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The Secret of NIMH ()

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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.
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Nicodemus (voice)
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Mrs. Brisby (voice)
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Mr. Ages (voice)
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Jeremy (voice)
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Auntie Shrew (voice)
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Teresa (voice)
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Martin (voice)
Jodi Hicks ...
Cynthia (voice)
Ina Fried ...
Timothy (voice) (as Ian Fried)
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The Great Owl (voice)
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Justin (voice)
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Jenner (voice)
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Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)
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Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)
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Sullivan (voice)
Norbert Auerbach ...
Councilman 1 (voice)
Dick Kleiner ...
Councilman 2 (voice)
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Councilman 3 (voice)
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Miss Right (voice)
Joshua Lawrence ...
Billy Fitzgibbons (voice)
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Philo Barnhart ...
Additional voices (uncredited)
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Singer (segment "Flying Dreams Lullaby") (uncredited) (voice)
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The Balladeer (segment "Epilogue") (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Don Bluth

Written by

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Robert C. O'Brien ... (novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH")
 
Don Bluth ... (story adaptation) &
John Pomeroy ... (story adaptation) &
Gary Goldman ... (story adaptation) &
Will Finn ... (story adaptation)
 
Ken Anderson ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Don Bluth ... producer
Gary Goldman ... producer
Rich Irvine ... executive producer
John Pomeroy ... producer
James L. Stewart ... executive producer

Music by

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Jerry Goldsmith

Editing by

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Jeffrey C. Patch ... (as Jeffrey Patch)

Editorial Department

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Donah Bassett ... negative cutter
Richard Ritchie ... color timer
Tom Shaffer ... color timer (uncredited)

Production Management

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Fred Craig ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Dan Molina ... assistant director

Art Department

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John Alvin ... poster artist (uncredited)
Don Bluth ... visual development (uncredited)
Tom Jung ... poster artist (uncredited) / storyboard artist (uncredited)
Buck Lewis ... character designer (uncredited)
Carl Ramsey ... additional storyboard artist (uncredited) / poster artist (uncredited)
Jeff Siergey ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Drew Struzan ... poster artist (uncredited)
Frank Thomas ... storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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James Cavarretta ... sound effects recordist (as James Cavarretta Jr.)
Walter A. Gest ... sound re-recordist (as Walter Gest)
David Horton Sr. ... sound effects editor (as David M. Horton)
Rick Kline ... re-recording mixer
Mary Jo Lang ... foley mixer (as Marie Jo Lang)
Stan Levine ... synthesizer sound effects
William Mead ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Donald O. Mitchell ... re-recording mixer
Kevin O'Connell ... re-recording mixer
Gary Ritchie ... sound re-recordist
John Roesch ... foley artist
Garry Ulmer ... dialogue recordist
Gary A. Hecker ... foley artist (uncredited) / supervising foley editor (uncredited)
Hilda Hodges ... foley artist (uncredited)
Doc Kane ... original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
Michael Miller ... original dialog mixer (uncredited)
Alyson Dee Moore ... foley artist (uncredited)
Morten Folmer Nielsen ... adr editor (uncredited) / adr recorder (uncredited)
Donald C. Rogers ... stereo sound designer (uncredited)
Joan Rowe ... foley artist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp ... foley recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Fred Craig ... director of special processes
Vincent DeFrances ... effects assistant (as Vincent De Francis)
Jeff Etter ... effects assistant
Bruce Heller ... additional special effects animator
Tom Hush ... additional special effects animator
Diann Landau ... additional special effects animator
Dorse A. Lanpher ... special effects supervisor (as Dorse A. Lanpher)
Hope London ... effects assistant
Scott Santoro ... effects assistant
Barry Whitebook ... effects assistant (as Barry A. Whitebook)
Kathleen Quaife-Hodge ... effects assistant (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Joe Jiuliano ... animation camera
Jeffery Mellquist ... animation camera (as Jeff Mellquist)
Chuck Warren ... animation camera (as Charles Warren)
Bill Butler ... visual consultant (uncredited)
Rob Maine ... animation camera (uncredited)

