Runaway Brain (1995)

Director:

Chris Bailey

Writer:

Tim Hauser (story)

Release Date:

11 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

In an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii...

Plot Keywords:

Anniversary | Brain | Mouse | Body Switching | Vacation

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Wayne Allwine	...	Mickey Mouse (voice)
Russi Taylor	...	Minnie Mouse (voice)
Kelsey Grammer	...	Dr. Frankenollie (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Julius (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Pluto (voice)

Directed by
Chris Bailey

Writing credits
Tim Hauser		(story)

Produced by
Allison Abbate	....	associate producer
Pam Coats	....	executive producer
Ron Tippe	....	producer

Original Music by
John Debney

Film Editing by
Nancy Frazen

Casting by
Ruth Lambert

Art Direction by
Ian Gooding

Production Management
Karenna Mazur Alderton	....	assistant production manager: animation check
Dana Axelrod	....	senior production manager
Susan Blanchard	....	production supervisor
Tamara Boutcher	....	assistant production supervisor
Holly E. Bratton	....	assistant production manager: color models
Christopher Chase	....	production manager (as Chris Chase)
Sara Duran	....	post-production manager
Aaron Pichel	....	production manager
Christian Schmidt	....	assistant production manager: layout & background
Loren Smith	....	pre-production manager
Jeanie Lynd Sorenson	....	assistant production manager: Florida
Arianne Sutner	....	assistant production manager: editorial
Deborah Edell Underwood	....	post-production supervisor
Kevin Wade	....	assistant production manager
Shawne Zarubica	....	assistant production manager: CAPS/retakes

Art Department
Dave Bossert	....	artistic coordinator (as David A. Bossert)
Roger Chiasson	....	visual development
Stephen DeStefano	....	visual development
Don Dougherty	....	additional storyboard artist
James Fujii	....	additional storyboard artist
Kirk Hanson	....	additional storyboard artist
Barry Johnson	....	additional storyboard artist
Todd Kurosawa	....	storyboard artist
John Loter	....	visual development
Chris Sanders	....	additional storyboard artist

Sound Department
Jeanette Browning	....	dubbing recordist
Steve Lee	....	sound editor
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Mangini)
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Judy Nord	....	pdl
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Curt Schulkey	....	adr supervisor
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Ahmed Aksas	....	special effects
Sean Applegate	....	special effects
Claude Bony	....	special effects
Dave Bossert	....	special effects supervisor: USA (as David A. Bossert)
Kristine Brown	....	special effects
Kimberly Burk	....	special effects
Thierry Chaffoin	....	special effects
Dan Chaika	....	special effects
Karen China	....	scanning pre-check
Lynnette Cullen	....	scanning pre-check (as Lynnette E. Cullen)
Nicole de Bellefroid	....	special effects
James DeValera Mansfield	....	special effects (as James De V. Mansfield)
Ty Elliott	....	special effects
John Fargnoli	....	special effects
Colbert Fennelly	....	special effects
James Goss	....	special effects
Bruce Heller	....	special effects
Ray Hofstedt	....	special effects
Elizabeth Holmes	....	special effects
Jeff Howard	....	special effects
John Huey	....	special effects
Tom Hush	....	special effects
Shannon Fallis Kane	....	compositor (as Shannon Michael Fallis-Kane)
Ted Kierscey	....	special effects
Cynthia Neill Knizek	....	special effects (as Cynthia Neil-Knizek)
Michael D. Lusby	....	scanning pre-check (as Michael Lusby)
Rosanna Lyons	....	special effects
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	special effects (as Joey Mildenberger)
Stephen B. Moore	....	special effects (as Steve Moore)
Joseph Pfening	....	compositor (as Jo Pfening)
Dolores Pope	....	compositor
Kathleen Quaife-Hodge	....	special effects
Lisa Reinert	....	special effects
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	compositing assistant supervisor (as James 'JR' Russell)
Jeff Topping	....	special effects supervisor: Paris
Serge Verny	....	special effects
Phillip Vigil	....	special effects
Karel Zilliacus	....	special effects
Peter DeMund	....	visual effects (uncredited)
John Emerson	....	airbrush artist (uncredited)
Tina Price	....	computer animator (uncredited)
Kevin Paul Sheedy	....	effects technical director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Aardal	....	animation camera operator
David Braden	....	digitizing camera operator
Jason Buske	....	digitizing camera operator
Val D'Arcy	....	digitizing camera operator
François Desnus	....	animation camera operator
Gareth Fishbaugh	....	digitizing camera operator
Corey Dean Fredrickson	....	digitizing camera operator (as Corey Fredrickson)
Mary Lescher	....	animation camera operator
Michael A. McFerren	....	digitizing camera operator (as Michael McFerren)
Barbara J. Poirier	....	digitizing camera operator (as Barbara Poirier)
Robyn Roberts	....	digitizing camera supervisor
David J. Rowe	....	digitizing camera operator
Andrew Simmons	....	digitizing camera operator
Gary W. Smith	....	digitizing camera operator (as Gary Smith)

