An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
James Stewart
Wylie
John Cleese
Cat R. Waul
Amy Irving
Miss Kitty
Phillip Glasser
Fievel
Erica Yohn
Mama
Cathy Cavadini
Tanya
Nehemiah Persoff
Papa
Dom DeLuise
Tiger
Jon Lovitz
Chula
Fausto Bara
Additional Voices (voice)
Jack Angel
Additional Voices
Phil Nibbelink
Director
Vanna Bonta
Additional Voices (voice)
Simon Wells
Director
Philip L. Clarke
Additional Voices (voice)
David Kirschner
Writer
Jennifer Darling
Additional Voices (voice)
Charles Swenson
Writer
Annie Holliday
Additional Voices (voice)
Flint Dille
Writer
Sherry Lynn
Additional Voices (voice)
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Lev Mailer
Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan
New York Mice / Country Mice (voice)
Robert Watts
Producer
Larry Moss
Additional Voices (voice)
James Horner
Composer
Nick Fletcher
Editor
Nigel Pegram
Additional Voices (voice)
Valerie McCaffrey
CastingDirector
Patrick Pinney
Additional Voices (voice)
Nancy Nayor
CastingDirector
Lisa Raggio
Additional Voices (voice)
Lawrence Steffan
Additional Voices (voice)
David Tate
Additional Voices (voice)
Doug Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
Kathleen Kennedy
Executive Producer
Frank Marshall
Executive Producer
Steve Hickner
Associate Producer
Robert Stevenhagen
Animation Supervisor
Neil Ross
Art Direction
Tom Gerard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Martin Cohen
Post Production Supervisor
Nancy Beiman
Animation Supervisor
Stephan Franck
Animation
Hilda Hodges
Foley
Kevin Bartnof
Foley
Daniel J. Leahy
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Mundheim
Sound Effects Editor
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Donald J. Malouf
Sound Effects Editor
Charlie Ajar Jr.
Sound Recordist
Silvia Pompei
Animation
Al Holter
Visual Effects
Marco Cinello
Layout
Michael Rose
Background Designer
Larry Singer
ADR & Dubbing
Leonard T. Geschke
Sound Effects Editor
Nils C. Jensen
Sound Effects Editor
Chuck Neely
Supervising Sound Editor
Kristof Serrand
Animation Supervisor
Brice Mallier
Visual Effects
Jean Kalile
Animation
Derek L'Estrange
Animation Manager
Harald Kraut
Animation Manager
Uli Meyer
Character Designer
Cynthia Henrich-Woodbyrne
Production Manager
Peter Western
Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 21, 1991
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 15m
Content RatingG
Box Office$40,766,041
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Wiki.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (also known as An American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West or An American Tail II) is a 1991 American animated Western comedy film directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells (in their feature directorial debuts), with producer Steven Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment and animated by his Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. A sequel to 1986's An American Tail, the film follows the story of the Mousekewitzes, a family of Russian-Jewish mice who emigrate to the Wild West. In it, Fievel is separated from his family as the train approaches the American Old West; the film chronicles him and Sheriff Wylie Burp teaching Tiger how to act like a dog.
Fievel Goes West was the first production for the short-lived Amblimation, a studio Spielberg set up to keep the animators of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) working. It is also the only Amblimation film to use cel animation, the last in the series to do so, and the last to be released in theaters. While the animation medium was transitioning to computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Spielberg wanted almost all of the animation of Fievel Goes West to be hand-drawn, describing animation as "an arts-and-crafts business". He also wanted the animation to have a "live-action" feel. Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, and Erica Yohn reprise their roles from the first film for Fievel Goes West. Tanya's original voice actor, Amy Green, was replaced by Cathy Cavadini, and new characters were voiced by John Cleese, Amy Irving, Jon Lovitz, and James Stewart in his final film role. James Horner returned as a composer and wrote the film's song "Dreams to Dream", which garnered a Golden Globe nomination.
Premiering at the Kennedy Center on November 17, 1991, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West began its American theatrical run on November 22. This was the same day Walt Disney Pictures' Beauty and the Beast (1991) was distributed, making it the third instance of two animated films being released on the same date. Fievel Goes West was promoted with a wide array of tie-ins and started in the top ten at the box office. The film grossed $22 million in the United States against a budget of $16 million. Some film journalists and executives attributed this to having to compete with the Disney film.
Upon its release, Fievel Goes West was panned for a lack of perceived innovation compared to other animated films of its time. However, it found success when it came to home video sales, quickly reaching the top of the video charts when released on tape in March 1992; at the time, the film held the record for shortest theater-to-home-video transfer, and it has since gained a large cult following. In addition to garnering more home media releases, TV lairings, and video game adaptations later on, the film has made numerous 2010s retrospective best-of lists from online publications, especially best Netflix-available Western films. Fievel Goes West was followed by a short-lived CBS series named Fievel's American Tails and two direct-to-video films: An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) and An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999).