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Ben and Me (1953)
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Release Date:
10 November 1953 (USA) morePlot:
A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Plot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Entertaining, enjoyable and somewhat fictional history lesson about Benjamin Franklin moreCast
(Credited cast) | Sterling Holloway | ... | Amos Mouse (voice) |
| Charles Ruggles | ... | Ben Franklin (voice) |
| Hans Conried | ... | Tom Jefferson (voice) |
| Bill Thompson | ... | Governor Keith (voice) |
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Mono (RCA Sound System)MOVIEmeter: 
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When originally released to theaters, this 21-minute cartoon short was paired with Disney's 1953 "The Living Desert", as a 90-minute package deal. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: While Amos is writing his contract for him and Ben to go over, he clearly writes the word "binding" in a completely different text format. moreQuotes:
Amos Mouse: [voiceover] I was born and raised in Philadelphia, in the old church down on Second Street. Our home was in the vestry, behind the paneling. There were 26 children in the family, and with that many mouths to feed, we were naturally quite poor. In fact, as poor as church mice. And since I was the oldest, I determined to set out into the world and make my own way. If I was successful, I could help the others. But, in any case, there would be one less mouse to feed. moreFAQ
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This is by far one of the cutest animated "history" lessons anyone can watch or show to children. Of course it is fictional with a mouse as the hero and main character but does present the founding of our nation and the writing of the constitution in a very entertaining matter. Amos is really portrayed as the hero in place of Benjamin Franklin, with Franklin portrayed as somewhat of a bumbling, "absent-minded" professor type. We are also shown some of Benjamin Franklin's inventions as well as some of his famous sayings scattered throughout the short movie. We do have a video version of this and I believe it is still available. I highly recommend this very entertaining and educational 25 minute feature by Disney at his best.