Animation Department
Olivier Adam	....	layout artist (as Oliver Adam)
Laurence Adam-Bessière	....	clean-up artist (as Lawrence Adam)
Pierre Alary	....	clean-up artist
Marco Allard	....	clean-up artist
James P. Alles	....	layout artist (as Jim Alles)
Leyla C. Amaro Nodas	....	paint mark-up (as Leyla del C. Amaro-Pelaez)
Kathleen M. Bailey	....	additional clean-up artist (as Kathy Bailey)
Jean-Luc Ballester	....	rough inbetweener
Javier Espinosa Bañuelos	....	clean-up artist (as Javier Espinosa)
James Beihold	....	layout supervisor
Olivier Besson	....	background artist
Phyllis Bird	....	painter
Russell Blandino	....	painter
Sara Bleick	....	additional scene planner
Franck Bonay	....	clean-up artist (as Frank Bonay)
Bolhem Bouchiba	....	animator
Claire Bourdin	....	clean-up artist
Chris Bradley	....	animator
Valerie Braun	....	blue sketch artist
Janet Bruce	....	animation check supervisor: Los Angeles
Niel Bushnell	....	animation assistant
Serge Bussone	....	clean-up artist
Joey Calderon	....	painter
Ofra Afouta Calderon	....	painter (as Ofra Calderon)
Irma Cartaya-Torre	....	color models supervisor (as Irma Cartaya)
Hortensia Casagran	....	paint/final check supervisor
Michael Cedeno	....	additional animator (as Mike Cedeno)
Christophe Charbonnel	....	clean-up artist
Inna Chon	....	additional clean-up artist
Merry Kanawyer Clingen	....	additional clean-up artist (as Merry Clingen)
Dan Cooper	....	background supervisor
Annamarie Costa	....	scene planning supervisor
Penny Coulter	....	color modeler
John Cunningham	....	additional scene planner
Sherrie Cuzzort	....	color model mark-up
Florida D'Ambrosio	....	painter
Margie Daniels	....	additional clean-up artist
Sylvain Deboissy	....	animator
Andreas Deja	....	supervising animator: "Mickey Mouse"
Patrick Delage	....	animator
Eric Delbecq	....	rough inbetweener
Peter J. DeLuca	....	additional layout artist (as Peter DeLuca)
Marc Eoche-Duval	....	animator (as Marc Eoche Duval)
Philippe Ferin	....	clean-up artist
Jean-Paul Fernandez	....	background artist
Thierry Ferrachat	....	clean-up artist
Phyllis Fields	....	painter (as Phyllis Estelle Fields)
Cindy Finn	....	color model mark-up
Gail Frank	....	additional clean-up artist
Maria Angela Iturriza Freire	....	clean-up artist (as Angela Iturriza)
Marec Fritzinger	....	layout artist
Paulino García	....	painter
Pierre Girault	....	clean-up artist
Carolyn F. Gliona	....	additional clean-up artist (as Carolyn Gliona)
Maria Gonzalez	....	paint mark-up
Cynthia Goode	....	additional scene planner
Thierry Goulard	....	rough inbetweener
Gizella Gregán	....	clean-up artist (as Gisella Maros)
Juanjo Guarnido	....	layout artist
Carl Hall	....	additional clean-up artist
Barbara Lynn Hamane	....	color modeler (as Barbara Hamane)
Mike Hazy	....	additional clean-up artist
Chris Hecox	....	ink and paint assistant manager
Mark Henley	....	additional scene planner
Karen Hepburn	....	animation checker
Leslie Hinton	....	paint mark-up
Janette Hulett	....	final checker
Cynthia Ignacio	....	additional layout artist
Ron Jackson	....	additional scene planner (as Ronald Jackson)
Emily Jiuliano	....	additional clean-up artist
Debra Jorgensborg	....	color modeler
David Karp	....	painter
Angelika Katz	....	painter
Celinda S. Kennedy	....	additional clean-up artist (as Celinda Schiefelbein)
Nicolas Keramidas	....	clean-up artist
Fran Kirsten	....	CAPS supervisor: Florida
Jody Kooistra	....	additional clean-up artist
Christine Landés-Tigano	....	clean-up artist (as Christine Landes)
Veronique Langdon	....	clean-up artist
Karan Lee-Storr	....	registration (as Karan J. Lee-Storr)
Ludovic Letrun	....	clean-up artist
Daniel Yoontaek Lim	....	additional clean-up artist (as Daniel Yoon Taek Lim)
James Lopez	....	additional animator
Philippe Malka	....	clean-up artist
Matias Marcos	....	rough inbetweener
Zoltan Maros	....	layout artist
Monica Marroquin	....	final checker
Gretchen Maschmeyer Albrecht	....	ink and paint senior manager (as Gretchen Albrecht)
Vincent Massy	....	layout artist (as Vincent Massy de la Chesneraye)
David McCamley	....	additional background artist
Beth Ann McCoy	....	color model mark-up (as Beth Ann McCoy-Gee)
Teri McDonald	....	final checker (as Teri N. McDonald)
Miriam McDonnell	....	clean-up artist
Harlene Mears	....	painter
Benoit Meurzec	....	clean-up artist
Uli Meyer	....	animator
Patricia Millereau-Guilmard	....	background artist (as Patricia Millereau)
Denise M. Mitchell	....	animation checker (as Denise Mitchell)
Dominique Monfery	....	animator
Florence Montceau	....	clean-up artist
Albert Francis Moore	....	animation checker (as Al Moore)
Joaquim Royo Morales	....	background artist
Wendy Muir	....	additional clean-up artist
Yoon Sook Nam	....	additional clean-up artist
Victoria Novak	....	animation checker
Karen Nugent	....	painter (as Karen Lynne Nugent)
