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The Secret of NIMH

Summary: 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.

Release Date: July 16, 1982

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Animation

Director: Don Bluth

Writers: Robert C. O'Brien

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: G

Production: Aurora, Don Bluth Productions, Mrs. Brisby Ltd.

Distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Disney Channel, Philips, Warner Home Video, TNT, Nickelodeon Network, Toon Disney, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel, YouTube Movies, The Roku Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,665,733

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1980s 2d animation acrophobia allegory amulet animal cruelty animal experimentation animal hero animal protagonist animal testing animal that acts human animal villain anthropomorphic animal anthropomorphic animal as protagonist anthropomorphic animal as villain anthropomorphic bird anthropomorphic crow anthropomorphic mouse anthropomorphic owl anthropomorphic rat anthropomorphic shrew anthropomorphism assassination plot aunt balladeer barbarian barefoot cartoon animal based on novel battle bed big cat blood blue eyes bound and gagged broken leg broth bubble cage caged mouse calling someone a brat calling someone a delinquent calling someone a goat calling someone a hoodlum calling someone a hooligan cane captain of the guard cartoon mouse cartoon violence cat cat allergy cat and mouse cat attack cat versus mouse character says i hate to see a woman cry character says i need your help character says i shall return character says that was no accident character says think of the children children co written by director cobweb courage court intrigue crow crushed to death crying crying mother crystal ball cult film dead husband death death of husband death of villain demonic cat determination directorial debut dog drawing a sword duel electricity escape escape from laboratory experiment on animals explosion farm farmboy farmer farmer's wife farmhouse female protagonist feral cat final battle first part fluttering eyelids forest four word title friends who live together frog full moon furry good versus evil green eyes grumpy aunt half dressed cartoon animal hand drawn animation heroine high heeled shoe high heels ill child illness independent film injection inscription intrigue killing a spider knife knife throwing lab animal laboratory last will and testament limping literacy lost medicine loving mother magic male hits a female meet cute mild violence mission mistaken for a thief monkey moth mother daughter relationship mother of four mother rescues her children mother son relationship mouse mouse in a cage moving day mud murder mustache mutation national institute of mental health new house old cat owl perspiration pet cat plow pneumonia political debate power hungry psychedelic image puppy rabbit rat red cape red eyes reference to 'pearls before swine'reference to christian mythology reference to god reference to heaven reference to jupiter the god reference to jupiter the roman deity reference to matthew 7 6 reference to the book of matthew reference to the god jupiter reference to the sermon on the mount relocation rope rose bush rotoscoping rural setting sadness scientist secret self sacrifice shrew sick animal slowed aging process soap bubble society soup spider spiderweb stabbed in the back stabbed in the torso stabbed with a sword stealing electricity string strings surrealism sword sword duel sword fight sworn to secrecy syringe talking animal telekinesis thorn valley three monkeys thunder rumbling tickling tied up timeframe 1980s title directed by male title directed by man title written by male tractor traditional animation trapped in a cage trembling trembling with fear troubled production underwater scene unnatural longevity ventilation system villain violence waking up naked walking cane washing water mill web widow wizard woman wears high heels writer director producer

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