The Secret of NIMH

Synopsis

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

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Cast

Elizabeth Hartman

Mrs. Brisby (voice)

Derek Jacobi

Nicodemus (voice)

Arthur Malet

Mr. Ages (voice)

Dom DeLuise

Jeremy (voice)

Hermione Baddeley

Auntie Shrew (voice)

Shannen Doherty

Teresa (voice)

Wil Wheaton

Martin (voice)

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Jodi Hicks

Cynthia (voice)

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Ina Fried

Timothy (voice)

John Carradine

Great Owl (voice)

Peter Strauss

Justin (voice)

Paul Shenar

Jenner (voice)

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Tom Hatten

Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)

Lucille Bliss

Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)

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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Joshua Lawrence

Billy Fitzgibbons (voice)

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Philo Barnhart

Additional voices (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Don Moore Background Designer
• Ron Dias Background Designer
• David Goetz Background Designer

Camera

• Jue Jiuliano Camera Operator
• Charles Warren Camera Operator

Crew

• Stephan Barnes Creative Consultant
• Richard A. Gabrio Creative Consultant
• Martin S. Jacobson Creative Consultant
• John Richards Score Engineer

Directing

• Don Bluth Director
• Don Bluth Layout
• Larry Leker Layout
• Dan Molina Assistant Director

Editing

• Jeffrey C. Patch Editor
• Richard Ritchie Color Timer
• Donah Bassett Negative Cutter

Production

• Don Bluth Producer
• Gary Goldman Producer
• Rich Irvine Executive Producer
• John Pomeroy Producer
• James L. Stewart Executive Producer
• Mel Griffin Production Executive
• Fred Craig Production Manager
• Caralyn Warren Production Assistant
• Carolyn Morris Production Assistant
• Charles Kurts Production Assistant
• Julie Spafford Production Assistant
• Bob Chevalier Production Assistant

Sound

• Jerry Goldsmith Original Music Composer
• David Horton Sr. Sound Effects Editor
• Rick Kline Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Donald O. Mitchell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Alexander Courage Orchestrator
• Jerry Goldsmith Songs
• Arthur Morton Orchestrator
• Len Engel Music Editor
• Michael Clifford Music Editor
• John Roesch Foley
• James Cavarretta Sound Effects
• Garry Ulmer Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

• Vera Pacheco Animation
• Buck Lewis Character Designer
• Don Bluth Visual Development
• Dorse A. Lanpher Visual Effects Supervisor
• Fred Craig Visual Effects Director
• Don Bluth Animation Director
• Gary Goldman Animation Director
• John Pomeroy Animation Director
• Diann Landau Animation
• Skip Jones Animation
• Lorna Cook Animation
• Dave Spafford Animation

Writing

• Don Bluth Screenplay
• Will Finn Screenplay
• Gary Goldman Screenplay
• Robert C. O'Brien Novel
• John Pomeroy Screenplay
• Paul Williams Lyricist

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