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The Secret of NIMH
Why this pick
Its hand-drawn darkness, vulnerable small-scale hero, and real sense of peril echo the emotional weight beneath An American Tail’s family-adventure surface.
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MOVIE1986 1h 20m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Phillip Glasser
Fievel Mousekewitz
Nehemiah Persoff
Papa Mousekewitz
Erica Yohn
Mama Mousekewitz
Amy Green
Tanya Mousekewitz
Will Ryan
Digit
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Honest John
Lara Cody
Roc
Barbara Goodson
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