Original hand painted production animation cel of Professor Ratigan and Fidget set on a lithographic background from "The Great Mouse Detective," 1986, Walt Disney Studios; Walt Disney Seal lower left; Size - Professor Ratigan & Fidget: 7 x 12 1/2"; Image: 10" x 15 1/4"; Unframed.
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"Oh I love it when I'm nasty." - Ratigan
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"Oh I love it when I'm nasty." - Ratigan
Eve
Titus wrote a series of stories about Basil of Baker Street; a mouse
that lived next door to Sherlock Holmes and who shared many of his
skills and traits. Walt Disney Studios adapted the Titus stories into a
wonderful feature film that was still able to maintain the Arthur Conan
Doyle's Sherlock Holmes characters, even though they were transformed
into a mouse world. The resulting film "The Great Mouse Detective" was
directed by Ron Clements, music by Henry Mancini, and was released on
July 2, 1986. Although the script took about four years to develop, the
animation only took a year with an estimated total budget of $14
million.
Original production animation cel of Professor Ratigan and Fidget without the background.
Professor Ratigan
was designed and animated by Walt Disney master animator, Glen Keane.
The inspiration for the character was Professor James Moriarty, the
nemesis to Sherlock Holmes in the series of stories written by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. Ratigan was voiced by veteran Hollywood actor
Vincent Price, who stated it was his favorite role because he had two
songs written for him, "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind," and
"Goodbye, So Soon."
In the following paragraph Ratigan explains his scheme to his henchmen:
"My
friends, we are about to embark on the most odious, the most evil, the
most diabolical scheme of my illustrious career. A crime to top all
crimes. A crime that will live in infamy! Tomorrow evening, our beloved
monarch celebrates her Diamond Jubilee and, with the enthusiastic help
of our good friend, Mr. Flaversham, it promises to be a night she will
never forget! Her last night, and my first, as supreme leader of all
Mousedom!"
Fidget, the peg legged and
one wing crippled bat, is the right hand henchman to Professor Ratigan. Glen Keane was responsible for the character design of
Fidget; and he was voiced by Candy Candido, the veteran radio performer who also had a
long career at Walt Disney Studios. Candido portrayed the Indian Chief in Peter Pan, one of Maleficent's goons in Sleeping Beauty, the Alligator Captain of the Guard in Robin Hood, Brutus and Nero in The Rescuers,
the deep voiced escaped convict (Gus) in the Haunted Mansion
attraction, and of course Fidget the peg-legged bat that would be his
final role before his death. Since Candido normally has a deep, croaky
voice; his voice track had to be digitally sped up in order for Fidget
to sound high-pitched.
This
is a wonderful original production animation cel the wicked Professor Ratigan and his bat sidekick Fidget. Poor Fidget was almost eaten by Ratigan's pet cat Felicia, but Ratigan saved him just in time to assist in a plan to ambush Basil. This is a very large image of the dastardly duo and would make a great addition to
any
animation art collection!
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