An American Tail (1986)

Director:

Don Bluth

Writers:

Judy Freudberg (screenplay)
Judy Freudberg (story)

Release Date:

21 November 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical

Tagline:

Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.

Plot:

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets seperated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

Plot Keywords:

1880s | Statue Of Liberty | Cat Versus Mouse | Mouse | Immigration

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 14

6:40 AM

MAX

Cast

Erica Yohn	...	Mama Mousekewitz (voice)
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Amy Green	...	Tanya Mousekewitz (voice)
Phillip Glasser	...	Fievel Mousekewitz (voice)
Christopher Plummer	...	Henri (voice)
John Finnegan	...	Warren T. Rat (voice)
Will Ryan	...	Digit (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Moe (voice)
Pat Musick	...	Tony Toponi (voice)
Cathianne Blore	...	Bridget (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Honest John (voice)
Madeline Kahn	...	Gussie Mausheimer (voice)
Dom DeLuise	...	Tiger (voice)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Portugal:M/6 | Finland:S (1991) | Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:K-6 (1987) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Iceland:L | Peru:PT | Singapore:G | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

The opening scene of the ship's arrival in America (at Castle Garden) is based on a photograph in Christian Weekly magazine from March 28, 1874. On the barge is written, Einwanderer Beforderung, which means "Immigrant Transfer" in German.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the scene in which the cats are coerced into the ocean by the mice's secret weapon, and consequently lifted by anchor into the boat to Hong Kong, Tiger can be clearly seen as one of the cats on the anchor. Tiger obviously appears again later in the movie to help the family find Fievel.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mama Mousekewitz: Fievel! Tanya! Stop that twirling, twirling! I mean it!
Papa Mousekewitz: But Mama, it's Hannukah.
Mama Mousekewitz: For you, every night is Hannukah.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Designing Women: The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2 (#4.14)" (1990)

Soundtrack:

Somewhere Out There

Still a classic masterpiece

I remember seeing American Tail when I was very little, and I loved it. I always felt sad for Fievel when he was away from his parents, and at the time, I never knew that they were always very near him. I thought that they were always far away from him like he thought. Not too long ago, I bought this movie and watched it again...for the first time in years. I'm 17 and I still love the movie. It's the ultimate animated movie when it comes to being gentle, heart warming, and full of good heart. And the film is such a wonder to behold, even after all these years. Despite another sequel and one (or was that 2?) (one was made in 1999 and it's coming soon to video?) direct to video movies. Out of the three I've seen, this one is still the best, and it's among my favorite animated movies of all time