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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Elizabeth Hartman
- Mrs. Brisby
- (voice)
Derek Jacobi
- Nicodemus
- (voice)
Dom DeLuise
- Jeremy
- (voice)
Arthur Malet
- Mr. Ages
- (voice)
Shannen Doherty
- Teresa
- (voice)
Wil Wheaton
- Martin
- (voice)
Jodi Hicks
- Cynthia
- (voice)
John Carradine
- The Great Owl
- (voice)
Peter Strauss
- Justin
- (voice)
Paul Shenar
- Jenner
- (voice)
Tom Hatten
- Farmer Fitzgibbons
- (voice)
Norbert Auerbach
- Councilman 1
- (voice)
Dick Kleiner
- Councilman 2
- (voice)
Charles Champlin
- Councilman 3
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDon Bluth, John Pomeroy, and Gary Goldman all left Disney to pursue this project, which had originally been rejected by their former employer as "too dark" to be a commercial success. They were followed soon after by twenty other Disney animators, dubbed "The Disney Defectors" by the trade press.
- GoofsDragon's bad eye switches from his right to his left throughout.
- Crazy creditsThe production storyboards are used for background in the end credits.
- Alternate versionsIn the late 1990s VHS and DVD prints in addition to the 2003 reissue of the DVD release, the United Artists logo is plastered with the 1994 variant.
- ConnectionsEdited into An American Tail (1986)
- SoundtracksFlying Dreams
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Lyrics Written and Performed by Paul Williams
Orchestrations: Arthur Morton
Arranged by Ian Fraser
Lullaby Performed by Sally Stevens
Featured review
See this movie. It has some of the most intense sequences in an animated film that I've ever seen. I remember this one from way back and I remember watching it every chance I had. And who can forget that one line, "Take what you can.... when you can!"
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- La ratoncita valiente
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,665,733
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $386,530
- Jul 5, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $14,665,733
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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