The Secret of NIMH Page #5

Synopsis: Mrs. Brisby, a widowed mouse, lives in a cinder block with her children on the Fitzgibbon farm. She is preparing to move her family out of the field they live in as plowing time approaches, however her son Timothy has fallen ill, and moving him could prove fatal. Mrs. Brisby visits The Great Owl, a wise creature who advises her to visit a mysterious group of rats who live beneath a rose bush on the farm. Upon visiting the rats, Brisby meets Nicodemus, the wise and mystical leader of the rats, and Justin, a friendly rat who immediately becomes attached to Mrs. Brisby. While there, she learns that her late husband, Mr. Jonathon Brisby, along with the rats, was a part of a series of experiments at a place known only as N.I.M.H. (revealed earlier in the story as the National Institute of Mental Health). The experiments performed on the mice and rats there boosted their intelligence, allowing them to read without being taught and to understand things such as complex mechanics and electricit
Director(s): Don Bluth
Production: United Artists
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
G
Year:
1982
82 min
1,094 Views


Nicodemus is... dead.

Oh... oh, no.

You're in great danger.

NIMH is coming!

Come come, let's return to the rosebush...

NIMH is coming!

- NIMH?

- In the morning!

- NIMH!

- Yes.

You will all die unless you leave the farm tonight.

Lies!

Please! You must believe me!

What if it's true?

- We'll all be killed!

- Don't panic!

Don't listen! She's hysterical!

Get out now...

You get out! I've had enough!

Jenner!

Justin! Justin!

Jenner, stop this!

The Stone...

Jenner...

Get out of my way!

I want that Stone!

Jenner!

Justin, Justin!

my sword!

It was you...

You did it!

You killed Nicodemus.

That was no accident!

Yes. I killed him!

He wanted to destroy everything!

I've learned this much

Take what you can, when you can!

Then you've learned nothing!

Friends...

tonight we journey to Thorn Valley.

We will leave no tracks.

No evidence that the Rats of NIMH ever existed...

Come.

Hello, is anybody up there?

- Martin?

- Momma!

Mother, are we almost moved?

Soon now...

It's sinking...

it's sinking...

Justin, the block! It's sinking!

What?

Come on!

Oh no, it's sinking!

There must be a... a cave in below!

Here, tie these lines together.

I'll get a line around the stone.

now!

Brutus, quick, get some rope.

Tie off those blocklines.

Hurry it up, come on!

Move it!

Mother! Mother!

What's all that black stuff?

Come on, Teresa, get up on the table!

Cynthia...!

What about Timmy?

Get us out of here!

Mother!

Another line! Get some rope!

Justin!

Justin!

Hang on! Don't let go!

Grab onto my foot!

I can't breathe!

Oh no! Come on!

- It's sinking farther!

- We're losing it!

Courage of the heart is very rare...

the Stone has a power when it's there.

The stone...

Momma, I'm tired of bed. I want to get up!

Well, you're not getting up.

Miss Briz! Oh Briz!

Where are ya?

Over here!

Here it is!

I brought the whole mess!

There's plenty more where this came from too.

I got connections!

Hey! Your house is moved!

Oh no! What am I gonna do with all this string?

You'll think of something.

Ah, what's the use?

What's a guy like me going to

do with a love nest anyway?

- Excuse me, pardon me

- Excuse me, pardon me

Look Mommy! Another turkey!

Stay right there.

Miss Briz! Miss Briz!

Lemme have the sparkly! I gotta have the sparkly!

Miss B, I gotta have it!

Girls can't resist a sparkly, oh please! Pleease!

I gave it to Justin.

Justin? Who the heck is Justin?

The leader of the rats.

The leader of the rats!? How could you do this to me?

What'll I say? Mrs. B, what'll I do?

Well...

just be, ummm... Be athletic!

Ah! That's right! Athletic!

I'll just be a little... AAUUGHHH!

Mother, did the rats really go to Thorn Valley?

Yes, they did.

Will we ever see them?

Perhaps.

Today!

No... when you're older.

Brisby!

Oh! Auntie Shrew!

Oh Auntie!

Oh no!

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