Robert C. O'Brien (author)
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Robert Leslie Carroll Conly, better known by his pen name Robert C. O'Brien, was an American novelist and a journalist for National Geographic magazine. He is best known for his children's novel Mrs.
Robert C. O'Brien
The Secret of NIMH
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The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 American independent animated fantasy adventure film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut and based on Robert C. O'Brien's children's novel Mrs. Frisby and the R
Robert C. O'Brien (author)
…children's novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971), which won the Newbery Medal 1972. His novel was later adapted to Don Bluth's animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982). Conly was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third of five children in a wealthy Irish Catholic family. With interests in music and literature…
Theatrical release poster by Tim Hildebrandt
Mrs. Brisby meeting Nicodemus. Backlighting techniques were used in this scene to give Nicodemus's eyes a bright glow. According to the commentary for the 2007 DVD release, Bluth wanted Nicodemus and the Great Owl to be seen as aspects of the same character, accounting for some similarities in their designs.