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Winter | Sibling Relationship
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Best of Show Audiovisual | 1998
Best Use of Computer Animation in a Traditional Film by a Professional | 1998
Budget 38,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 122,417,389 USD
The mousetraps scene was done without any digital effect whatsoever. Over 800 mousetraps were set individually and then rigged with wires under the floor. It took several takes, so each trap had to be reset, baited and wired one at a time.
Actor William Hickey was seriously ill during the film's production and died toward the end of principal photography. Fortunately all his scenes had already been filmed so it was not necessary to recast his part or make any major changes to the script to accommodate his death.
A rare commercial spot for the film not included in the either the VHS or DVD features a dramatic voice-over introduction "A story about a mouse..." which slowly pans to the shadow outline of the famous Disney character. Then the camera quickly cuts to show that it's actually the little guy from Mousehunt holding a pair of toothpick speared olives which he had been holding close to his head.
Ernie Smuntz bows to a sheik who is seeking to bid for his home. In doing so, he greets him with "Hakuna Matata," which is the song he sings in The Lion King (1994).
The voice talents behind Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King (1994) appear in the movie. Nathan Lane (Ernie Smuntz) voiced Timon. Maury, the pound owner is played by Ernie Sabella, the voice of Pumbaa.
"Lars: Well, these are all kittens. We were hoping for an older cat, one with experience. Maury, the Cat Care Society Owner: That's a switch. Most people like the cute little ones. Experience with what? Ernie: Mouse-hunting. Maury, the Cat Care Society Owner: Oh, all cats are good mousers. Ernie: Yes, but you see, we have huge rats, the size of sumo wrestlers, and lots of 'em, so we really need a ferocious feline, preferably one with a history of mental illness. I'm talkin' one mean pussy. Lars: Yeah! A vicious cat, difficult to love. You got any of those knocking around your cages? Maury, the Cat Care Society Owner: Funny you should ask. I had given up hope of anyone wanting him. We were about to gas him again. Lars, Ernie: "Again"?"
"Lars: I don't believe it. He snapped the trap, ate the olive and left the pit just to mock us! Ernie: I think you're giving him a little too much credit. Mice don't mock. They don't have a sense of humor or irony. He's not sitting in his hole in a smoking jacket sipping cognac, and giggling to himself, "I left the pit!" The trap snapped itself, the olive flew off and he ate it. It's just that simple. But now that he knows we're here, he won't come within a mile of us. I don't think we'll be seeing any more of that... [sees mouse in cereal bowl] Ernie: MOUSE!"