Animation Department

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Diane Albracht ... cel painter
Kelly Anderson ... assistant animator
Tamara Anderson ... assistant animator
David R. Ankney ... xerographer (as David Ankney)
Robert Avery ... xerographer
Philo Barnhart ... character key assistant
Phyllis Barnhart ... cel painter
Arland Barron ... assistant animator
Kathy Barrows-Fullmer ... animation checker (as Kathy Barrows)
Alethea Bernard ... ink artist
Don Bluth ... directing animator / layout artist
David Braden ... xerographer
Kristine Brown ... ink artist
Karen Burrell ... cel painter
Daryl Carstensen ... xerography checker
Tammy Cecil ... cel painter
Judy Champin ... cel painter
Merllyn Ching ... ink artist
Joann Cohn ... cel painter
Lorna Cook ... animator (as Lorna Pomeroy)
Ken Cope ... assistant animator
Annamarie Costa ... animation checker
Patricia Cowling ... cel painter (as Patti Cowling)
Sharon Dabek ... cel painter
Eric Daniels ... xerographer
Ron Dias ... background artist
Lynn Diederich ... cel painter
Colleen Draper ... cel painter
Robin Draper ... cel painter
Diane Dunning ... ink artist
John Eddings ... xerographer
Robert Erhart ... xerographer
Gina Evans ... cel painter
Beverly Felix ... cel painter (as Cookie Palacio)
Shirley Ferrante ... cel painter
Cindy Finn ... animation color stylist (as Cindy Chilko Finn)
Will Finn ... animator
Ayalen Garcia ... assistant animator (as Ayalén Garcia)
Peter Gentle ... cel painter
Marta Glodkowska ... cel painter (as Marta Skwara)
David Goetz ... background artist
Gary Goldman ... directing animator
Valerie Green ... xerography checker
Heidi Guedel ... animator
Auguste Haboush ... assistant animator
Evelyn Hairapetian ... cel painter (as Evie Hairapetian)
Odin Hor ... cel painter
Michael Horowitz ... assistant animator
Emily Jiuliano ... animator / character key assistant
Leonard Johnson ... assistant animator (as Leonard E. Johnson)
Skip Jones ... animator
Debra Jorgensborg ... animation color stylist (as Debbie Casillas)
Gayle Kanagy ... cel painter
Michael Kane ... xerographer
Paulette Knell ... cel painter
Nancy Kniep ... assistant animator
Dan Kuenster ... animator
Boowon Lee ... assistant animator
Karan Lee-Storr ... ink artist (as Karan J. Storr)
Larry Leker ... layout artist
William Lorencz ... color story sketcher
Mildred Luukkonen ... cel painter
Annet Mackie ... cel painter (as Annette Vandenberg)
Shirley Mapes ... cel painter
Linda Miller ... animator
Missy ... cel painter
David Molina ... animator
Sandra Moline ... cel painter
Deborah Mooneyham ... cel painter
Don Moore ... background artist
Jeanette Nouribekian ... cel painter
Carmen Oliver ... animation color stylist
Vera Pacheco ... character key assistant (as Vera Lanpher)
Elyse Pastel ... assistant animator
Gary Perkovac ... assistant animator
Catherine Peterson ... cel painter (as Cathy Mirkovich)
Chris Peterson ... assistant animator (as Christopher Peterson)
Cheryl Polakow ... assistant animator
Robin Police ... cel painter
John Pomeroy ... directing animator: "Mr. Ages", "Jeremy", "Dragon", "The Great Owl", "Nicodemus", "Justin" and "Jenner"
Linda Praamsma ... cel painter
Bonnie Ramsey ... cel painter
Valerie Reed ... cel painter
Art Roman ... assistant animator
Alison Sassoon ... cel painter
Terry Shakespeare ... assistant animator
Debra Y. Siegel ... paint technician
Dave Smith ... final checker
Dave Spafford ... animator
Lynn Spees ... cel painter
Catherine Stein ... cel painter
Kim Stevens ... cel painter
Christina Stocks ... ink artist (as Cris Stocks)
Jim Stocks ... final checker
Cynthia Surage ... mark-up
Terri-Lynn Swears ... cel painter
Olga Tarin-Craig ... ink and paint supervisor (as Olga Tarin Craig)
Sharon Thomas ... cel painter
Shirley Thomas ... cel painter
Bruce Timm ... assistant animator (as Bruce W. Timm)
Marshall Lee Toomey ... assistant animator (as Marshall Toomey)
Jody Trout ... cel painter
Sally Voorheis ... assistant animator (as Sally J. Voorheis)
Manon Washburn ... cel painter
Phyllis White ... cel painter
Kevin Wurzer ... animator (as Kevin M. Wurzer)
Nikki Zelenka ... animation checker
Janet M. Zoll ... xerographer (as Janet Zoll)
Stephan Zupkas ... assistant animator
Dale Baer ... character designer (uncredited)
Ben Burgess ... animator (uncredited)
Michael Cedeno ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Jim Coleman ... background artist (uncredited)
Rick Farmiloe ... assistant animator (uncredited)
David Feiss ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Chuck Harvey ... animator (uncredited)
Shawn Keller ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Greg Maurice ... xeroxgraphy/Ink and paint/final check Celine Miles Ink and Paint (uncredited)
Floyd Norman ... character key assistant (uncredited)
Doris Plough ... character key assistant (uncredited)
Bonnie Robinson ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Tom Sito ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Jeffrey J. Varab ... animator (uncredited)
Fred Warter ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Charles Zembillas ... assistant animator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Michael Clifford ... music editor: London (as Mike Clifford)
Sandy De Crescent ... orchestra contractor
Leonard A. Engel ... music editor (as Len Engel)
Jerry Goldsmith ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator
National Philharmonic Orchestra ... music performed by
John Richards ... music recordist
Chris Boardman ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Bruce Botnick ... music mixer (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Alexander Courage ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith ... conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)
Kenneth Hall ... music editor (uncredited)
Jo Ann Kane ... music preparation (uncredited)
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Shawn Murphy ... music mixer: London (uncredited)
Dennis S. Sands ... music mixer: California (uncredited) / music recordist (uncredited)
Steven L. Smith ... music preparation (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... singer (uncredited) / vocal soloist (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Jonathan Williams ... musician: cello soloist (uncredited)
Paul Williams ... featured vocalist (uncredited) / lyricist: song (uncredited) / musician: keyboard (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Telmo de Avelar ... (as Telmo Perle Münch)

