Brisby e il segreto di NIMH

Titolo originale: The Secret of NIMH
Regia: Don Bluth |
Anno: 1982
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Famiglia Animazione Fantasy Avventura Mistero
Tag: widow | mouse | villain | crow | illness | good versus evil |
Cast: Elizabeth Hartman | Derek Jacobi | Arthur Malet | Dom DeLuise | Hermione Baddeley | Shannen Doherty | Wil Wheaton | Jodi Hicks | Ina Fried | John Carradine | Peter Strauss | Paul Shenar | Tom Hatten | Lucille Bliss | Aldo Ray | Norbert Auerbach | Dick Kleiner | Charles Champlin | Joshua Lawrence | Philo Barnhart |

La signora Brisby, una topolina di campagna rimasta vedova del marito Jonathan, vive con i suoi quattro figli all'interno di un vecchio mattone nel campo di un contadino di nome Fitzgibbon. Brisby si sta preparando a traslocare, in quanto si sta avvicinando il periodo in cui Fitzgibbon ara il campo con un trattore, ma è impossibilitata a farlo dato che il figlio Timothy è gravemente malato.

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Animator Dave Spofford kept a pet rat named Waldo, who was used as a model for most of the rat chara [...] D
Final theatrical movie of Elizabeth Hartman (Mrs. Brisby). D
The distribution rights were purchased by United Artists prior to the company being purchased by MGM [...] D
Color-toners were created specifically for the animators to use on the film D
Comedian Doug Walker of The Nostalgia Critic (2007) and Animator Mark Flood claim this is one of the [...] D
Shannen Doherty recorded all her lines wearing a bow similar to her character's in the movie. D
Don Bluth, John Pomeroy, and Gary Goldman all left Disney to pursue this project, which had original [...] D
Jerry Goldsmith's first score for an animated film. D
A bottle at the entrance of Mr. Ages' lab reads "Finn's Hair and Whisker Dye", a reference to animat [...] D
According to the Farmer's Wife, "N.I.M.H." is an acronym for "National Institute of Mental Health". D
Mrs. Brisby's first name was unknown until after the death of her voice actress, Elizabeth Hartman. [...] D
Originally, Mrs. Brisby was to encounter a female rat named Isabella who she was to meet in a librar [...] D
Producer Gary Goldman recalled working 110-hour weeks during the final six months of production. D
Members of the crew did some of the crowd voices for the rats of N.I.M.H. Even Norbert Auerbach, the [...] D
There are more than six hundred colors used in this movie. One character, chemist mouse Mr. Ages, ha [...] D
In late August 1982, Disney barred several theaters from booking this movie as a double-feature with [...] D
This was Jerry Goldsmith's first music score for an animated movie. He later said that it was among [...] D
In a retrospective essay about the Newbery Medal-winning books from 1966 to 1975, children's author [...] D
Though it was not a smash at the box office this movie did manage to turn a profit; it produced $14 [...] D
Edie McClurg's first time voice acting in a theatrical film, later she'd go onto voice Carlotta in T [...] D
Co-Producer Gary Goldman stated that they originally hoped the movie would receive a "PG" rating, du [...] D
The Great Owl's limping walk was inspired by his voice actor, John Carradine, who was partly cripple [...] D
The musical score was carefully utilized whenever the scene called for it, the filmmakers wanted the [...] D
This movie greatly deviates from the original novel in which there are no supernatural elements, and [...] D
The first names of Mrs. Brisby and Mr. Ages are never revealed. D
The second animated film to use dust after Watership Down (1978). D
Final theatrical movie of Hermione Baddeley (Auntie Shrew). D
Theatrical movie debuts of Shannen Doherty (Teresa) and Wil Wheaton (Martin). D
DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Don Bluth): (casting): This is the first of five movies directed by Don Bluth to [...] D
Six months were devoted to developing the design specifications for the cameras Bluth and his crew n [...] D
The title reveal sequence was inspired by Howard Hawks' production of The Thing from Another World. D
The movie also heralds a return to using the multiplane camera for scenes requiring depth, especiall [...] D
Though they didn't directly collaborate on this project, both songwriter Paul Williams and supportin [...] D
While picking up loose trash outside his home in Culver City, Don Bluth picked up a discarded lamp a [...] D
Dom DeLuise brought his eighty-year-old Italian mother to some of his recording sessions. Whenever h [...] D
This movie was originally budgeted at six and a half million dollars, but was reduced by the studio [...] D
The small dragonfly Mr. Ages chases away near the beginning of the movie is a nod to Evinrude from D [...] D
The staging of the climactic sword fight between Justin and Jenner was largely taken from the Errol [...] D
DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Don Bluth): (emigrating protagonist): Much like Don Bluth's other movies, Mrs. B [...] D
During production, Gary Trousdale rescued an injured owl from the Los Angeles river. After taking th [...] D
There are one thousand seventy-eight backgrounds in this movie, all of which were tested and then sh [...] D
Despite being rated G, Justin uses the word "damn" after Mrs. Brisby gets caught by the farm boy ins [...] D
The lead character's name was changed from Mrs. Frisby (in the novel) to Mrs. Brisby to avoid legal [...] D
Because Mrs. Brisby doesn't have a given name, fans have nicknamed her Elizabeth in loving memory of [...] D
Arthur Malet's first time voice acting in a theatrical film, later he'd onto voice King Eidilleg the [...] D
Early completed scenes of Nicodemus and the hologram, as well as Mrs. Brisby and Jeremy's flight to [...] D
Pipsissewa (originally suggested to give Timothy) is used for infections of the kidney, bladder and [...] D
The scene where Mrs. Brisby uses the amulet to lift the house containing her kids out of the mud was [...] D
DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (Don Bluth): (important object): The amulet with the large red stone seen at the [...] D
At the time of release, it was the largest non-Disney animated movie. D
Not only was the film made by former Disney animators, the film's financier, Aurora, was owned by fo [...] D
The rusted out tractor Mr. Ages lives inside was inspired by an abandoned threshing machine which ha [...] D
Don Bluth worked on many classic movies in the Disney cannon before he broke away and started his ow [...] D
One of the only three Don Bluth movies to not be a musical. The others being Alla ricerca della vall [...] D
Had the film not been a disappointment at the box office, Don Bluth would have made an animated adap [...] D
Out of concern of a lawsuit for the use of the word Frisby, the animators reworked sequences to chan [...] D
Techniques used on this movie which had not been used extensively in other animated features include [...] D
Supervising Effects Animator Dorse A. Lanpher was responsible for most of the effects scenes. He and [...] D
During production, Don Bluth agreed to the first profit sharing contract in the animation industry. [...] D
Jeremy's romantic nature was inspired partly by Bruce Cabot, a college roommate of Don Bluth's who w [...] D
Director Don Bluth's favorite of his movies. D
After seeing early animation roughs of his character, the villain Jenner, Paul Shenar requested to r [...] D