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Barrie Ingham, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney

Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.

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G, 1 hr. 13 min.

Directed by: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson

Release Date: July 2, 1986

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DVD Release Date: July 23, 2002

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  • Darksome
    July 13, 2008
    Darksome
    The first DVD we ever got....wow
  • AgentLexi2132
    February 3, 2008
    AgentLexi2132
    Pending Review...

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  • sanjurosamurai
    November 23, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    great disney, one of the best
  • adfill7
    July 31, 2006
    adfill7
    A cool animated adventure with several classic scenes.
  • graveling861
    March 18, 2009
    graveling861
    An adorable Holmes/Watson mystery in a mouse world.
  • nestordonkey
    November 3, 2009
    nestordonkey
    Very underrated, should be more well known.
  • goofygirl4life1981
    October 6, 2009
    goofygirl4life1981
    this was a great movie
  • ChimiChanga21
    October 4, 2009
    ChimiChanga21
    Sherlock Holmes in a short version - adorable.
  • Zibbs
    September 22, 2009
    Zibbs
    "There's always a chance, Doctor; as long as one can think."


    I remember really enjoying this movie when I was younger; thinking it was very "smart," and maybe even dark (someone besides the main villain definitely dies), for a Disney film. - Watching this recently as an adult g...( read more)rounded that impression more definitively in my mind. There are several things I never picked up on as a child. Like the fact that Ratigan is very "flamboyant" or how Basil is a social misfit. The bar scene with the song "Let Me Be Good To You" especially caught me off guard, as well. - Having watched the remastered version of the film, it seemed that all of the upgrades from VHS to DVD did the movie no justice. (If you don't believe me, look up some of the VHS footage uploaded onto the internet.) The look and sound of the film was designed for the technology at that time; the video quality on VHS is much more blurry and gritty, catering to the foggy atmosphere of the story's setting, with the sound coming out of low-quality speakers on a standard 32 inch television set. As I watched this DVD on a 52 inch plasma TV through a Playstation 3 (via HDMI cable) with a standard high-quality sound system, the remastered film was not the same movie I remembered from my childhood. The color of the film is brighter, making the atmosphere more lighter (appropriate for children, I suppose) and all the music and sounds are no longer blurred together into one harmonic piece; instead, you can identify every single source of audio (making the movie seem that much more "quiet"). Regardless, I enjoyed taking a stroll down memory lane and rediscovering one of my favorite moments in film (the Big Ben chase scene), but I still feel cheated out of reliving a childhood experience.


    "Don't worry, old fellow. It's not 'entirely' hopeless."
  • ImpCaesDiviFAvg
    August 28, 2009
    ImpCaesDiviFAvg
    My favorite Disney film!

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  • CiaSki
    October 24, 2006
    CiaSki
    The Bat scared me half to death:(

    Rimaaa, protect me from the Bat!!
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