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The Don Bluth Collection of Animation
The Don Bluth Collection of Animation came to the Savannah College of Art and Design as a donation from Don Bluth and Gary Goldman in fall of 2005. The collection consists of cells, animation drawings, storyboards, color models, and other materials created by Don Bluth Productions and later incarnations of this company in the creation of animated features and video games between 1979 and 2000. Also included in the collection are administrative, legal, and other documents, as well as scripts, concepts, and publicity related materials. The studio operated in both the United States and Ireland, and was, at various times, affiliated with other production companies. A preliminary inventory was completed by summer of 2006 and processing began in fall of that same year. Though the processing of the collection will continue for many years, materials already processed are available to researchers now. Presented here are selections from various animated features, concepts, and video games in the collection. The materials are divided by feature titles.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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The Secret of NIMH was the first feature length film to be tackled by the newly formed Don Bluth Productions. The studio moved from Bluth’s house to a 5,500 square foot facility in Studio City. The story is based on Robert C. O'Brien's Newberry Award winning book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 1972. Extraordinary circumstances cause Mrs. Brisby, a shy widowed mouse mother, to become an unlikely heroine. Her home is threatened by early plowing and her youngest son, Timmy, is gravely ill. She must move to avoid the plow, but cannot risk moving the sick child. Pushed by her friend, Auntie Shrew, she seeks help from Jeremy the Crow, the Great Owl, and eventually she discovers the Rats of NIMH, a secret society of highly-intelligent rats. She finds that she has deeper ties to the rats than she suspected when she learns her deceased husband, Jonathan, helped the rats escape from a nearby science lab. With the rats’ help, she is able to save her family’s home and her son, Timmy.
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Vertical pan background, gouache on board, from the memorable scene in which Justin, Mrs. Brisby, and Mr. Ages descend through the water in a lantern elevator to get to the underground compound of the Rats.
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In 1983, the Don Bluth Studios began work on “Project X.” The laser disc video market was beginning to die and the studio turned to the newly emerging home video and home computer game market. “Project X” included adventure games for teens, learning games for children, and a series of short videos for family entertainment. The studio created color keys, story boards, model sheets, scripts, and synopses for many of these games and other projects, which were presented to a number of major backers. They were not able to sell any. The Velveteen Rabbit was on a handwritten list of potential half-hour videos, included in the planning materials for “Project X.” The collection includes color keys, storyboards, sketches, titles, character ideas, and layouts for this project.
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Thumbelina, released by Warner Brothers on March 30, 1994, was based on the original Thumbelina fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The work was done in both the Dublin studio and in the Burbank studio. Rowland B. Wilson and his wife Suzanne Lemieux did much of the pre-production work, and were instrumental with the design and art direction of the film. The original scriptwriter hired produced a script with a point of view that the studio felt did not capture Hans Christian Andersen’s spirit of the story. The writing process had used up the budget, so Bluth worked on the adaptation himself and restored a more fairy tale feel to the story.
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Thumbelina, released by Warner Brothers on March 30, 1994, was based on the original Thumbelina fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The work was done in both the Dublin studio and in the Burbank studio. Rowland B. Wilson and his wife Suzanne Lemieux did much of the pre-production work, and were instrumental with the design and art direction of the film. The original scriptwriter hired produced a script with a point of view that the studio felt did not capture Hans Christian Andersen’s spirit of the story. The writing process had used up the budget, so Bluth worked on the adaptation himself and restored a more fairy tale feel to the story.
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- 10 images
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Thumbelina, released by Warner Brothers on March 30, 1994, was based on the original Thumbelina fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The work was done in both the Dublin studio and in the Burbank studio. Rowland B. Wilson and his wife Suzanne Lemieux did much of the pre-production work, and were instrumental with the design and art direction of the film. The original scriptwriter hired produced a script with a point of view that the studio felt did not capture Hans Christian Andersen’s spirit of the story. The writing process had used up the budget, so Bluth worked on the adaptation himself and restored a more fairy tale feel to the story.
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