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Basil The Great Mouse Detective [1986]
from Walt Disney Home Video
starring Basil The Great Mouse Detective

Features:

• Animated
• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• My childhood favourite!
  When I was just seven years old I watched this at the pictures. I then got the story & tape, and the sticker album.
  Now at the tender age of 27 I watched this again on DVD the other day and I enjoyed it. It is very different to many other Disney films. For a start it is set in Victorian London. It is one of the last Disney Films to have lavish painted backdrops rather than the more cartoony style we see today.
  It is set in a sort of parallel world to ours, one of mice. Basil is approached by... more info

• A True Classic!
  I remember watching Basil The Great Mouse Detective at the cinema when I was six and absolutely loved it. Now some twenty or so years later I still love it for it's sheer relentless pace of adventure and the true Holmes-like quality it brings to the cartoon world.
  Quite simply this is one of the very best Disney films ever and to my mind a very undervalued classic which is extremely enjoyable for children and adults alike. If a sequel is ever made I just hope they can do justice to the original.more info

• More Holmesian than you might imagine
  Among the selections of movies in the excellent Sherlock Holmes reference book `Sherlock Holmes on Screen: The Complete Film and TV History' by Alan Barnes is this 1986 Disney concoction that is equal part musical, comedy, thriller, suspense and children's movie. In fact, as Barnes points out, this feature has many more Holmesian elements than many live action movies that happen to have the character Sherlock Holmes among its cast list.
  Indeed this clever animated movie owes a great deal to its literary... more info

• The greatest detective in all of Mousedom!
  This was one of my favourite films as a child and still is today. In my opinion it is THE greatest Disney film and does not have the fame it deserves.

  From beginning to end this is a delight to watch, mainly thanks to the wonderful Sherlock Holmes based characters and cunning twists in the plot. There is plenty to amuse both the child and the Holmes fan, from the narration of Dr Dawson, the loveableness of Toby, the evil schemes of the Napolean of Crime - Professor Ratigan , and of course the cunning... more info

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