I still remember when I first saw this at theaters and one of the comments my mother said was "for a cartoon, they made this pretty serious". No kidding. Even the part where Brisby was trying to stop the tractor the first time and realized how helpless she was really hit home.
Anyway, that's impressive you have the film reel. Not often a collector gets a treasure like this.
@ronin6401 Yeah, heh, that's really interesting. It's funny how some of the best animators started off with Disney. Wasn't the head of DreamWorks, Katzenberg, once affiliated with Walt Disney Studios as well?
This is one of the few practically excellent films I've seen during my childhood. Better than most of the animated films out today. I always enjoy watching this film, despite the fighting (this scene, which is extremely epic!) and slight hint of violence. Still; one of the few best I've seen. <3
I love this fight scene! What makes it so interesting is the fact that even though we are actually watching two animated rats sword fighting, the whole thing more or less plays out how a real sword fight actually might go. It not necessarily a ballet of any sort but simply two of them trying to score a direct hit while also desperately defending themselves from each other's assault. This was really well crafted!
The music to this fits wonderfully, it really gets you suspensfull... its hard to believe that I'm eighteen and I saw this movie for the first time today, thanks cracked! xD I enjoyed this movie. Thank you too, Mr. Bluth, you did awesome.
I never actually saw this movie, but I heard of it. When I was a little kid renting movies I'd see it there and just go "nah" every week. Turns out it was probably a pretty badass movie. Cracked.com brought me here btw
Thanks for the upload! This is one of my favorite movies from my childhood, and I was pretty pissed when I saw that most of the movie was blocked from youtube.
you know, i didnt quite understand how Nicodemus died,
i know, he was cruched, but i didnt get it, the block falled, and the enginering cruched him? when Justin entered that cave like thing where that come from?
you know, it doesnt show too much of Nicodemus, all it show is him getting hit by lots of things, i didnt get it.
even of youtube you can hear the better sound quality of 16mm, differently want to get a projector when i'm done with school, i work mostly with 35mm at work, but i have also worked with 70mm, and the few times i have handled 16mm it felt so small
ah jenner such a fun villain so full of class and yet he's probably the least civilized of the rats u gotta love how tactful his evil plan is though he tries to munipulate everybody into doing what he wants and just when he's so close a single field mouse gets in his way. Oh well he should've JUST SAID YES
Awe, HELL YEA. Sullavan's death is so awessome. It is THE MOST BADASS death in a cartoon movie ever! He just kills jenner with his dying breath! that's right up there with the fathers death from 300 when he killed all three of the persians who stabbed him
Justin is so full of win I can't stand it. <3 If I were an animated rat/mouse, I'd be all over that boy, GO FOR IT MISS BRIZ, HE LIKES YOU!!!! XDDD I was very sad as a little girl that they didn't get together. They were both my favs.
@darlingzooloo Justin is a beast, and mrs. brisby is the most awesome wife in a cartoon ever, but see, she is a mouse, and he is a lab-rat. It would be like a human trying to marry a martian. Genetically, It couldn't happen.
@mrdropkicker1 Oh I know realistically it'd be impossible...well not completely they may be able to have intercourse but not produce any offspring? I dunno. Anyway, I am of the opinion in cartoon-land ANYTHING can happen so I'm just going to pretend it would have been possible. XD
@darlingzooloo I totally agree. I watched this for the first time last night...and from the moment I laid eyes on that boy, I was like....*drool* I LOVE YOU JUSTIN!!!
@darlingzooloo I know how you feel, it's doomed love all over again. First Romeo & Juliet, then Pocahontas & John Smith, and now Justin & Mrs. Brisby. I see that there are times when Happily Ever After couldn't happen, so thank heavens Shakespeare is a thing of the past!
I also think there were two moves they referenced for this fight seen and I believe they are both mentioned in the commentary by Bluth in the collectors DVD
You could have helped the quality by turning off the auto-focus on the camera. But wow -- you have this on film! That's awesome.
This was one of the only movies I can recall where I had read the book prior to seeing the film. We had read The Rats of NIMH in school in 1980 or '81.
@RagtimeFreak86 I read it at school too. I think I saw the film on the disney channel some years later. Such a compelling story and I do think the film did the book justice
Also riverdale public school it where
Toughg100 18 hours ago
I read this like 3 years ago!! Grade 4
Toughg100 18 hours ago
I still remember when I first saw this at theaters and one of the comments my mother said was "for a cartoon, they made this pretty serious". No kidding. Even the part where Brisby was trying to stop the tractor the first time and realized how helpless she was really hit home.
Anyway, that's impressive you have the film reel. Not often a collector gets a treasure like this.
voltz15 1 month ago
2:53 Soap Mactavish :D
Allsoproductions 1 month ago
George Lucas was watching this when he wrote "Revenge of the Sith".
Chris82bc 1 month ago
kind of violent for a g rated movie
jasonayoub 1 month ago
I would literally pay for digital-imitation of the project still giving same film look and sound as original project would.
