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7.7/10   226 votes
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Director:
Hamilton Luske
Writers:
Robert Lawson (original story)
Bill Peet (story)
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Release Date:
10 November 1953 (USA) more
Plot:
A mouse tells the story of how he guided Benjamin Franklin to success and prominence. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Entertaining, enjoyable and somewhat fictional history lesson about Benjamin Franklin more

Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
21 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:G (1975)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When originally released to theaters, this 21-minute cartoon short was double billed with the Walt Disney film The Living Desert (1953) as a 90-minute package deal. more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
Tom Jefferson: I've been racking my brains, working day and night, but it's no use! I'm stuck!
Ben Franklin: But Red, I thought it was finished.
Tom Jefferson: It is, it is, Ben, but I don't like the beginning. It just doesn't sound right. Listen to this: The time has come when we the people of these colonies...
Ben Franklin: Yes, yes?
Tom Jefferson: No! No! Not big enough! How about this: Now is the time when we the people...
Ben Franklin: Well, um...
Tom Jefferson: No! No! Not strong enough! Uh... The time is at hand when we the people mu... Oh! You see what I mean, Ben? If I could only find the words...
Amos Mouse: [whispering] Psst! Ben! How about our contract?
Ben Franklin: [whispering] No, Amos. Not now.
Amos Mouse: [whispering] Yes! Now, or I'm leaving!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Governor & J.J.: Ben and Her (#2.2)" (1970) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Entertaining, enjoyable and somewhat fictional history lesson about Benjamin Franklin, 3 July 2005
10/10
Author: robinj22 from Japan

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.

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