THE SECRET OF NIMH Clip - 'Meeting Nicodemus' (1982)

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THE SECRET OF NIMH is the animation movie by Don Bluth.

PLOT: To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she ever suspected.

RELEASE DATE: 16 July 1982 (USA)
GENRE: Animation, Adventure, Drama
STARS: Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Dom DeLuise

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[ComicalRealm]

Mrs. Brisby is such an amazing character. You don't see a ton of great mother characters in movies anymore

[beccahawkins]

I always wondered why Nicodemus was so visually mystical and creepy in appearance (with those yellow eyes and his magical sparkly contraptions and random glowing magic power emanating from his room) but was actually a gentle, kindhearted good guy all along. As I grew older, I decided that this was Don Bluth’s way of teaching kids not to judge a book by its cover.

[RedStar]

Just throwing this out there because it occurred to me a while ago. The stone Nicodemus gives her isn't just magic, it's a philosophers stone. The inscription "You can unlock any door, if you only have the key" Is an alchemic statement associated with unlocking potential within elements. Even more than that is that when it rises from the mud and it burns when touched, fire is the alchemic process to purify elements to unlock their potential. When Ms. Brisby touched it, it was purifying her soul and unlocked her potential. There's no doubt in my mind that the survivors of Nimh were dabbling in much more than just technology, they were grasping at the very strings of reality just as the science that created them changed theirs.

[boisebadboy]

1:20 "He (the owl) is a dear comrade"
I wish we were given more of the history between the owl and Nicodemus. In nature, mortal enemies, but I wonder how they grew to respect one another. I bet it would have been a tremendous story!

[serenitythesiren]

I love that Mr Ages what getting Mrs. Brisby ready to meet some sort of evil creature when in reality Nicodemus is really friendly.

[ATAOYYY]

This scene is incredible. Could you imagine such designs in a nowadays animated movie ? This film ain't scared of being scary. The background just looks like a alien spaceship, the scene with rats in laboratory is chilling.. But in the end, this is why you come back many years later. Thank you Don Bluth.

[GordonFrenchman]

There is an incredible visual and story power in that movie that even today movies fail to equal. This cartoon is a timeless masterpiece and will be remembered forever.

[Novasigmia]

I always loved the tone and sounds in their voices, these were my kind of films back then

[JediPhoenix]

TO THIS DAY, this is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest animated movie I've ever seen. I first saw it as a kid, fell in love with it back then, and here I am, a 47 year old man, and I still adore it.

[OneKingX]

Elizabeth Hartman's performance was absolutely fantastic in Secret of Nimh, She really gave Mr's Brisby so much emotion and depth.

Especially in 2:32 that much emotion is so amazing.

[jxomxo]

My word, this film is an all timer for me, not just in terms of animated films.

[nnthayer]

3:15 I adore this music, and Goldsmith's usage of brass always stood out to me. There's something so very old-fashioned and operatic about it.

[JeremyDA]

I have no idea how successful this movie was at the box office, but I suspect it wasn't as much as it deserved 😟

[Thedesertguy]

Its really sad how the quality of animation has changed. This hand drawn art is so organic. It's alive. CGI just can't capture that like this. I feel so many emotions watching this.... incredible movie. Saw it as a kid. Very very young. The owl was my favorite.

[Aconservative]

Who agrees? Movies in 19 hundreds were so much more dramatic and breathtaking.

[matthewwheeler]

Rewatching this almost makes me wish I had grown up in the eighties. I was born in '93 and I do remember watching this as a kid, but I feel like I only caught the tail end of that era of movies. Seems like movies were made with so much more passion back then.

[kevinboudreaux]

Part of why this scene works so well is similar to why the Baba Yaga explanation serves John Wick so well. The introduction of Nicodemus is very similar to how you introduce a villain

[rstein]

That elderly bearded mouse looks very like Dumbledore. In fact Sir Derek Jacobi who voiced him would had been perfect as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series.

[Jarod-vgwq]

2:55 somebody give this women a hug already! 😢

[damircelik]

Nicodemus was kind of creepy but to me he was a fascinating character