RHProductionsII 2 months ago
A bit of "Duel of the Fates" would've been more suitable for this battle.
DarthWill3 3 months ago
Nice throw Sullivan!!!
TranceViper 3 months ago
Take what you can...
(sunglasses)
...when you can!
YEEEEUUUUHHH
Jam24511 3 months ago in playlist Final Showdown
2 people got stabbed in the back
Jam24511 4 months ago in playlist Final Showdown
that throw at the end was clutch, and the guy barely flicked his wrist, Aaron Rodgers throw right there son
bigpapihayes 4 months ago
@2:53 LAST STAND!!!
GamerNdAirsofter028 4 months ago
LOVE THIS SCENE! can someone get it in hd??
ElleryRoze 4 months ago
this and An american tail are the best of Don Bluth
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 5 months ago
I love this movie, and I would love to watch it again. Thank you for bringing back the memories :).
toedlicherlusthase 5 months ago
Justin is cutier than that Bieber or beaver character.
altarush 5 months ago
fuck beauty and the beast, NIMH is the best animated picture alongside with The Thief and the Cobbler(reccobled cut) and Toy Story 3
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 6 months ago
Damn. Don Bluth makes original Disney animation look mediocre.
GoldenFlither15 6 months ago
@GoldenFlither15 actually, Bluth got his start working for Disney. He was one of the key animators for Sleeping Beauty
ronin6401 6 months ago
@ronin6401 Yeah, heh, that's really interesting. It's funny how some of the best animators started off with Disney. Wasn't the head of DreamWorks, Katzenberg, once affiliated with Walt Disney Studios as well?
GoldenFlither15 6 months ago
I remember this scene as a kid, Justin was a STUD.
bonorye 6 months ago
This is one of the few practically excellent films I've seen during my childhood. Better than most of the animated films out today. I always enjoy watching this film, despite the fighting (this scene, which is extremely epic!) and slight hint of violence. Still; one of the few best I've seen. <3
BasilOfBakerStreetx 6 months ago
Justin wins, FATALITY.
Jam24511 7 months ago in playlist Final Showdown
I love this fight scene! What makes it so interesting is the fact that even though we are actually watching two animated rats sword fighting, the whole thing more or less plays out how a real sword fight actually might go. It not necessarily a ballet of any sort but simply two of them trying to score a direct hit while also desperately defending themselves from each other's assault. This was really well crafted!
Dragonstorm787 7 months ago 3
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Dragonstorm787 7 months ago
That Jenner, what a dirty rat.
7mandoblu 7 months ago
Jenner is the reason that humans aren't the only ones that are dirty rats.
359lillian 7 months ago
Justin is not worthy of such a shamefully name of nowadays, he deserves somethingmore bad ass.
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 7 months ago
The music to this fits wonderfully, it really gets you suspensfull... its hard to believe that I'm eighteen and I saw this movie for the first time today, thanks cracked! xD I enjoyed this movie. Thank you too, Mr. Bluth, you did awesome.
BekkoNisou 8 months ago
You should make a personal HD copy with the 16mm, this reel doesn't seem too damaged at all :D
Oreichalcos 8 months ago
herp derp Cracked, I'm a tool
Jfanclan 8 months ago
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Man, this movie was hardcore.
inferno232 8 months ago
I never actually saw this movie, but I heard of it. When I was a little kid renting movies I'd see it there and just go "nah" every week. Turns out it was probably a pretty badass movie. Cracked.com brought me here btw
posthumanfetus 8 months ago 2
Cracked?
UmbrellaToxic 8 months ago 6
Is it just me, or did MW2 take the ending away from this movie? :P
Tiddlyhat 8 months ago
"I've learned this much: Take...What you CAN...WHEN you CAN!"
To this day that sends goosebumps down my spine. Jenner was such a good villain! This easily remains my number one childhood film.
go0fy11137 8 months ago
what the hells he gonna do 40 above justin like that look menacing for a few second before he falls and creates excessive injury
Fahstudios13579 8 months ago
Last stand tomahawk throw! xD
hbgrantland 9 months ago
Thanks for the upload! This is one of my favorite movies from my childhood, and I was pretty pissed when I saw that most of the movie was blocked from youtube.
TerrinTankira 9 months ago
you know, i didnt quite understand how Nicodemus died,
i know, he was cruched, but i didnt get it, the block falled, and the enginering cruched him? when Justin entered that cave like thing where that come from?
you know, it doesnt show too much of Nicodemus, all it show is him getting hit by lots of things, i didnt get it.
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 10 months ago
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aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 10 months ago
Inspired by classic Robin Hood.
NotOrdinaryInGames 10 months ago
even of youtube you can hear the better sound quality of 16mm, differently want to get a projector when i'm done with school, i work mostly with 35mm at work, but i have also worked with 70mm, and the few times i have handled 16mm it felt so small
ishbush 10 months ago
I can't believe the stuff they used to show kids...
papalosopher 11 months ago
16mm film? wow that an old technology to use!
fintogive 11 months ago
ah jenner such a fun villain so full of class and yet he's probably the least civilized of the rats u gotta love how tactful his evil plan is though he tries to munipulate everybody into doing what he wants and just when he's so close a single field mouse gets in his way. Oh well he should've JUST SAID YES
Semp314 1 year ago
"Then you've learned... nothing!"
twosixteen 1 year ago
2:55
Bullseye!
