It is the 1991 sequel to the 1986 film An American Tail , the second film released in the American Tail series, and the fourth installment in terms of the series' fictional chronology. An American Tail Movie Book. It was alleged by fans that Tony's role was arguably limited because of his marriage with Bridget, but the main reason for his limited appearance is possibly because of his voice actress, Pa… Mama Mousekewitz voiced by Erica Yohn and 2 others . Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. Shortly after, the mouse community falls under another attack by the cats—-this time led by an aristocratic cat named Cat R. Waul—-forcing the mice, including Fievel's family, to flee into the sewers. [103] The release was pulled from the shelves in January 1993. The Fievel mouse discovers the secret world of mice lying deep beneath the city. [40] It also has the 124th all-time biggest opening weekend for a G-rated film,[41] opening in fourth place with $3,435,625;[42] and has 60th smallest weekend drop for a film in 600-plus theaters thanks to its second week grossing $3,782,080. Here are the buzz-worthy titles you're going to want to mark on your calendar. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Synopsis. Amblin Entertainment previously competed with Disney twice: in 1986 when the first American Tail competed with a re-issue of Lady and the Tramp (1955) and in 1988 when it released The Land Before Time around the same time as Oliver & Company. [47] As of December 1, 2019, it is the 141st highest domestic-grossing G-rated film of all time[48] and 123rd worldwide. A Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game of the same name was released in 1994; it was heavily praised by video game critics for its presentation, although its simple gameplay garnered divided opinions. 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. [6], The voices were recorded over a 10-day period at Interlock Studios (now Larson Studios) at Crossroads of the World in Los Angeles in 1989, ten takes for each actor at varying speeds and phrasing. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. Upon arrival at Green River, Chula blocks up the water tower, drying up the river. Was this review helpful to you? (a shot of the poster for said sequel, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, is displayed in the corner) It's a cowboy movie! While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country. [134], On July 19, 1991, the Los Angeles Daily News announced Anita Baker would sing "Dreams to Dream",[138] but this did not happen. Description; Shipping and payments; eBay item number: 114662186446. Meanwhile, Fievel is chased by Chula and briefly taken prisoner, but flees. [90], The Jimmy Stewart Museum, a museum dedicated to Stewart, has presented Fievel Goes West four times: on September 6, 2015,[91] January 9, 2016,[92] March 11, 2017,[93] and July 8, 2017. [49] By contrast, the original film made $47.4 million in the U.S. in 1986, a record at the time for a non-Disney animated one, and a further $36 million overseas, for a total of $84 million. However, they each figure that the other is a mirage and continue on their separate ways. Full-length cartoons need the subplots to hold children's attention. With dreams of becoming a famous cowboy, Fievel is lured to the frontier by the crafty con artist Cat R. Waul. Celebrate Black History Month with some of the most iconic figures in Hollywood. Tony, assumed to be a few years older, only appears as a background character in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as a cameo. From shop TheOddOwl. He also wanted the animation to have a "live-action" feel. [50], According to The Washington Post, Fievel Goes West tied with For the Boys (1991) for "the dubious if unofficial distinction of the fastest failure of a big-budget holiday movie. $9.75. Fievel Mousekewitz voiced by Phillip Glasser and 3 others . [124] In 2020, NBCUniversal regained rights to the series and is set to stream on Peacock,[125] over two decades after being abandoned since the release of the DTV films in the late 1990s. If You Build It, He Will Come, or Paint It as in Michelangelo’s Case. "[28] Multiple reviewers condemned Fievel Goes West's lack of a cohesive story[58][59][60][61][62] and extremely fast pace. remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. [79], In the late 2010s, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West was recognized on publication lists of best Netflix-available westerns,[80] ranking in the top ten of lists by Paste[81] and The Daily Dot. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio and Universal Animation Studios, and released by Universal Pictures. [11] According to Cavadini, there was another woman initially planned to voice Tanya but left the project, so Cavadini replaced her. "[62] While Terry found most of the characters unmemorable,[63] he and other reviewers praised the presence of Wylie Burp. Fievel wants to be a lawman and his sister wants to make it as a dance hall singer. Saddle up with brave little Fievel and his beloved family on a full-length animated adventure to the rowdy Wild West. I loved every minute of this movie. [70], Time Out London published an ecstatic review of Fievel Goes West: "Miles better than the overrated American Tail, this laugh-packed sequel boasts all the classic elements so often missing from modern cartoon features: a straightforward zip-zang-boom storyline, clearly etched characters with instantly identifiable flaws, tip-top voice-overs by well-chosen celebrities, and oodles of elasticated slapstick. I recommend this movie to anyone who loves a good cartoon movie. It's an indication of the general confusion that there isn't a single major horse character in this animated western. A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men. Solomon criticized the little amount of "nuances