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30 Years Ago...

posted 8 years ago by angmc43
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THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE premiered!

I remember seeing it in theaters that summer. My family was split into seeing two films. My father, brothers and me were to see HAUNTED HONEYMOON, while my mother and sisters went to see this. However, I saw an HH trailer showing Gene Wilder freaking out, so that warded me off so I saw TGMD with the females instead. Ironically, I thought HH would be scary, so I expected a gentler film...I got Fidget's scary close-ups and Ratigan going beast! I remember the film had two Disney shorts, MOUSE CLEANERS and THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE.
It then came to video in the summer of 1992, and I fell in love with it. However, I was disappointed that I wanted more Basil adventures then the 1hr, 14 min could give me, so I turned to Sherlock Holmes films like the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce series (which I learned was an influence to the Disney film), the Jeremy Brett-David Burke-Edward Hardwicke Granada series, and MURDER BY DECREE and became a Holmes film fan. Thanks, THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE!

[–] amimizunostudybuddy 8 years ago

Many thanks for sharing your story, angmc43 ☺ This is *precisely* why I cannot stand it when people complain about Disney "bastardizing" and "sanitizing" their adaptations: these "abominations" inspired me to seek out their original sources. Anyway, a hearty congratulations to this vastly underrated gem, for its three decades of entertainment, and to the wondrous animators and co. that granted us the honor of its existence 😍

[–] LuckyLucius (342) 5 years ago

The Great Mouse Detective is one of Disney's most underrated films probably because it was the last film Vincent Price provided a voiceover in. But like Disney's The Rescuers Down Under The Great Mouse Detective is overlooked because not too many people know about it. But it does have a neat storyline and amazing action and Ratigan is probably the toughest villain of all Disney villains. And you got to admit the father/daughter scenes with the toy maker and his daughter Olivia who is the cutest Disney character of the movie. But if it was to have a sequel The Great Mouse Detective would be one of Disney's best films