When a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.When a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.When a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.
Chris Wiggins
- B.L. Zebub
- (voice)
- …
Annabel Kershaw
- Jan Mouse
- (voice)
Martin Lavut
- Weez Weezel
- (voice)
- …
Jim Henshaw
- Daniel Mouse
- (voice)
- …
Dianne Lawrence
- Journalist
- (voice)
- …
Valerie Carter
- Jan Mouse
- (singing voice)
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThis special is the precursor story and inspiration for Nelvana's hidden gem, Rock & Rule (1983).
- Quotes
B.L. Zebub: Sooooo, I gave you a chance, and you beat the Devil? Well, I've learned my lesson. From now on, NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY!
- Alternate versionsThe DVD release on the 2-disc set of "Rock & Rule" is missing two and a half minutes worth of footage. Missing from this version are the following scenes:
- The title segment is trimmed down, and the first few lines of "Look Where the Music Can Take You" have been removed.
- After Jan appears on the cover of "Rolling Moss" there's a scene with her and Wease backstage. Wease tells her that she's headlining the "Roxy Meadow Marathon" as he fumbles with a bottle of champagne -- the cork flies off and pops him in the nose (which explains why he has a bandage on his nose at the Hollywood Bowl).
- When Jan falls out of the log and the Devil morphs into a fish, there's a longer sequence of him chasing her underwater.
- When Jan's hiding in the forest, Wease discovers her before the Devil morphs into a tree.
- After the Devil tells Jan that she has "24 hours to say goodbye to" her friends, Jan returns to town momentarily to seek help from the band, who are loading equipment into a van. They inform her that "the union man says" she didn't pay her dues -- a reveal of Wease implies that he is the "union man" that got them kicked out.
- During the trial, Dan claims that the Devil's contract is invalid "because she was too small," to which the Devil rebuttals, "She was big enough to sign."
- The final credit on the film is missing: "Produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation."
- ConnectionsEdited into Nelvanamation (1980)
- SoundtracksLook Where the Music Can Take You
Written by John Sebastian
Performed by John Sebastian and Valerie Carter
Featured review
A musical Halloween special from Nelvana
I love animation from Nelvana Ltd., along with animation from Fleischer Studios, Disney Studios, Rankin/Bass, Studio Ghibli from Japan, and Hanna/Barbera. Nelvana has great series like "Redwall," "Class of the Titans," "Little Bear," etc. Yes, Nelvana is an awesome studio. Well anyway, I loved this special, "The Devil and Daniel Mouse," after I had watched it when I was in junior high. The special was broadcast as a Halloween special on October 22, 1978, on Canada's CBC and then released on VHS in the 80s. Of course, I did not know whether it was a Halloween special; I guess I had heard that Halloween can be the highest satanic holy day, right?
Well, anyway (again), this musical special is about two young mouse folk singers named Daniel and Jan who find themselves with a bleak future after finding their audience drying up in favor of rock music. Desperate for a better career and life, Jan vows that she would do anything to become a rock star. Instantly, the Devil arises to take advantage of that and offers to make her a star in exchange for her soul. She agrees, and she quickly becomes the star she's dreamed of, while Daniel is left behind. On the night of her greatest triumph, her concert, the devil comes to collect on her soul. In desperation, she turns to Daniel, who must attempt the impossible task of trying to find an escape loophole for his girl's release.
This special was also remade as the film "Rock & Rule," both about a couple in a musical group struggling in talent shows, the female member used in a diabolical scheme, and the heroines dressed in white tatters and their lovers vanquishing an evil with a song from the heart. So my last word is that I love this special, with excellent music and a top-notch cast.
Well, anyway (again), this musical special is about two young mouse folk singers named Daniel and Jan who find themselves with a bleak future after finding their audience drying up in favor of rock music. Desperate for a better career and life, Jan vows that she would do anything to become a rock star. Instantly, the Devil arises to take advantage of that and offers to make her a star in exchange for her soul. She agrees, and she quickly becomes the star she's dreamed of, while Daniel is left behind. On the night of her greatest triumph, her concert, the devil comes to collect on her soul. In desperation, she turns to Daniel, who must attempt the impossible task of trying to find an escape loophole for his girl's release.
This special was also remade as the film "Rock & Rule," both about a couple in a musical group struggling in talent shows, the female member used in a diabolical scheme, and the heroines dressed in white tatters and their lovers vanquishing an evil with a song from the heart. So my last word is that I love this special, with excellent music and a top-notch cast.
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- ja_kitty_71
- Oct 30, 2009
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