The Secret of NIMH (1982)
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- G
- 1h 22min
- Animation, Adventure
- 16 Jul 1982 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 win & 2 nominations.
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Complete, Cast awaiting verification
Derek Jacobi | ... |
Nicodemus (voice)
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Elizabeth Hartman | ... |
Mrs. Brisby (voice)
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Arthur Malet | ... |
Mr. Ages (voice)
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Dom DeLuise | ... |
Jeremy (voice)
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Hermione Baddeley | ... |
Auntie Shrew (voice)
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Shannen Doherty | ... |
Teresa (voice)
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Wil Wheaton | ... |
Martin (voice)
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Jodi Hicks | ... |
Cynthia (voice)
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Ina Fried | ... |
Timothy (voice)
(as Ian Fried)
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John Carradine | ... |
The Great Owl (voice)
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Peter Strauss | ... |
Justin (voice)
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Paul Shenar | ... |
Jenner (voice)
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Tom Hatten | ... |
Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)
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Lucille Bliss | ... |
Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)
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Aldo Ray | ... |
Sullivan (voice)
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Norbert Auerbach | ... |
Councilman 1 (voice)
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Dick Kleiner | ... |
Councilman 2 (voice)
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Charles Champlin | ... |
Councilman 3 (voice)
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Edie McClurg | ... |
Miss Right (voice)
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Joshua Lawrence | ... |
Billy Fitzgibbons (voice)
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Philo Barnhart | ... |
Additional voices (uncredited)
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Sally Stevens | ... |
Singer (segment "Flying Dreams Lullaby") (uncredited) (voice)
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Paul Williams | ... |
The Balladeer (segment "Epilogue") (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
Don Bluth |
Written by
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
Don Bluth | ... | producer |
Gary Goldman | ... | producer |
Rich Irvine | ... | executive producer |
John Pomeroy | ... | producer |
James L. Stewart | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Jerry Goldsmith |
Editing by
Jeffrey C. Patch | ... | (as Jeffrey Patch) |
Editorial Department
Donah Bassett | ... | negative cutter |
Richard Ritchie | ... | color timer |
Tom Shaffer | ... | color timer (uncredited) |
Production Management
Fred Craig | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Molina | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
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
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
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
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
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
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
Telmo de Avelar | ... | (as Telmo Perle Münch) |
Additional Crew
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) |
Production Companies
- Aurora (presents)
- Don Bluth Productions
- Mrs. Brisby Ltd.
Distributors
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company (1982) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1982) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1982) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1982) (Norway) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1982) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1982) (Finland) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1982) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1982) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Herbert Richers Produções Cinematográficas (1983) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- United Artists Corporation (1983) (India) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (1983) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1983) (Canada) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1983) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1983) (United States) (video) (as MGM/UA Entertainment Co.)
- Warner Home Video (1983) (Australia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1983) (Croatia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1983) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1983) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Disney Channel (1986) (United States) (tv) (as The Disney Channel)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1986) (United States) (VHS)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1987) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (1987) (Japan) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vidéo (1987) (France) (VHS)
- United Pictures Finland (1988) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Abril Vídeo (1988) (Brazil) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Parkfield Entertainment (1988) (United Kingdom) (VHS) (through)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (Australia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1988) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vídeo (1988) (Brazil) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Scanvideo (1991) (Finland) (VHS)
- TV3 (1992) (Finland) (tv)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1994) (Finland) (tv)
- Philips (1994) (United States) (video) (CD-i)
- Warner Home Video (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1995) (Canada) (VHS)
- TNT (1996) (United States) (tv)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1998) (United States) (DVD)
- Nickelodeon Network (1999) (United States) (tv)
- ABC Family (2002) (United States) (tv)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (Mexico) (DVD) (through)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment (2004) (Mexico) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
- Toon Disney (2005) (United States) (tv)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD) (5 Movie Collection)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2012) (Mexico) (DVD) (through)
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment (2012) (Mexico) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Rimini Editions (2024) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Rimini Editions (2024) (France) (DVD)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray) (reprint for MGM)
- Pluto TV (2021) (United States) (video)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- YouTube Movies (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Disney Junior (2023) (United States) (tv)
- The Roku Channel (2023) (United States) (video) (streaming)
- FXX Network (2024) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- National Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)
- Mechanical Concepts (camera stand engineering)
- Optical Camera Services (camera and movement fabrication)
- Elicon (electronic systems)
- Corralitos Electric Co. (electrical consultants)
- Buckeye-Western (engineering consultants)
- Andersson Engineering Co. (special equipment fabrication)
- Monrovia Machine Works (special equipment fabrication)
- Hansa Tooling (special equipment fabrication)
- Jules Elkind Co. (special equpment fabrication)
- Celluloid Services (screening facilities)
- Horta Editorial & Sound (sound services)
- B & B Sound Studios (sound services)
- Burbank Editorial & Sound Service (sound services)
- Post Production Arts (sound services)
- Schaeffer Photo Lab (graphic arts services)
- Stat House (graphic arts services)
- Title House (graphic arts services)
- Studio Graphics (graphic arts services)
- Pram Labs (electrostatic imagers)
- Celine Miles Ink & Paint Service (cel painting service)
- Art Color Products (cel paint laboratory)
- Continental Camera Systems (pitching lens system)
- Nikon (lenses)
- A&A Special Effects (stage facilities)
- Conrad Film Duplicating Co. (additional laboratory services)
- Hal Mann Laboratories (additional laboratory services)
- Westheimer Company (optical effects)
- Motion Picture Recording (dialogue recorded at)
- C.T.S. Studios (music recorded at)
- Goldwyn Sound Facility (re-recording at)
- Hacienda Post (sound services)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA) (approval certificate) (no. 26707)
Storyline
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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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $7,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend United States | $386,530, 05 Jul 1982 |
Did You Know?
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. See more » |