The Secret of NIMH [Blu-ray]

Director: Don Bluth

Overview

Frustrated with the Walt Disney studio's reluctance to produce full-length animated films, Don Bluth and a number of animators left the studio in the early '80s with the intent of creating movies in the style of Disney's classics. The Secret of NIMH is the first film Bluth produced after leaving the studio. Adapted from Robert C. O'Brien's acclaimed children's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N.I.M.H., the film is about a widowed mouse whose home is threatened; also, one of her children is gravely ill. On her way to find help, she discovers NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats who have escaped from a nearby science lab. The rats help the widow to protect her family and home.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2011
UPC:	0883904232292
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	G
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:23:00
Sales rank:	10,851

Special Features

Audio commentary with Don Bluth and Gary Goldman; Secrets behind the Secret featurette ; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Derek Jacobi	Nicodemus
Elizabeth Hartman	Mrs. Brisby
Arthur Malet	Mr. Ages
Dom DeLuise	Jeremy
Hermione Baddeley	Auntie Shrew
Shannen Doherty	Teresa
Wil Wheaton	Martin
John Carradine	Great Owl
Peter Strauss	Justin
Paul Shenar	Jennar
Jodi Hicks	Cynthia
Ian Fried	Timmy
Tom Hatten	Farmer Fitzgibben
Lucille Bliss	Voices
Aldo Ray	Voices
Edie McClurg	Miss Right
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

Don Bluth

Gary Goldman

John Pomeroy

Will Finn

Don Bluth	Producer,Screenwriter
Gary Goldman	Producer,Screenwriter
Tom Hush	Special Effects
Rich Irvine	Executive Producer
D.A. Lanpher	Special Effects
John Pomeroy	Producer,Screenwriter
James L. Stewart	Executive Producer
Will Finn	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Writer-director Don Bluth was the main alternative to Disney in animated feature films of the 1980s. Frustrated with what he saw as Disney's lackluster products and slow pace, Bluth took a group of animators with him to establish an independent company. Their first effort was The Secret of NIMH, about a mouse who has lost her husband and hooks up with a pack of super-intelligent rats who've escaped from an experimental laboratory. The smart rodents help her and her family survive a perilous journey. Though it breaks no new ground technically, the highly professional animation is richly detailed, partially compensating for a plot that sags at times. The success of The Secret of NIMH enabled Bluth to establish his own cartoon-making machine, which, a few years later, would produce such fine family fare as An American Tail and The Land Before Time.