And it's as pretty as a cascade of soap bubbles. This proved successful, and at release many critics praised the "old fashioned style" of the film's look and feel. [47], This article is about the film. From filmmaker Steven Spielberg, ‘AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST’ is a delightful full-length animated feature that continues the adventures of the brave young mouse who captured audiences hearts everywhere. [41] A 13-episode TV series based on it called Fievel's American Tails aired on the CBS network between September and December 1992. The film maintains a 71% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews and an average rating of 6.37/10. "Dreams to dream" - Scene from "Fievel goes west" - YouTube James Horner liked her voice so much though he had her re-dub Tanya's lines, which had already been voiced by someone else and animated. It received mixed reviews and was a box office hit, making it the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film at the time. Absolutely, positively apalling. $54.95. Because of this, the Moskowitz home, along with that of the Mousekewitzes, is destroyed. The journey ends with Henri taking everyone to see his newly completed project—the Statue of Liberty, which appears to smile and wink at Fievel and Tanya, and the Mouskewitzes' new life in the United States begins. [38] It had the same changes as the DVD, although part of the film's end credits music score was 9% sped-up this time (due to time constrictions). In the West, Wylie Burp is surrounded by the Cactus Cat Gang, hopelessly outnumbered, but refuses to back down. [37] It was released in widescreen on Blu-ray for the first time on March 4, 2014, which included a digital HD and UltraViolet copy. Tanya Mousekewitz voiced by Cathy Cavadini and 2 others . 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During production, Amblin and Universal expected to view the dailies and approve all major work on the film, and various outside parties also requested changes here and there. During the fire, Fievel is once again separated from his family and ends up at an orphanage. At this time, Bluth and his crew discovered that using a video printer greatly increased their productivity. Cavadini was not the first choice to voice Tanya; she originally only auditioned to sing Dreams to Dream. This was her oldest incarnation, as in later sequels she is aged down again as the direct-to-video animations occur during their time in New York. "[18] Critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave it "two thumbs down" on a November 22, 1986, episode of their television program At the Movies, calling it "the most downbeat children's movie since Return to Oz", and that it was "way too depressing for young audiences. Although his family also attends, they stand well in the back of the audience and they are unable to recognize Fievel onstage with her. With the agreement of his employees, salaries were frozen for a year and half. Movies. Not being listened to, danger, cats attacking, losing Fievel. Originally, the concept consisted of an all-animal world, like Disney's Robin Hood, but Bluth suggested featuring an animal world existing as a hidden society from the human world, like Disney's The Rescuers. The song was first published in the form most commonly used today (with water spout, etc.) [7], The film was also plagued by union difficulties. But as she sings, she gets food thrown at her after two failed attempts and always getting interrupted on the lyric, \"and loving me\". An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Cast . Bluth commented that he would then "send them over to [Spielberg]. Throughout the rest of the film, whenever Tanya begs her father to look for Fievel, it turns out Fievel is nearby but they don't see each other. In designing the look of the film and its characters, Bluth worked with Amblin Entertainment and the Sears marketing department (Sears had a major marketing push on the main character). ; Age-Inappropriate Dress: After her makeover in Fievel Goes West; All Love Is Unrequited: Falls in love with newspaper editor Reed Daley in The Mystery of the Night Monster, only to have him ignore her for the most part and fall in love with reporter Nellie Brie. in 1962, and it's earliest publication was in 1947. She wears a professional dress, and tries to act more adult, partly because of the crush she has on editor Reed Daley, as this modification is arranged due to the negative attention the staff had with her jealousy towards her sibling in the first direct-to-video sequel. The character was named after his maternal grandfather, Philip Posner, whose Yiddish name was Fievel. An.American.Tail.Fievel.Goes.West.srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES) [Fievel] And then the hero, Wylie Burp, squinted across the dusty street. Wylie insists that it is too tough and that Fievel try to get out while he still can. She looks much the same as this in The Treasure of Manhattan Island, though she's colored differently. Thinking that he has died, they proceed to the city as planned, though they become devastated at his loss. [39] All four American Tail films were re-released on a combination pack DVD released on June 13, 2017. by others. Hopelessly surrounded by the Cactus Cat gang, he stood his ground, refusing to back down. Free shipping . An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. She's finally proven right late in the film, when the Mousekewitz's meet Tony and Bridget. A huge mechanical mouse, inspired by the tales Papa told Fievel of the "Giant Mouse of Minsk", chases Warren and his gang down the pier and into the water. [7] Jerry Goldsmith who had worked on The Secret of NIMH with Bluth was initially supposed to work on the score, but had to drop out of the film due to a busy schedule. She was also much closer to Fievel's age. The mice take over an abandoned museum on the Chelsea Piers and begin constructing their plan. Called "Somewhere Out There", it was composed by Horner and Barry Mann with lyrics by Cynthia Weil, won a Grammy Award, and became one of the most popular songs from an animated feature since the 1950s.[7]. Fievel Mousekewitz voiced by Phillip Glasser and 3 others . This version was reprinted along with other Universal films such as its sequel, The Land Before Time,[36] and Balto. When adding her sarcastic comments to family arguments, she is told "Tanya, don't help!" Persoff, a respected actor in many films, was chosen to play the part of Papa Mousekewitz mostly because he had a similar role as, Yohn (Mama Mousekewitz) has appeared in many features, but her work as a Russian, Finnegan won the role of Warren T. Rat by reciting excerpts of. Menu. [24] Conversely, Rita Kempley of The Washington Post called it "a bright-eyed tale of Jewish triumphs that will find a place in many young hearts", adding that "it reiterates the happiness of homogeneity, prepares the pups for both brotherhood and the free enterprise system. Terrible! [42] Two direct-to-video films were also later produced by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: The Treasure of Manhattan Island in 1998,[43] and The Mystery of the Night Monster in 1999. Her singing voice is thought by others, especially Cat R. Waul, to be beautiful. Between 1998 and 2015 she appeared in this form on the cover of the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of An American Tail despite looking different in the actual film, for unknown reasons. She dropped her red babushka for a long ponytail and an orange and brown dress and no undergarments. For the franchise, see, "...there is no way you could put a score like this in any other kind of film. All the girls you left behind could fill up California Please don’t leave them too darn long, I think I … Papa Mousekewitz voiced by Nehemiah Persoff and 3 others . Tanya Mousekewitz also sings this song when she gets older, and is shown singing it out a window at the beginning of the film. ... [after pulling to activate a trap door on stage which an opera singing mouse falls into] Terrible! At the beginning of the film it is shown that Tanya wants to be a famous singer, but her talents go unappreciated. This is not unlike the old trope of a cat getting things thrown at it as it meows on a fence. Her trading card alludes to this as well but it would be odd if it were referring to Fievel. In March 2000, it was announced that he would also become the official children's spokesman for UNICEF, with the organization's director of communications Craig Kornblau remarking that "Fievel Mousekewitz is a popular endearing character for children everywhere," and "His immigration experiences reflect the adventures and triumphs of all cultures and their children. Mama Mousekewitz voiced by Erica Yohn and 2 others . [30] It also received a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Original Song from a Motion Picture", and an Academy Award nomination for "Best Original Song", losing both to "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun.[31][32]. Bluth had agreed to accept $6.5 million to get it produced (which later grew to $9 million), at a time when Disney was spending around $12 million per film. Tanya's personality has become sassy and sarcastic in this movie, and she gets very jealous of her brother getting to go on adventures all the time. ... Singing, playing, dreaming, helping out. A Fievel-themed playground, called "Fievel's Playland", was built at Universal Studios Florida, featuring a large water slide and many oversized objects such as books, glasses, cowboy boots, and more. Weapons. [19] In his own review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert gave it two stars out of four, giving credit to the animation, calling it "full and detailed, enhanced by computers and an improvement on so much recent animation that cuts corners," but that the story was too "dark and gloomy. Absentee Actor: Happened quite a bit on Fievel's American Tails. An American Tail is a 1986 American-Irish animated musical adventure