Karen S. Paat	....	animation checker
Sergio Pablos	....	animator
Pierre Pavloff	....	background artist
Bruce Phillipson	....	painter
Eric Pigors	....	additional clean-up artist
Catherine Poulain	....	animator
Saskia Raevouri	....	final checker
Dan Read	....	additional background artist
Richard Rocha	....	additional clean-up artist
Marivi Rodriguez	....	clean-up artist (as Maria Serano Rodriguez)
Laurie Sacks	....	animation check supervisor: Florida
Stéphane Sainte-Foi	....	animator
Carmen Sanderson	....	painter
Natasha Selfridge	....	additional clean-up artist
Jean-Luc Serrano	....	layout artist
Pierre Seurin	....	clean-up artist
Gary Shafer	....	animation checker
Mavis Shafer	....	animation checker
Grace Shirado	....	painting assistant supervisor (as Grace H. Shirado)
Debra Y. Siegel	....	color modeler
Fumiko R. Sommer	....	painter
Chris Sonnenberg	....	additional clean-up artist (as Chris Sonnenburg)
Ann Sorensen	....	color modeler
Phirum Sou	....	clean-up artist
Juliet Stroud	....	additional clean-up artist (as Juliet Stroud Duncan)
Pierre Sucaud	....	animation checker
S. Ann Sullivan	....	painter
Wes Sullivan	....	rough inbetweener
Yoshimichi Tamura	....	animator
Dan Tanaka	....	clean-up supervisor
Roxanne M. Taylor	....	painter
Myrian Ferron Tello	....	paint mark-up (as Myrian Tello)
Sylvaine Terriou	....	clean-up artist
Ann Tucker	....	additional scene planning supervisor
Marianne Tucker	....	additional clean-up artist
Christophe Vacher	....	background artist
Britt Van der Nagel	....	painter
Irma Velez	....	painting assistant supervisor
Kristoff Vergne	....	clean-up artist (as Christophe Vergne)
Xavier Villez	....	clean-up artist
Susan Wileman	....	painter
Barbara Wiles	....	animation checker
Tanya T. Wilson	....	layout artist (as Tanya Wilson)
Thomas Woodington	....	additional background artist (as Tom Woodington)
Stephan Zupkas	....	additional clean-up artist (as Steve Zupkas)
David J. Zywicki	....	color model mark-up assistant supervisor
Gary Dunn	....	animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jessica Ambinder-Rojas	....	assistant editor: pre-production
Jennifer Dolce	....	assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (as Dale Grahn)
Ellen Keneshea	....	pre-production editor
Rich Mackay	....	negative cutter (as Rick Mackay)
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter
Paul Carrera	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor (as Tom Carlson)
Tod Cooper	....	music production supervisor
John Debney	....	conductor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Mark Green	....	music editor
Jo Ann Kane	....	music preparation (as JoAnn Kane)
Susan McLean	....	scoring recordist
Chris Montan	....	executive music producer
John Richards	....	scoring mixer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Other crew
Christine Beck	....	digital film printing and opticals (as Chris Beck)
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Lawrence Chai	....	engineer
Carol J. Choy	....	technology supporter
Ben Croy	....	technology supporter
Michael De La Cruz	....	production assistant
Mark Dornfeld	....	title opticals supervisor
Evariste Ferreira	....	production assistant
Steve Fickinger	....	assistant to producer
Christopher W. Gee	....	supervisor: digital film printing and opticals
Tad A. Gielow	....	technology supporter (as Tad Gielow)
Mark Gilicinski	....	technology supporter
Kent Gordon	....	technology supporter
Kim Gray	....	data entry
Sandra Groeneveld	....	technology supporter
Don Gworek	....	technology supporter
Tim Hauser	....	based on an idea by
Joe Hernandez	....	production assistant
Brandy Hill	....	digital film printing and opticals
Max Howard	....	studio executive
Dave Inglish	....	engineer
Isabelle Jacob	....	production secretary
Joe Jiuliano	....	manager: digital film printing and opticals
R. Todd King	....	technology supporter (as Todd King)
Christine Laubach	....	production assistant
Sarah Lefebreve	....	production assistant
Michael F. Lehman	....	digital film printing and opticals
Didier Lissillour	....	production assistant
Paul Ohrt	....	assistant production accountant
Neil Okamoto	....	technology supporter
Jacqueline Roberts	....	production accountant (as Jacqueline Roberts-Gordon)
Lorry Ann Shea	....	production assistant
Karen N. Sickles	....	data entry (as Karen Austin)
John Stimson	....	technology supporter
Michael T. Sullivan	....	technology supporter (as Michael Sullivan)
Amy Taylor	....	production assistant
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	technology supporter (as Mark Tokunaga)
Laurie Tracy	....	technology supporter
L.J. Van Cleave	....	production accountant
Chuck Warren	....	digital film printing and opticals
David F. Wolf	....	engineer
Thomas Grealy	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures
• Walt Disney Feature Animation

