"[29] Likewise, in his print review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert gave the film three stars out of four in which he praised the film's animation and compared the film to that of Disney's golden age. The 26th Disney animated feature film, the film was directed by Burny Mattinson, David Michener, and the team of John Musker and Ron Clements, who later directed The Little Mermaid (1989) and Aladdin (1992). agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher. Basil, Dawson, and Flaversham create their own craft with a matchbox and some small helium-filled balloons, held together by the Union Jack. Desperate to find him, she sets out to find Basil of Baker Street, the only detective with the skills to find him. [28] The Blu-ray was finally released in the UK on November 9, 2015 and released in France on Blu-ray on October 20, 2015. Named one of “13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed Over as a Kid” by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective is back and ready to solve five of his most perplexing cases! By no means does it rank among the greatest Disney films. 13 product ratings - The Great Mouse Detective, VHS, 1992, Disney classic Black Diamond Edition #1360 $5.00 Trending at $7.16 Trending price is based on prices over last 90 days. The Great Mouse Detective The clues are in, the chase is on, and the case of the century is about to break wide open in Disney's greatest little mystery in history. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. [10], Following a succession of American and British actors who read for the part of Basil, Royal Shakespeare actor Barrie Ingham won the role within six minutes of his audition so much that a compelling portion of it was used in the finished film. In this collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, a honey-loving teddy bear, embarks on some eccentric adventures. Unfortunately, it was shoveled under the hype over Don Bluth's An American Tail, a film that I have a bit of a soft spot for but which I'm not sure was that much better despite more involved animation. [4], With the departure of Miller in 1984, the board of directors appointed Michael Eisner, who had resigned from Paramount Pictures, to become the new CEO. Based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, it draws heavily on the tradition of Sherlock Holmes with a heroic mouse who consciously emulates the detective; Titus named the main character after actor Basil Rathbone, who is best remembered for playing Holmes in film (and whose voice, sampled from a 1966 reading of "The Red-Headed League"[2] was the voice of Holmes in this film, 19 years after his death). 4 of 5 people found this review helpful. He even gets one of the only song numbers in this movie, one of the finest villain numbers in its jaunty bombast and how it shifts to a dead stop when a henchman double crosses him then shifts back after a rather grim moment in the film.Unfortunately, one wishes the animation was better than Toon Disney on a production level. This page was last edited on 6 May 2021, at 18:51. However, the show stealer, like with many Disney films, is the villain, Professor Ratigan as brilliantly voiced by the great Vincent Price. The Great Mouse Detective was released to theaters on July 2, 1986 to positive reviews and financial success, in sharp contrast to the box office underperformance of Disney's previous animated feature film, The Black Cauldron (1985). In London, the United Kingdom, and the year 1897, a few months after the incident of the Mouse Queen's Jubilee, an old mouse named Ratigan has them tied to a spring-loaded mousetrap connected with a Rube Goldberg machine laid out to kill them both. With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country. "[13] Following a voice test, veteran voice artist Candy Candido recorded his dialogue for Fidget in one hour. The CGI may show its age, but it's incorporated quite well. THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE is Disney's tribute to Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The Blu-ray edition is region-free and thus can be played in any region of the world. The 26th Disney animated feature film, the film was directed by Burny Mattinson, David Michener, and the team of John Musker and Ron Clements, who later directed The Little Mermaid (1989) and Aladdin(1992). The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself. Eventually, Melissa Manchester was brought in; she wrote and performed "Let Me Be Good to You", by which the rough animation had to be re-timed and often re-animated to properly sync with the song. Come along on a journey through the cobblestone streets of 1897 London, where some suspicious "mousechief" is the suspenseful start to this thrilling musical adventure. The idea of doing an animated film about Sherlock Holmes with animals was first discussed about during the production of The Rescuers. Need some help finding the best things to watch on Netflix? 