The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue |
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Directed by | Dick Sebast |
Produced by | Paul Sabella Jonathan Dern |
Written by | Sam Graham Chris Hubbell Additional Material: Jymn Magon |
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Characters by Robert C. O'Brien |
Starring |
Ralph Macchio Dom DeLuise Eric Idle Hynden Walch Meshach Taylor Arthur Malet William H. Macy Andrea Martin Harvey Korman Andrew Ducote |
Narrated by | Peter MacNicol |
Music by |
Lee Holdridge Songs: Lee Holdridge Richard Sparks |
Edited by | Jeffrey Patch |
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Distributed by | MGM Home Entertainment |
Release date
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22 December 1998 |
Running time
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79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6,000,000 |
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | November 17, 1998 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 59:03 |
Label | Sonic Images Records |
Producer | Lee Holdridge, Richard Sparks |
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated film produced by MGM Animation and the sequel to the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH. In the film, Timothy Brisby, the youngest son of Jonathan and Mrs. Brisby, goes to Thorn Valley wanting to become a hero like his father. Martin is missing and it is up to Timmy and his partner Jenny to confront him and get the rats back. At Thorn Valley, Timothy learns from a young girl mouse that the mice who were presumed to have been killed during the escape from NIMH are still alive, so he and the rats mount a rescue operation.
The film, although a sequel, was created without Don Bluth's support or input. The film is unrelated to Racso and the Rats of NIMH, the sequel to the book on which the original film was based.
The film begins with a prophecy, telling how one of Jonathan and Mrs. Brisby's sons would save Thorn Valley from "the secret of NIMH". Timothy is chosen to go but his older brother Martin believes he should have been the one chosen. Martin decides to prove his quality, and goes off to find his own adventure.
One day Timmy comes across a female field mouse named Jenny McBride, whose parents were two of the lost eight mice who tried to escape NIMH but were thought to have died. The Thorn Valley council decides it would be too dangerous to save the eight mice, so Jenny and Timmy go alone. They take a hot air balloon, but it is attacked by a hawk and crashes in the forest.
Seeking help, they visit the Great Owl but instead find Jeremy the crow, posing as the Great Owl. There they learn that a caterpillar named Cecil has teamed up with Jeremy to trick the forest animals into paying them money. Jeremy and Cecil take the two mice to NIMH where they find two of the rats from Thorn Valley, Justin and Brutus. They also learn that Dr. Valentine, the head scientist, has made Martin insane. After being made insane, Martin took over the lab and brainwashed Dr. Valentine with a device similar to the one Valentine used on him and made him think he was a dog. Martin plans to use an army of lab rats riding a flock of ravens to take over Thorn Valley. He even turns two cats, Muriel and Floyd crazy, who then proceed to catch the others.