Release date: December 9, 2024 on Blu-ray.

Synopsis: The widowed Mrs. Brisby, a field mouse, lives with her children in a cinderblock on the rural Fitzgibbon farm — although not for much longer. With harvest season approaching, she must relocate her family before their home is destroyed by the farmer’s plough.

But her son, Timothy, has fallen ill and can’t be moved. In desperate need of help, Mrs. Brisby pays a visit to the Great Owl, who in turn introduces her to Nicodemus: the wise leader of a rat colony living beneath a rose bush on the Fitzgibbon property.

The rats are technologically advanced and possess vast intelligence due to their connection to a mysterious place they call NIMH, and agree to help Mrs. Brisby due to a cherished friendship with her late husband.

But not all of the rats are so kind, and the power-hungry Jenner has a vested interest in making sure that Mrs. Brisby and her family stay put…

Directed by Don Bluth.

Written by Don Bluth, John Pomeroy, Gary Goldman and Will Finn.

Based on the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien.

Voice cast:
Elizabeth Hartman as Mrs. Brisby
Dom DeLuise as Jeremy
Peter Strauss as Justin
Arthur Malet as Mr. Ages
Derek Jacobi as Nicodemus
Paul Shenar as Jenner
John Carradine as The Great Owl
Hermione Baddeley as Auntie Shrew
Aldo Ray as Sullivan
Shannen Doherty as Teresa Brisby
Wil Wheaton as Martin Brisby
Ina Fried as Timothy Brisby
Jodi Hicks as Cynthia Brisby
Edie McClurg as Miss Right
Tom Hatten as Farmer Paul Fitzgibbons
Lucille Bliss as Beth Fitzgibbons
Joshua Lawrence as Billy Fitzgibbons
Norbert Auerbach as Councilman 1
Dick Kleiner as Councilman 2
Charles Champlin as Councilman 3

Blu-ray Special Features:
– Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring original poster artwork

– Brand new audio commentary with animation scholar Sam Summers, author of DreamWorks Animation: Intertextuality and Aesthetics in Shrek and Beyond

– Archival audio commentary with director Don Bluth and producer Gary Goldman

– The Rats of NIMH: A new on-camera interview with director and animator Don Bluth

– Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: A new on-camera appreciation of The Secret of NIMH with animation expert Stacey Abbott

– Courage of the Heart: A new video essay by children’s media expert Catherine Lester on motherhood in The Secret of NIMH

– Secrets Behind the Secret featurette

– Theatrical trailer

– Stills Gallery

– A collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Don Bluth and The Secret of NIMH by Peter C. Kunze, author of Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance