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Ben and Me(Movie, 1953)

FSK: 0+ years
| 21min | Genres: Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Ben and MeRating: 3.4/5 (with 2222 votes)
Ben and Me is an American animated two-reel short subject produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically on November 10, 1953. It was adapted from the book of the same name written by author/illustrator Robert Lawson and first published in 1939. Though both book and film deal with the relationship between a mouse and American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, the book, with illustrations by Lawson, focused more heavily on actual historical events and personages, and included incidents from Franklin's French career at Versailles. The short received an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Subject, Two-reel. This short was also notable for being the second release on the Buena Vista Distribution label, with the first being Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, released on the same day. On its release, Ben and Me was packaged with the True-Life Adventure documentary The Living Desert. When Disney's regular distributor RKO Radio Pictures resisted the idea of a full-length True-Life Adventure, Disney formed his own distribution company to handle future Disney releases. A D-TV music video was created in which the short was set to Stevie Wonder's For Once in My Life. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Ben and Me

Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel

About Ben and Me

A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his ideas; including the beginning of the Declaration of Independance!

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Pennsylvania
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 11/11/1953
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Armus, die schlaue Maus"
"Franklin y Yo"
"Il mio amico Beniamino"

442 movies in the Disney Animated Shorts Collection

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1941 Timber
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1943 Pedro
1945 No Sail
1947 Bongo
1953 Ben and Me
1953 Melody

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:223855, Added: 04/29/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024