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Entry: 'Basil the Great Mouse Detective' - the Film - A87821733
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

A Flea Market Rescue. The original is:

Article: A237755 Basil The Great Mouse Detective
Author: U96026 Mike A

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A great improvement on the original fleamarket entry...

I enjoyed this film a lot when I saw it in the cinema Do you say when it was released?

A couple of points I spotted on readthrough:

"Burny Mattiinson" - 2 'i's in it.

"At the end, Basil and Dawson ride in a hot air balloon wrapped around a Union Jack flag" - I'm not clear about this sentence - how is the balloon wrapped around the flag?

"It is also the first time that horror-film legend Prince" - should be Price, I presume.

In the Legacy section, I was a bit confused by the bullet points - especially the mention of a TV series, which wasn't Basil the TV series... Perhaps a paragraph rather than bullets would put less emphasis on them, compared to the influence on the other animations. For example I remember Beauty and the Beast was famed for using computers to aid the animation, and I didn't know until I read your Entry that Basil used it first, so that was very interesting

Hello - I'm glad ou liked it. As I'm able to drop by at the moment, I'll just quickly say that I've corrected the spellings there, clarified a little more on why the animators were opposed to the name change, removed the bullet points and explained about the balloon.

I had already mentioned that the film was released one year after 'The Black Cauldron' in 1986

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Hi BB

A good summary of the film. I can unfortunately hardly remember it, I don't think I've seen it more than once or twice and it doesn't seem like it left an impression.


Your very first sentence is 'One of the better animated Disney films out there.' but unfortunately it seems to miss parts which would make it a 'real' sentence, like a verb.

I would move the 'Influences' section somewhere after the 'Plot' because it makes more sense when we already know what the film is about.

'Stereotype' section
'...posh English accents that everyone in America think we have...'
Not sure what the house style is here, but as 'I' is frowned at I guess the same goes for 'we'?

'Ratigan':
'It is also the first time that horror-film legend Price sang for the first time on film.'
You say 'first time' twice.

'Legacy':
'Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangerswhich featured...'
Missing a space between 'Rangers' and 'which'.

Just taking a break from CGI dinosaurs and I see some more comments about animated mice! Personally I think it is a distinctly average Disney film - not one of the best by any means, but there are others I'd be less likely to watch - but the original author, Mike A, seems to have had a fascination with animated rodents.

So as suggested I've:
re-written his opening sentence
and the bit about 'we'
I no longer say 'first time' twice
Not only that, but I also no longer say 'first time' twice.
I've edited the influences section, kept some in the 'making of' bit, but moved the rest after the 'Plot'
And added a space between 'Rangerswhich'.

Good suggestions all!

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This article has just been slightly tweaked.

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Well done Mike A

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