Secret of NIMH

UPC: 027616077141

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Excellent For Children]

Summary: 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Features: Disc 1: Both the Widescreen and Full Screen Versions of the Film
Audio Commentary With Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Disc 2: Secrets Behind the Secret Featurette
Five Original Set-Top Games.

Secret of NIMH

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 06/19/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen, 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DS Dolby Surround (4.0), DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 82 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- The Secret of Nimh
1. Prologue/Main Titles [:10]
2. Medicine Packet [:28]
3. Call of the Wild [3:14]
4. Allergic to Cats [3:10]
5. Jeremy's Potential [2:32]
6. Auntie Shrew [:20]
7. Flying Dreams [1:56]
8. Moving Day [2:49]
9. Seeking Wisdom [2:59]
10. The Great Owl [:18]
11. Helpful Jeremy [2:41]
12. Brutus [3:37]
13. The Great Council [2:06]
14. All Tied Up [1:02]
15. Nicodemus [4:28]
16. The Secret of NIMH [2:38]
17. The Glowing Stone [2:02]
18. Drugging Dragon [2:18]
19. Bad News [5:54]
20. The Warning [2:51]
21. The House Sinks [3:13]
22. The Medallion's Power [3:02]
23. Sweet New Home [2:34]
24. End Titles [6:39]
1. Prologue/Main Titles [:10]
2. Medicine Packet [:28]
3. Call of the Wild [3:14]
4. Allergic to Cats [3:10]
5. Jeremy's Potential [2:32]
6. Auntie Shrew [:20]
7. Flying Dreams [1:56]
8. Moving Day [2:49]
9. Seeking Wisdom [2:59]
10. The Great Owl [:18]
11. Helpful Jeremy [2:41]
12. Brutus [3:37]
13. The Great Council [2:06]
14. All Tied Up [1:02]
15. Nicodemus [4:28]
16. The Secret of NIMH [2:38]
17. The Clowing Stone [2:02]
18. Drugging Dragon [2:18]
19. Bad News [5:54]
20. The Warning [2:51]
21. The House Stinks [3:13]
22. The Medallion's Power [3:02]
23. Sweet New Home [2:34]
24. End Titles [6:39]

Michael Betzold

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. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Edie McClurg  Actor 
Don Bluth  Director 
Don Bluth  Producer 
Don Bluth  Screenwriter 
Gary Goldman  Producer 
Gary Goldman  Screenwriter 
Jerry Goldsmith  Composer (Music Score) 
John Pomeroy  Producer 
John Pomeroy  Screenwriter 
James L. Stewart  Executive Producer 
Rich Irvine  Executive Producer 
Will Finn  Screenwriter 
Elizabeth Hartman  Actor 
Dom DeLuise  Actor 
Hermione Baddeley  Actor 
Arthur Malet  Actor 
Peter Strauss  Actor 
Paul Shenar  Actor 
Derek Jacobi  Actor 
John Carradine  Actor 
Shannen Doherty  Actor 
Wil Wheaton  Actor 
Jodi Hicks  Actor 
Ian Fried  Actor 
Tom Hatten  Actor 
Lucille Bliss  Actor 
Aldo Ray  Actor 

Country: USA