of thought and emotion" in the characters;[60] The New York Times summarized the movie's take on the West as "surprisingly dull;"[64] Kield felt that some scenes, especially those that take place in the West, could've been a bit lighter;[68] and The Austin Chronicle opined that "the foregrounds are expressive but the backgrounds are bland and uninspired. The success of one doesn't depend on the failure of the other. Play An American Tail – Fievel Goes West for SNES. [18], An American Tail: Fievel Goes West was Steve Hickner's first time as an associate producer, a position that forced him to be more sociable than he usually was; he later took his experience on the film as valuable, as it taught him the lesson of "acting [giving him] way to actual behavior". [23] It made its worldwide premiere at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as their big children's theatre recital performance, on November 17, 1991, where 275 inner-city kids that were guests of Fannie Mae's company attended the event; the children also made their own American Tail storybook and posed with a costume version of Fievel for pictures. A Dinosaur's Story (1993), Balto (1995), and a screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats which never saw completion. Choose from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West sheet music for such popular songs as Dreams to Dream (Finale Version), . While this resulted in the re-insertion of Ronstadt's voice, Horner's experience with recording the song with Dion led her to singing on a later Horner-composed song, "My Heart Will Go On". "[6] Production manager Cynthia Woodbyrne explained that "he wanted us to keep the camera moving all the time", a technique imposed in cuts such as the film's sewer ride sequence and a 360-degree pan shot of the film's desert vista. [incomplete] *The movie begins as we see a place of the old west called Texas, then we see the title "An Americam Tail: Fievel Goes West". The film was not directed by Don Bluth, but was instead directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells. A computer game based on the film was created in 1993. [33] Boxtress also released an illustrated book version of the film written by Cathy East Dubowski and Beverly Lazor-Bahr.[34]. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a 1994 Super NES video game based on the film of the same name. This retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic fairy tale has the digit-sized heroine evading the clutches of various toads, moles, and beetles before she can proceed with her courtship with her dream lover, Prince Cornelius. Kenneth Chisholm , An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. [16], Apart from one computer-generated pick-up shot of the valley's ground, all of the film was hand-drawn animated; and the process was so intensive that it took at least one week to complete a minute of animation, around sixty artists to paint approximately 230,000 cels,[17] and a week for a single animator to finish three seconds of animation. In addition to garnering more home media releases, TV airings, 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. James Horner returned as a composer and wrote the film's song "Dreams to Dream", which garnered a Golden Globe nomination. 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. [105] On August 11, 1998, as part of Universal Family Features's highly-family-demanded $15-million campaign to relaunch the American Tail franchise after a six-year moratorium; digitally-restored versions of An American Tail and Fievel Goes West were released on VHS on a 2-tape release. Fievel is unsure about taking it, but realizes that his journey is not over. It's stylized without being arty. It is the second game released based on the film of the same name, the other title being an adventure game for DOS, published by Capstone Software. Tanya becomes a famous singer and the water tower flows with 9,000 gallons of water again, making Green River bloom with thousands of flowers. Tiger is reluctant at first, but relents at the suggestion that a new persona might win back Miss Kitty. [4] The screenplay was written by Flint Dille, who was led to the position by writing for Spielberg's Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–92). [44] Fievel Goes West eventually made just over $22 million domestically, and $18 million overseas, for a total of $40,766,041;[45] making it the 15th highest-grossing film of 1991 in the United States[46] and the 37th highest grosser of the year worldwide. [118] Unlike the previous home media releases, the film has a sequence edited, like the infamous hidden penis doodle that was briefly seen during Tanya's version of "Dreams to Dream" was removed, thanks to the controversy. [67] However, one reviewer appreciated the bits of "sophisticated humor" and Holocaust undertones in the script,[63] and another highlighted its gag, such as the scene of Tiger being taken captive by the Indian mice. [35] Another official of the company explained that he had little faith in the project, describing it as "charmless" and its animation "pedestrian". (grins and nods) (The title for this movie is displayed, followed by footage of it. