Anyone saw Great Mouse detective when it came out in the 80s

[HarryCanyon]

I did! i was 5 years old and saw it 3 times, i had some of the merchandise like stuffed Basil, storybook, readalong book with cassete and soundtrack. I had a crush on Miss Kitty Mouse the cute stripper mouse and of course i was sad that it never came out on video the next years for i wanted it but i had my memories. Luckily it was re-released and i was excited as i enjoyed it seeing it at 10 in it's 92 re-release in theaters.

[PixarFan2006]

I was not born yet, so I did not see it until the vhs release in the 90s.

[dvdjunkie]

At my age, 70, I can tell you that I have seen everyone of the DAC's in the fheater for the first time every time. I remember seeing "Oliver & Co.", "Great Mouse Detective", "The Aristocats", "101 Dalmations", all in a theater the first time they were released. I also saw "Fantasia", "Pinocchio", "Snow White & Seven Dwarfs" and "Cinderalla" on their reissues.

Also saw most all of the live-action movies in their first-run in the movie theater.

Now I have to makea confession. I was born on the snack bar floor of my mother and father's movie theater, so I was in a movie theater most of my young life.

[Tristy]

I was 2 years old and I saw it twice.

[Semaj]

I was just born that year.

[Jackoleen]

Dear Disney Enthusiasts,

I had been born by then (I was born during early 1979), but I think that the very first animated Disney movie that I watched in a theatre might have been "Oliver & Co."

My family wasn't at all well-off until about 1987, and, between about 1982 (?) and 1986, my family was concerned with the declining health of one of my younger relatives, who died during 1986 from a condition that couldn't be cured.

I WISH that I'd seen all of those marvelous animated Disney rereleases that occurred during the 1980s!

Thank you in advance for your replies.

[Prince Edward]

Was born in 1985, so I did not see it upon it's release. Saw it on VHS the first time. The first (Disney-)movie I saw in theaters was The Little Mermaid actually.

[toonaspie]

I don't remember seeing TGMD. I do remember seeing Oliver & Company in theatres when I was little. I remember and I wanted to see it again and I was extremely disappointed to find that it wasn't on home video. Two Disney films I already owned at the time had Oliver & Company previews that I would constantly watch over and over again. I did the same thing with the Sing Along Songs video. Believe or not I actually wrote to Buena Vista when I maybe 9 or 10 years old regarding this. Yeah, I'm a dork like that. When it came back to theaters in 1996, I got my aunt to take me to see it so I could relive the experience.[/i]

[sunhuntin]

Was born in 1985, so I did not see it upon it's release. Saw it on VHS the first time. The first (Disney-)movie I saw in theaters was The Little Mermaid actually.

same here.

[milojthatch]

I did, but I was really young. It's one of my earliest memories of seeing movies at the theater, that and a re-release of "Snow White."

[AliceinWonderland]

I did, but I was really young. It's one of my earliest memories of seeing movies at the theater, that and a re-release of "Snow White."

Me too, I was 6.5 years old. Snow White came out the following year.

[disneyrecordfan]

I was 14 when "The Great Mouse Detective" came out and liked it enough that I saw it twice. The summer before, I also saw "The Black Cauldron" twice.

Between "The Fox and the Hound" in 1981 and "TBC" in 1985, that was a really long dry spell for new Disney animation, save for "Mickey's Christmas Carol," so how good/bad the films were paled in comparison to Disney just doing something new.

Before the Internet, there wasn't as much publicity about films in production. I had heard about "The Black Cauldron" from a Life Magazine article several years prior - the film's long production certainly did generate some press, but seeing "The Great Mouse Detective" trailer during the spring 1986 re-release of "Sleeping Beauty" was very exciting. I had never heard a single thing about this brand new movie!

I went back for the 1992 re-release and remember thinking I liked it better the first time. Today, I actually enjoy watching "The Black Cauldron" more for the visuals.

Strangely, I think the best things about both those films are their musical scores by Elmer Bernstein and Henry Mancini. Both were made in that strange period where Disney got away from musicals, and right before the big renaissance, so those two always sound like more traditional film scores to me when I listen to just the soundtracks.

[Elladorine]

I was ten when it first came out, and luckily for me I got to go with my best friend and her mom. My parents were usually excited to take me to Disney movies but complained that "new" Disney wasn't nearly as good as "old" Disney, so they weren't too eager on this one.

I recall seeing some kind of review that stated Basil was too harsh of a character at the beginning, but that the overall film was great, and I told my friend on the way to the theater. She got angry, wondering why were going to see it then; I had to convince her that the critic did actually like it. Ah, to be ten-year-old critics! Oh, and back in those days it was unthinkable to see a film more than once in a theater (unless it was a reissue of a classic that hadn't been available for years), at least in our family. Going more than once was considered a waste of time and money.

I remember being particularly excited that the DTV Valentine special featured "Disney's newest villian" and contained the Rube Goldberg sequence, one of my favorite parts of the movie. I managed to tape that special so I watched that part over and over again.

[HarryCanyon]

Now that i think about it, that scene was like "Saw" in Disney style LOL! that scene got me on the edge when i was 5 years old.

[Barbossa]

I wanted to see it, but for some reason our 1-auditorium theater did not get it and I missed it. It wasn't until the DVD release I finally got to see the whole thing.

[HarryCanyon]

Thank god i'm not alone.

Anyone remembers the preview they had for it on any of the disney movie videos? i did back earlier that year and did anyone had any merchandise including a stuffed basil to a readalong book?

I had a crush on Miss Kitty Mouse the stripper at that age and even again when i saw it re-issued in theaters at 10, she was cute.

I saw a crapload of movies back in 86 in theaters such as House (Remember this horror comedy cult classic?), Critters, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Transformers The Movie (2 times), Howard The Duck (2 times), Aliens, The Fly, Top Gun, Karate Kid 2, Labyrinth, Big Trouble in Little China, Crocodile Dundee, Lady and The Tramp re-release (2 times), Song of the South re-issue (2 times), Sleeping Beauty re-issue, The Hitcher, Little Shop of Horrors (2 times), American Tail (3 times), Star Trek IV, Short Circuit, Psycho III, Poltergeist 2, Highlander, Making Contact (Remember this one? it has a creepy ventriloquist dummy in it that battles a psychic kid), Vamp, Friday The 13th part 6 and this movie. I felt sad this never came out on video but had my memories including merchandise but good thing it did came out on video.

[Elladorine]

Most likely the only films I saw in the theater in 1986 were The Great Mouse Detective, Song of the South, and Lady and the Tramp.

[HarryCanyon]

I had the soundtrack since i was 10 years old when it was re-issued and enjoys it's fab score by Mancini who is always pure gold.