Distributors

• Finnkino (1996) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Pictures
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Sound  recorded at (as Buena Vista Sound Studios)
• Sony Pictures Studios  music recorded at
• Weddington Productions  sound effects by
• Buena Vista Imaging  titles by
• Premier Films Ltd.  additional animation (uncredited)
• Uli Meyer Animation  additional animation (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Finland:10 min | USA:7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:T | USA:G (No. 33933) | Finland:K-3 (2005) | Finland:K-8 (1996) | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The character name 'Dr. Frankenollie', besides the obvious Frankenstein reference, is also a reference to legendary Disney animators Frank Thomas (I) and Oliver M. Johnston Jr..

Quotes:

Dr. Frankenollie:Let me introduce your co-worker. I made him myself.

Movie Connections:

References Steamboat Willie (1928)

Very cool Disney short!

Not many people know this, but Runaway Brain is actually being released by Disney on DVD! It's included on the Disney Treasures Mickey in living colors volume 2 DVD box. I love the quality of the animation, which is far much better than 3 Musketeers or Mickey's House of Mouse. Although this movie isn't suitable for very young children, it will be funny for the older ones and especially adults who will adore the spoofs to other movies. The hardcore Disney fan will adore this short too, mostly because it shows Mickey in a whole different way we know him. My advice is: get the Treasures box and enjoy one of the best Mickey shorts of the past years.