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The Secret of NIMH is an animated film adaptation of the Newbery-winning book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, written by American author Robert O'Brien. The title of the movie was later used for newer editions of the book. It was directed by Don Bluth.
The film, released in 1982, tells the story of a widowed field mouse, Mrs. Brisby (Elizabeth Hartman), who attempts to find help to save her son Timothy (Ian Fried). Timmy has taken ill with pneumonia, and therefore cannot leave the Brisby home to avoid the spring plowing. Following advice given by the Great Owl (John Carradine) Brisby encounters the Rats of NIMH, who have escaped from a laboratory where human experiments made them intelligent. The Rats help Brisby to protect her family.
NIMH is clearly a reference to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, a connection that is explicit in the film version. The story has elements of animal rights activism, but in the end the Rats of NIMH simply wish to gain peace and independence by moving away from human settlement, where they consider their theft of electricity from humans wrong.
The name Brisby was originally recorded as Frisby but was changed during post-production to avoid potential trademark problems with the word Frisbee.
The film was followed up with (in 1998). There have been rumors about a movie titled to be released in 2001, however, no such movie has been made yet, although an erroneous IMDB entry exists for it.
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