comedy-drama film directed by Don Bluth from a screenplay by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss and a story by David Kirschner, Freudberg and Geiss. Wylie Burp: It's too tough, kid. It would only work in animation or if I wrote a ballet. Menu. When the famous cowboy Clint Mousewood comes to town to take out Sweet William's gang, she develops a huge crush on him despite that he's much older than she is (very similar to her crush on Reed Daley in the 4th film), and although Clint is probably quite aware of her feelings he does not returns them, and leaves town at the end of the episode. The celebration is interrupted when a battery of Cossacks ride through the village square in an anti-Jewish arson attack and their cats likewise attack the village mice by throwing molotov cocktails at the Moskowitz home. [4] The film features the voices of Phillip Glasser, John Finnegan, Amy Green, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, and Christopher Plummer. However, he gets lost and must find a way to reunite with them. Fievel spends his days thinking about the Wild West dog-sheriff Wylie Burp, while his older sister, Tanya, dreams of becoming a singer. [4][22] In his review for the Chicago Reader, Pat Graham panned its "flimsy characterizations" but said that "the overall quality of the animation—baroquely executed if rather conventionally conceived—makes it worth a look. Television programs. I loved doing it. Its success, along with that of fellow Bluth film The Land Before Time and Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit (both 1988), and Bluth's departure from their partnership, prompted executive producer Steven Spielberg to establish his own animation studio, Amblimation, in London, England. She based his voice on a friend she knew from grade school. Terrible! Tracks in bold are previously unreleased. In The Mystery of the Night Monster she looks taller than in the last movie, and her hair is very short. She’s a cheerful, optimistic and caring young female mouse who is famous for having faith that Fievel was alive when her parents refused to believe it in An American Tail. In Fievel's American Tails she looks almost the same, but streamlined to make her cheaper to animate (with only one tuft of hair in the front, and her cheek tufts missing). The production buckled under the excessive oversight, and Bluth felt that he was losing freedom of control over the production process. A DVD version was first made available on January 20, 2004, by Universal Studios,[35] which was presented in fullscreen aspect ratio only, and contained a number of changes from earlier versions, including re-dubbing certain character's voices in the Orphan Alley scene, the addition of new voices where there was previously no dialog, and new "humorous" sound effects. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: In 1987, An American Tail was first released on VHS, and later on LaserDisc in both regular[33] and CAV play editions in November 1991 by MCA Home Video in North America, and CIC Video internationally. The film gave rise to a number of follow-up media of which Don Bluth had no direct involvement. Production began in December 1984 as a collaboration between Spielberg, Bluth, and Universal, based on a concept by David Kirschner. [45], Fievel would also serve as the mascot for Spielberg's Amblimation animation production company in London, England, appearing in its production logo until the studio's dissolution in 1997. ", Will Ryan (Digit), Neil Ross (Honest John), Cathianne Blore (Bridget), and Hal Smith (Moe) are all voice actors well known in the animation industry.[7]. Tanya is much the same personality-wise in the short-lived animated series, with the same voice actress and general look but different. If it has the highs and lows in the deliverance of lines and it captures the focus of the character, it allows the animators to get a true fix on the action. Cat R. Waul is the main antagonist in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. She is continuing to follow her dream of being a singer, and she takes after school singing lessons, as well as putting on a concert orchestrated by Cat R. Waul in The Legend of Mouse Hollow (despite the fact that she found out he tried to eat her family in Fievel Goes West and should know better by now). She was sad to leave him behind in New York, but at the end of the comic they would have been reunited when he moves to Green River. AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST [1991 / 2017] [Blu-ray] Look Out Partners, There’s a New Mouse in Town! Fievel races back to the pier with the cats chasing after him. [7] Spielberg disagreed. However, Oliver & Company did beat out The Land Before Time at the domestic box office by $5,000,000. She's last seen riding on Henri's back with Fievel at the end of the film as they check out the newly built Statue of Liberty. Reed Daley doesn't return the feelings though, and ignores her. 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