Ben and me

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Movie
German title Ben and me
Original title Ben and Me
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1953
length 25 minutes
Rod
Director Hamilton Luske
script Bill Peet
production Walt Disney
music Oliver Wallace
synchronization

Ben and Me is an American animated short film directed by Hamilton Luske in 1953.

action

A city guide explains to a group in front of Benjamin Franklin's monument that he is one of the greatest Americans. In the hat of the monument, on the tip of which a mouse is depicted, a mouse city guide reports to a group of mice that it was Amos, the church mouse, who actually did Benjamin Franklin's merit. Amos grew up as the eldest brother of a whole family of mice in a church. In the winter of 1745 he left the family and found shelter in Benjamin Franklin's book printer and bindery. Benjamin Franklin, whom Amos will soon be able to call Ben, has great financial worries as his Poor Richards almanac is selling poorly. Amos suggests giving the paper a better name, and so it becomes The Pennsylvania Gazette . Amos secretly wanders through town and learns about the latest gossip and the biggest scandals that make it into the paper. Ben becomes the talk of the town and has also built an oven based on Amos' suggestion. Because Ben's glasses cracked in both his close-up and long-distance glasses, Amos built him bifocal glasses from half a glass of each pair of glasses , which Ben enthusiastically wore from then on.

Ben's willingness to experiment, however, over time causes displeasure among Amos, who occasionally has to serve for smaller electricity experiments. After threatening to leave Ben if he should electrocute him again, he ends up getting serious: when Ben lets him fly in a kite to deflect lightning from a metal tip of the vehicle during a thunderstorm, Amos is there too injured. He leaves Ben after he has asked the mouse "if the blow was electricity" and retires to his family in the church. The years go by and finally the year 1776 is approaching. Taxes imposed by Britain cause resentment among Americans and Ben is chosen to see the British king and negotiate a compromise. The Americans eagerly await his return and Amos is also at the port. Like everyone else, he sees a bent Ben who was unsuccessful with the king. Amos wants to help him, but thinks differently. He hasn't forgiven him yet. Some time later, Ben appears in the church where Amos lives in a mouse hole. He asks Amos to come back to him, and Amos agrees, but only under conditions that he wants to put in writing. Ben agrees and Amos appears the next day with a small scroll. Ben hasn't read the demands when Thomas Jefferson arrives. He has written a speech, but the beginning is missing. Ben begins to read Amos' list of demands, which begins with the words "When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary ...". Jefferson is thrilled, he has now found the beginning of his speech. Jefferson's speech was a great success and culminated in the Declaration of Independence . Amos played a small part in this event in American history. The mouse city guide and the city guide end their speeches on the meaning of Benjamin Franklin and the mouse Amos in front of their respective audiences.

production

Ben und Ich is based on a children's book by Robert Lawson from 1939. The animation comes from, among others, Les Clark , Ollie Johnston and Wolfgang Reitherman . It was the first Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. Ben and I appeared on November 10, 1953.

synchronization

role Original speaker
Amos Sterling Holloway
Benjamin Franklin Charles Ruggles
Thomas Jefferson Hans Conried
Governor Keith Bill Thompson

Awards

In 1954 Ben and I were nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Short Film (two film roles) ”, but could not prevail against In the Land of the Bears .

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