Greenlit during the middle of a regime change as a low-budget excuse to keep the animators busy, The Great Mouse Detective turned out to be one of the best films of the Bronze Era. Mom and Isaac discuss how Musker and Clements managed to sneak this thrilling, charming little adventure movie past Eisner and Katzenberg and what it means to them.
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Music: The Show Must Be Go by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4509-the-show-must-be-go License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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