Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
Encyclopedia
The serialized
Mighty Mouse story "The Great Space Chase" from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle Saturday morning series made it into a 1982 movie by Filmation
.
The film got a big-screen release, a re-release as a kids' matinee film, and was released on VHS
.
must save the galaxy from the evil cat
Harry the Heartless and rescue Queen Pureheart in this animated children's adventure.
mania was strong in 1982 with The Empire Strikes Back and the upcoming Return of the Jedi. Filmation
wanted to cash in, so they took the serialized
Mighty Mouse story "The Great Space Chase" from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle Saturday morning series and made it into a movie.
With the tagline The Cartoon Superhero In His First Feature Film, the film was not the hit Filmation wanted and the film was re-released as a kids' matinee film. The film, released twice on VHS
, is out of print. The movie poster
for the film is rare and is a major collectible. It has not yet been released on DVD
or Blu-Ray.
Serial (radio and television)
Serials are series of television programs and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from...
Mighty Mouse story "The Great Space Chase" from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle Saturday morning series made it into a 1982 movie by Filmation
Filmation
Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live action programming for television during the latter half of the 20th century. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1963...
.
The film got a big-screen release, a re-release as a kids' matinee film, and was released on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
.
Story
Mighty MouseMighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse is an animated superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.-History:The character was created by story man Izzy Klein as a super-powered housefly named Superfly. Studio head Paul Terry changed the character into a cartoon mouse instead...
must save the galaxy from the evil cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
Harry the Heartless and rescue Queen Pureheart in this animated children's adventure.
History
Star WarsStar Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
mania was strong in 1982 with The Empire Strikes Back and the upcoming Return of the Jedi. Filmation
Filmation
Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live action programming for television during the latter half of the 20th century. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1963...
wanted to cash in, so they took the serialized
Serial (radio and television)
Serials are series of television programs and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from...
Mighty Mouse story "The Great Space Chase" from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle Saturday morning series and made it into a movie.
With the tagline The Cartoon Superhero In His First Feature Film, the film was not the hit Filmation wanted and the film was re-released as a kids' matinee film. The film, released twice on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
, is out of print. The movie poster
Movie poster
A movie poster is a poster used to advertise a film. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature photographs of the main actors. Prior to the 1990s,...
for the film is rare and is a major collectible. It has not yet been released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
or Blu-Ray.