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Release Date:
2 July 1986 (USA)
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Can he bring the dirty rat to justice? more
Plot:
Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win
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3 nominations
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6 Movie Clips and a Featurette from Walt Disney’s The Princess And The Frog
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(From Collider.com. 18 November 2009, 11:45 PM, PST)
Telluride 2009 Review: Don Hahn's Waking Sleeping Beauty
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One of Vincent Price's Favorite Roles
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Vincent Price | ... | Professor Ratigan (voice) |
 | Barrie Ingham | ... | Basil of Baker Street / Bartholomew (voice) |
| Val Bettin | ... | Dr. David Q. Dawson / Thug Guard (voice) |
| Susanne Pollatschek | ... | Olivia Flaversham (voice) |
| Candy Candido | ... | Fidget (voice) |
| Diana Chesney | ... | Mrs. Judson (voice) |
| Eve Brenner | ... | The Mouse Queen (voice) |
| Alan Young | ... | Hiram Flaversham (voice) |
| Laurie Main | ... | Dr. Watson (voice) |
| Shani Wallis | ... | Lady Mouse (voice) |
| Ellen Fitzhugh | ... | Bar Maid (voice) |
| Walker Edmiston | ... | Citizen / Thug Guard (voice) |
| Wayne Allwine | ... | Thug Guard (voice) |
 | Tony Anselmo | ... | Thug Guard (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Basil - The Great Mouse Detective (International: English title)
Basil of Baker Street (UK)
The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective (USA) (reissue title)
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Basil of Baker Street (UK)
The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective (USA) (reissue title)
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74 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Philippines:G |
Iceland:L |
Portugal:M/6 |
New Zealand:G |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-8 |
Sweden:7 |
UK:U |
USA:G |
West Germany:6 |
Canada:G
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"Let Me Be Good To You" was originally to be sung by Madonna, but the directors decided that this was not contemporary enough for the audience to enjoy. Melissa Manchester was hired as the new singer of the song. "Let Me Be Good To You" was also once entitled, "Look At Me".
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Continuity: At the end of the film, in the first two cuts (opening the door and close-up) of the Lady Mouse from Hampstead, she has a mole on her left. But in all the other scenes after that, the mole has vanished. Of course, her eyes are shaped differently, too.
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Quotes:
Dr. Dawson:
Scoundrel's quite gone.
Basil: But not for long, Miss Flamhammer!
Olivia Flaversham: Flaversham!
Basil: Whatever.
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Basil: But not for long, Miss Flamhammer!
Olivia Flaversham: Flaversham!
Basil: Whatever.
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References The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
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The World's Greatest Criminal Mind
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I enjoy this film for one main thing, besides the attention to detail concerning Victorian England...the performance of Vincent Price as Ratigan in his scenery-chewing glory. Yes, it's another mice-beneath-your-feet story, but it's so well done. Holmesians will enjoy it's inside jokes and references to other works about the famous fictional sleuth.
Fans of "Ducktales" may note that Alan Young, the voice of toymaker Hiram Flaversham, parlayed his near-perfect Scottish accent into being appointed the official voice of Scrooge McDuck.
But it's Vincent Price in what he later called one of his most favorite roles ever (He even had two original songs written for him!) that draws me back to this film again and again. He clearly enjoyed this role, and the exaggerated movements of Ratigan are obviously his.
An oddly gothic cartoon from Disney, and well worth viewing.