The Great Mouse Detective
The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 American animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It was first released to movie theaters in the United States on July 2, 1986 and co-produced with Walt Disney Pictures. The Great Mouse Detective was re-issued to theaters on February 14, 1992 (under the title as The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective). It is the 26th animated movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The main characters are all mice (except Ratigan, who is a rat) living in Victorian London. The Great Mouse Detective was the first Disney animated movie to be released under Disney's current animation studio Walt Disney Feature Animation.
| The Great Mouse Detective | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ron Clements Burny Mattinson Dave Michener John Musker |
| Produced by | Burny Mattinson |
| Written by | Eve Titus (original stories) |
| Screenplay by | Peter Young Vance Gerry Steve Hulett John Musker Ron Clements |
| Starring | Barrie Ingham Val Bettin Vincent Price Susanne Pollatschek Candy Candido Alan Young |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
Release date | July 2, 1986 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million[1] |
| Box office | $38,625,550[1] |
The movie is based on the children's book series Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus. It is also similar to the stories about Sherlock Holmes.
The Great Mouse Detective Media
Before the box office failure of The Black Cauldron, the animation unit on The Great Mouse Detective was moved to animate the film at 1400 Flower Street in Glendale, California (pictured here).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Box office information for The Great Mouse Detective". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
Other websites
- The Great Mouse Detective at AllRovi
- The Great Mouse Detective at the Big Cartoon DataBase (Dead link)
- The Great Mouse Detective on IMDb
