An American Tail | |
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Original work | An American Tail (1986) |
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Years | 1986–1999 |
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Animated series | Fievel's American Tails (1992) |
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Original music | "Somewhere Out There" "Dreams to Dream" |
Miscellaneous | |
Theme park attraction(s) | An American Tail Theatre |
An American Tail is a franchise based on the 1986 animated feature film of the same name directed by Don Bluth and produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios/Amblin Entertainment.
The franchise follows the adventures of Fievel Mousekewitz, a Russian-Jewish mouse immigrant to the United States in 1885. The franchise opened up several attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida including "Fievel's Playland" and "An American Tail Show". [1] All four American Tail films were released on a combination pack DVD released on June 13, 2017. [2]
An American Tail is the original 1986 film which follows Fievel and his family as they immigrate from Russia to the United States and how he subsequently gets lost and aims to reunite with them.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a 1991 western sequel to An American Tail. This film has been exhibited four times at the Jimmy Stewart Museum since 2015, [3] a dedication to the late James Stewart in his final role.
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island is a 1998 direct-to-video prequel as it explores darker themes unlike the past films. This film contributes Elaine Bilstad's final appearance, releasing it posthumously in the United States in early 2000. [4]
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster is a 1999 direct-to-video prequel, released in the United States in mid 2000. [5]
An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends is a 1993 Microsoft DOS point-and-click adventure game developed by Capstone Software and Manley & Associates, Inc., based on both of the first two An American Tail films.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a 1994 Super NES video game based on the film of the same name.
An American Tail Movie Book is a 1998 Interactive storybook for Windows and Macintosh developed by Wayforward Technologies and published by Sound Source Interactive.
An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush is a 2002 platform game for Game Boy Advance developed by Hokus-Pokus. It received mediocre reviews and is only formatted for younger players. [6]
An American Tail is a 2007 platform game developed by Data Design Interactive and published by Blast! Entertainment based on the film of the same name. It was released exclusively in Europe. [7] The game consists of ten levels and four bonus levels. In each level the player must guide Fievel on a preset path from start to finish. The player can collect stars or pieces of cheese along the way. Gameplay takes different forms in different levels, such as running in a bubble, riding the back of Henri the pigeon, parachuting downwards and others. [8] The game was noted for being a "rip-off" of Nintendo's Super Monkey Ball series and received largely unfavorable reception. [9]
"Somewhere Out There" is the theme song of An American Tail, performed by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram.
"Dreams to Dream" is the theme song of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, performed by Linda Ronstadt.
Fievel's American Tails is a 1992 spin-off TV series and continuation of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. This series remained abandoned after the release of the direct-to-video sequels until NBCUniversal regained rights to the series in 2020 and is now available on Peacock. [10]
An American Tail Theatre was a live stage show based on An American Tail: Fievel Goes West at various Universal Parks & Resorts theme parks that ran from 1990 to 1992.
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
Characters | Films | Television series | |||
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An American Tail | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Fievel's American Tails | |
1986 | 1991 | 1998 | 1999 | 1992 | |
Fievel Mousekewitz | Phillip Glasser | Thomas Dekker | Phillip Glasser | ||
Tanya Mousekewitz | Amy Green | Cathy Cavadini | Lacey Chabert | Cathy Cavadini | |
Betsy Cathcart S | |||||
Papa Mousekewitz | Nehemiah Persoff | Lloyd Battista | |||
Mama Mouskewitz | Erica Yohn | Jane Singer | Susan Silo | ||
Tiger | Dom DeLuise | ||||
Tony Toponi | Pat Musick | Silent cameo | Pat Musick | ||
Bridget | Cathianne Blore | ||||
Honest John | Neil Ross | ||||
Henri | Christopher Plummer | Silent cameo | |||
Warren T. Cat | John Finnegan | ||||
Digit | Will Ryan | ||||
Gussie Mausheimer | Madeline Kahn | ||||
Wylie Burp | James Stewart | ||||
Cat R. Waul | John Cleese | Gerrit Graham | |||
T.R. Chula | Jon Lovitz | Dan Castellaneta | |||
Miss Kitty | Amy Irving | Cynthia Ferrer | |||
Cholena | Elaine Bilstad | ||||
Leeza Miller S | |||||
Chief Wulisso | David Carradine | ||||
Dr. Dithering | René Auberjonois | ||||
Mr. Grasping | Ron Perlman | ||||
Scuttlebutt | John Kassir | ||||
Police Chief McBrusque | Sherman Howard | ||||
Nellie Brie | Susan Boyd | ||||
Madame Mousey | Candi Milo | ||||
Reed Daley | Robert Hays | ||||
Twitch | John Mariano | ||||
Slug | Jeff Bennett | ||||
Lone Woof | John Garry | ||||
Sweet William | Silent cameo | Kenneth Mars |
Film | Directed by | Producer | Written by | Composer | Editor |
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An American Tail | Don Bluth | Don Bluth Gary Goldman John Pomeroy | screenplay: Judy Freudberg & Tony Geiss story: David Kirschner Judy Freudberg & Tony Geiss | James Horner | Dan Molina |
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells | Steven Spielberg Robert Watts | screenplay: Flint Dille story: Charles Swenson creator: David Kirschner | Nick Fletcher | |
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Larry Latham | Len Uhley | Patrick Griffin Michael Tavera | Danik Thomas | |
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Michael Tavera |
Title | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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An American Tail | 71% (28 reviews) [11] | 38% (7 reviews) [12] |
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | 60% (15 reviews) [13] | — |
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | — | — |
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | — | — |
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