5 out of 5 stars (4) 4 reviews $ 2.09. The album marked the debut of Henry Mancini for score composition of an animated feature aside from the animated opening for The Pink Panther.[23]. She soon met a kind mouse named Dr. David Q. Dawson, who had just retu… [2], Following the box office under-performance of the 1985 Paramount/Amblin film Young Sherlock Holmes, Eisner decided to rename Basil of Baker Street into The Great Mouse Detective feeling the name "Basil" was "too English". Watch. [19], Back at the Feature Animation building, animators Phil Nibbelink and Tad Gielow spent months designing the interior of Big Ben, with each gear produced as wire-frame graphics on a computer that was printed out and traced onto animation cels onto which the colors and characters were added. to serve as parody of a Victorian British music hall. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The key to good Disney animation is character and facial expression, and Detective abounds in both. After Basil, Dawson, and Olivia save Flaversham and the real Queen, they restrain Fidget and Ratigan's other henchmen while Toby chases Felicia. In London in June 1897, a young mouse named Olivia Flaversham is celebrating her birthday with her toymaker father, Hiram. [3] Earlier in his career, Clements created a fifteen-minute Sherlock Holmes animated short recorded on Super 8 film. Kenneth Chisholm . A surgeon named Dr. David Q. Dawson, who has just returned from a lengthy service of the Mouse Queen's 66th Regiment in Afghanistan, meets Olivia and escorts her to Basil's residence. Written by Flaversham initially refuses to participate in the scheme but capitulates when Ratigan threatens to harm Olivia. While searching the shop, Dawson discovers Fidget's checklist, to which Basil does some chemical tests to discover the list came from a riverfront near the Thames. Peraza's inspiration for the scene was a Japanese anime film, The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), the feature film debut of animator Hayao Miyazaki which is part of the Lupin III franchise; The Castle of Cagliostro, which Peraza was a fan of, featured a climatic scene involving characters amidst giant turning gears in a clock tower. She went to look for Basil but did not know where Baker Street was and got lost on the way. Susanne Pollatschek as Olivia Flaversham, an eight-year-old Scottish mouse who seeks Basil's help in finding her toymaker father. [2] In 1982, Ron Clements proposed adapting the children's book series into an animated feature and, along with story artist Pete Young, it was pitched to Disney President and CEO Ron Miller who approved the project. For an older audience, there is subtle humor that you miss as a kid, but is hilarious. Although the intended release was set for Christmas 1987,[6] Michael Eisner slashed the projected production budget at $24 million in half where it was green-lit at $10 million, and moved the release date up to July 1986 giving the production team one year to complete the film. View production, box office, & company info. (1986). Ratigan plans to usurp the Queen and become "supreme ruler of all mousedom.". The DVD also has the film in its 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio, which brings it closer to its original theatrical aspect ratio. Veteran layout artist Joe Hale is credited with suggesting to adapt the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, but the project fell into development limbo because of the similarities to The Rescuers. Suddenly, a bat with a crippled wing and a peg leg bursts into Flaversham's workshop, kidnapping Mr. Flaversham. [18][20], The film was the last work to feature Eric Larson as animation consultant before his retirement. One also suspects that Disney first started to look at Hayao Miyazaki's work around this time, since there are more than a few similarities to the climax of Castle of Cagliostro.All in all, these elements, along with a great Henry Mancini score, add up to another overlooked gem of a Disney movie, if not an essential work. 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The Great Mouse Detective [21][22], Unusually for a Disney animated feature, there was no soundtrack album released alongside the film; it was released in 1992 alongside the film's reissue under its new title by Varèse Sarabande, the only Disney cartoon to have an original soundtrack on the label to date (and the only one not to be issued under a Walt Disney imprint). However, Katzenberg and the new management desired a more contemporary song as they would help make the film more marketable. $10.26. 13 product ratings - The Great Mouse Detective VHS Tape RARE Black Diamond Walt Disney Classic . Initially, Mancini composed a song titled "Are You the One Who Loves Me?" The writers dropped the characters deciding for Basil to figure it out for himself. What makes it work are the personalities. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself. 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