+100 XP
PivotXX 1 year ago 2
Jenner's voice actor is Alejandro Sosa from Scarface. Mind blown.
GamrDan 1 year ago
This part scared the crap out of me as a child but now that I'm older I really appreciate how dark this film was and its true message.
Cazz814 1 year ago
Wow. This movie was the greatest, but poor Nicodemus.
Dekobee 1 year ago
Awe, HELL YEA. Sullavan's death is so awessome. It is THE MOST BADASS death in a cartoon movie ever! He just kills jenner with his dying breath! that's right up there with the fathers death from 300 when he killed all three of the persians who stabbed him
mrdropkicker1 1 year ago
thang jenner u know what karmas a bitch huh.when u kill someone it will come back 2 u and thats true right there
5758272 1 year ago
Justin is so full of win I can't stand it. <3 If I were an animated rat/mouse, I'd be all over that boy, GO FOR IT MISS BRIZ, HE LIKES YOU!!!! XDDD I was very sad as a little girl that they didn't get together. They were both my favs.
darlingzooloo 1 year ago 24
@darlingzooloo Justin is a beast, and mrs. brisby is the most awesome wife in a cartoon ever, but see, she is a mouse, and he is a lab-rat. It would be like a human trying to marry a martian. Genetically, It couldn't happen.
mrdropkicker1 1 year ago
@mrdropkicker1 Oh I know realistically it'd be impossible...well not completely they may be able to have intercourse but not produce any offspring? I dunno. Anyway, I am of the opinion in cartoon-land ANYTHING can happen so I'm just going to pretend it would have been possible. XD
darlingzooloo 1 year ago
@darlingzooloo touche, If dreamworks can make a Shrek 4 I guess anything can happen. :)
mrdropkicker1 1 year ago
@mrdropkicker1 Lol that and let's not forget Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog being a couple. XD
darlingzooloo 1 year ago
@darlingzooloo I totally agree. I watched this for the first time last night...and from the moment I laid eyes on that boy, I was like....*drool* I LOVE YOU JUSTIN!!!
InweTellemnar 9 months ago
@darlingzooloo I know how you feel, it's doomed love all over again. First Romeo & Juliet, then Pocahontas & John Smith, and now Justin & Mrs. Brisby. I see that there are times when Happily Ever After couldn't happen, so thank heavens Shakespeare is a thing of the past!
Jam24511 7 months ago in playlist Final Showdown
@darlingzooloo I wish he was mine,too. He is so hot. Better than Justin Bieber.
altarush 5 months ago
"I've learned this much: take what you can, when you can!"
jango52577 1 year ago
even though jenner stabbed Sullivan isnt it nice how he ended up getting the last laugh?
Lightner445555555555 1 year ago 32
@Lightner445555555555 Sullivan could've killed Jenner without getting a scratch at 1:09
hackensac 1 year ago
@Lightner445555555555 i thought that jennifer and for the whole video I was very confused
popomczowzow 8 months ago
Jenner was full of stupidity.
jackiehallam62 2 years ago 3
the Errol Flynn / Basil Rathbone duel in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
and
the fight scenes in The Vikings (1958)
RagtimeFreak86 2 years ago
I think I remember seeing that video too.
I also think there were two moves they referenced for this fight seen and I believe they are both mentioned in the commentary by Bluth in the collectors DVD
RagtimeFreak86 2 years ago
wow. i didn't imagin there'd still be a 16mm of this film left. i wonder how many there still are? i forget how many min are on one reel of 16mm?
vlad48329reborn 2 years ago
Awesome! how do you happen to have it on 16mm?
WolfyErin1 2 years ago
I had found a copy of it on ebay.
RagtimeFreak86 2 years ago
i don't know why but i really love the fight scene, i think cause justin protects mrs. brisby XD
ShadowOfYourDreams17 2 years ago
The music is awfully reminiscent of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
Awesome fight scene.
ChortortleC 2 years ago
You could have helped the quality by turning off the auto-focus on the camera. But wow -- you have this on film! That's awesome.
This was one of the only movies I can recall where I had read the book prior to seeing the film. We had read The Rats of NIMH in school in 1980 or '81.
Keeper1st 2 years ago 5
Same hear... I read the book in school and saw the movie later date.
But ended up being a total crazy fan ever since.
And for all of Don Bluth's animations for that matter.
RagtimeFreak86 2 years ago
@RagtimeFreak86 I read it at school too. I think I saw the film on the disney channel some years later. Such a compelling story and I do think the film did the book justice
thrillathakilla 1 month ago
OMG, you're a Secret of NIMH fan?! I LOVE that movie!
GS336 2 years ago 3