Additional Crew

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Diana Adams ... accountant (as Diana Johnson)
G. Thomas Baker ... accountant
Stephan Barnes ... creative consultant
Bob Chevalier ... production assistant
Kimberley Coy ... unit publicist
Terri Eddings ... production assistant
Richard A. Gabrio ... creative consultant
Jan Goldman ... accountant
Mel Griffin ... production executive
Edna Hartling ... production assistant
Tom Irvine ... accountant
Martin S. Jacobson ... creative consultant
Sarah-Jane King ... production assistant (as Sarah King)
Charles Kurts ... production assistant
Elaine Miller ... accountant
Carolyn Morris ... production assistant
Victor Solis ... production assistant
Julie Spafford ... production assistant
Shirley Spafford ... production assistant
David J. Steinberg ... production assistant (as David Steinberg) / production assistant
Mike Vest ... production assistant
Caralyn Warren ... production assistant
Tom Yohe ... production assistant
Sue Shakespeare ... production assistant (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Mrs. Brisby, a widowed mouse, lives in a cinder block with her children on the Fitzgibbon farm. She is preparing to move her family out of the field they live in as plowing time approaches, but her son Timothy has fallen ill, and moving him could prove fatal. Mrs. Brisby visits The Great Owl, a wise creature who advises her to visit a mysterious group of rats who live beneath a rose bush on the farm. She visits the rats and meets Nicodemus, the wise, mystical leader of the rats, and Justin, a friendly rat who immediately becomes attached to Mrs. Brisby. While there, she learns that her late husband, Mr. Jonathon Brisby, along with the rats, was a part of a series of experiments at a place known only as N.I.M.H. (revealed earlier in the story as the National Institute of Mental Health). The experiments performed on the mice and rats there boosted their intelligence, allowing them to read without being taught and to understand things such as complex mechanics and electricity. The rats and Mr. Brisby escaped from N.I.M.H. and came to live on the Fitzgibbon farm. The rats created a home for themselves under Mrs. Fitzgibbon's rose bush, creating an elaborate habitation of beautiful chambers, elevators, and Christmas lights. However, the rats are unhappy in their dependence on the humans, who they are stealing electricity from, and have concocted a plan to leave the farm and live independently. Because of her husband's prior relationship with the rats, they agree to help Mrs. Brisby move her home out of the path of the plow. However, the evil Jenner and his unwilling accomplice Sullivan, who wish to remain beneath the rose bush, plot to kill Nicodemus during the move. Written by MIss Victoria

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Taglines Right before your eyes and beyond your wildest dreams. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH (United States)
  • NIMH (India, English title)
  • The Secret of N-I-M-H (United Kingdom)
  • Brisby et le secret de NIMH (France)
  • Mrs. Brisby und das Geheimnis von NIMH (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 82 min
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  • 1.85 : 1 (intended & US theatrical ratio)
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Budget $7,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $386,530, 05 Jul 1982

Did You Know?

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Trivia 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 twenty other Disney animators, dubbed "The Disney Defectors" by the trade press. See more »
Goofs Dragon's bad eye switches from his right to his left throughout. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into An American Tail (1986). See more »
Soundtracks Flying Dreams See more »
Crazy Credits The production storyboards are used for background in the end credits. See more »
Quotes Jenner: I learned this much, take what you can when you can.
Justin: Then you've learned nothing.
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