)
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Rich Irvine
John Pomeroy
James L. Stewart
Writer(s):
Robert C. O'Brien
Don Bluth
John Pomeroy
Gary Goldman
Will Finn
Composer(s):
Jerry Goldsmith
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"Flying Dreams"
More Movie Taglines:
- Right before your eyes and beyond your wildest dreams.
- A world of fantasy, adventure and excitement opens up for Mrs Brisby when she discovers... The Secret of NIMH.
- Let unforgettable characters from a new film classic take you on a triumphant adventure to discover...
- Animation in the grand tradition by a new master, Don Bluth.
Movie Quote(s):
- Mrs. Brisby: You keep making all that noise, and Dragon's sure to hear you, if he hasn't already. Jeremy: Wouldn't you sing too? I mean, if you felt... [laughs] Jeremy: if you felt the call of the wild? Mrs. Brisby: I would not, if I knew there was a cat nearby. Jeremy: But she's out there, somewhere. And when I find here, I'll feel it way down in my wish bone. I - -What cat?
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Jenner: I learned this much: take what you can, when you can. Justin: Then you have learned nothing.
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[Presenting Mrs. Brisby with a glowing amulet] Nicodemus: Courage of the heart is very rare. The stone has a power when it's there.
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Mrs. Brisby: Auntie Shrew what's going on? Auntie Shrew: Indeed! Mrs. Brisby: Please come back inside. Auntie Shrew: Not for a king's ransom. I just have one thing to say [pointing at Martin] Auntie Shrew: that child is a brat. Mrs. Brisby: Yes, I will speak to him. Auntie Shrew: I came here to inform you that the frost is off the ground, and moving day is at hand. Prepare to move your very very odd family. Good day.
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Nicodemus: We can no longer live as rats. We know too much.
Movie Trivia:
- The lead character's name was changed from Mrs. Frisby (in the novel) to Mrs. Brisby to avoid legal entanglements from the Wham-O company (makers of the Frisbee). Unfortunately this change came late in the film's production, long after the actors had recorded their dialog. Because it was not feasible to have every actor using the word "Frisby" in the movie re-record his or her lines, the change from "Frisby" to "Brisby" was actually made by the sound editors, who, by hand, carefully sliced the "br" (taken from other words spoken by the actors) into the "fr" on the magnetic dialog tracks.
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According to the Farmer's Wife, NIMH is an acronym for National Institute of Mental Health
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Don 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 20 other Disney animators, dubbed "The Disney Defectors" by the trade press.
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Techniques used on this movie which had not been used extensively in other animated features included split exposures to create shadows and translucency, diffusion in conjunction with split exposures to create reflections, color Xerography for the creation of cels and painstaking color orchestration. Newer techniques included the use of video animation for testing and backlight. The use of multiple exposure techniques was probably the best indication of the time and effort taken with the film.
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At the time of release was the largest non-Disney animated film.
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Keywords:
Rat, Rose Bush, Owl, Farm, Farmer ...[more]
Keywords All:
Plow, Mouse, Electricity, Pneumonia, Society, Crow, Secret, Escape, Tractor, Cult Favorite, Box Office Flop, Magic, Anthropomorphism, Reference To Matthew 7 6, Cult Cartoon, Heroine, Cat Versus Mouse, Furry, Allegory, Surrealism, Crushed To Death, Wizard, Mother, Reference To The Sermon On The Mount, Will, Widow, Determination, Talking Animal, Psychadelic Image, Reference To The Book Of Matthew, Scientist, Relocation, Furries, Animal Experimentation, Critically Acclaimed, Courage, Affection, Stabbed In The Back, Animal, Self Sacrifice, Tickling, Amulet, Animal That Acts Human, Mission, Based On Novel
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Rating: 8.3 out of 10.0 - 72 votes cast total
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