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Cast . Report item - opens in a new window or tab. Fievel and family continue their pursuit of the American dream by heading West. "[51] Some journalists and film executives attributed the film's weak box office to the intense competition it faced with Beauty and the Beast. [78] In a 1993 newspaper feature about portrayals of females in animated films, journalist Ann Doss Helms disliked how most animated women had no other characters of the same gender to motivate or guide them; the writer criticized how little attention Tanya's parents gave to her aspirations, but praised the advice Miss Kitty gave to Tanya, suggesting "there's hope that things are changing". The fact that, unlike other Bluth films, An American Tail ended with a Sequel Hook and was actually intended to have a sequel did help swing opinions in its favor when it was announced. [3] Kirschner started pre-production as Spielberg was setting up filming for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) in Europe. The high-pitched and sped-up YouTube Audio Library track "Horses to Water" by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena plays throughout) [7] At the time, Amblimation was also developing We're Back! They are trying to get away from cats, but they find their move doesn't work out as easy as they would like. [22] It was moved to the fall of 1991 in November 1990. Tiger [51][52][28][53] However, it wasn't competing with the Disney production in Canada, and it failed there too according to a Universal executive, who also blamed Spielberg's lack of involvement in the marketing due to being too busy on Hook. [43] However, it also holds the record of the 119th post-thanksgiving weekend drops. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Look out pardners, there's a new mouse in town!. Play An American Tail – Fievel Goes West online. [28][99] Nichols and Tower Video's John Thrasher predicted it would do well in sales due to a lack of competition. According to Nichols, three million copies were rumored to be circulated, although MCA/Universal was willing to reveal the real number. According to Nibbelink, "Much of the improvisation and gags in the film comes from the tape, about 50 percent. [19], Fievel Goes West was initially planned for a fall 1990 release, but it was delayed to a late 1991 date. "[59] The Radio Times enjoyed the animation the least, "the animation could easily have been done in the 1940s, such is its flat traditionalism. Dennis Hunt suggested "the complex story line and the scary villains didn't quite click with the kiddies",[54] and Bernard Weinraub wrote that "even children were not especially interested in an old-fashioned animated movie". For An American Tail: Fievel Goes West on the Super Nintendo, GameFAQs has 2 reviews, 2 critic reviews, and 16 user screenshots. "[6] Nancy Beiman originally worked as a regular animator on Fievel Goes West, but became a supervisor on the project six months after she entered Amblimation. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. "[86] Both Fievel Goes West and the first American Tail were tied for the number-five spot of a list of best non-Disney films from My Web Times: "Political and historical, these feature some fab songs and fun voice-over work from the likes of Jimmy Stewart (in his last role), John Cleese, Madeline Kahn and Dom DeLuise. Tanya Mousekewitz voiced by Cathy Cavadini and 2 others . An American Tail and An American Tail Fievel Goes West UK VHS 2001 Cover.png . An American Tail Fievel Goes West Vintage 1991 Kids Books Paperback Retro Paper Ephemera Retro TheOddOwl. 5 out of 5 stars (1,552) 1,552 reviews. While walking out of town, Fievel stops to talk with an elderly bloodhound sleeping outside the jail, discovering that he is actually Wylie Burp. [38] Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg stated in regards to the competition, "We've competed with Amblin before and learned that there's enough room for both. The hero, Wylie Burp, … He later stumbles into the saloon where he overhears the cats' plan yet again before he is discovered once more by Cat R. Waul. It is set chronologically fourth in the in-series timeline. [131][132], The soundtrack was composed by James Horner and includes "Dreams to Dream", which was nominated for a Golden Globe award[136] and a contender by the Academy Award voters for a Best Original Song nomination,[137] although didn't receive one. "[65] Some reviewers were also uncomforted by the Indian mice tribe as being racially insensitive. Tanya rushes to the mice and, using her singing (and knowing that Cat R. Waul will not allow the trap to be triggered if she is there), alerts them to the trap and warns them to flee. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is the first sequel to An American Tail.It was released through Universal on November 22, 1991.. [25] Along with competing with an unusual number of family films with middling budgets such as The Addams Family, Curly Sue , My Girl, and Spielberg's Hook;[26][27][28] both Beauty and the Beast and Fievel Goes West were promoted with, as of the films' release date, the most expensive set of film tie-ins ever. It received mixed critical reviews upon its release, with criticism pointed towards the story and fast pace, although the animation, humor, musical score, and voice acting received praise. The music was really good. An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley. A fond memory of a kids movie. Seeing this, Cat R. Waul unveils a giant revolver, which he fires at the fleeing mice as a makeshift cannon, until Wylie catapults Fievel to the gun, which the mouse quickly intercepts from and attempts to use against Cat R. Waul. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a 1991 American animated western film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. This is my absolutely most favorite cartoon movie ever. On September 12, 1992, the TV series Fievel's American Tails premiered on CBS; it is a follow-up of Fievel Goes West and features actors such as Glasser, Cavadini and DeLuise reprising their roles. Use the HTML below. While the first film was directed by Don Bluth, direction was handled by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells in their directorial debut for the sequel. Meanwhile, Fievel is wandering aimlessly through the desert, as is Tiger, who has found his way out west as well, and they pass each other. [101][102] On April 10, 1992, the U.S. The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus. [111] In the United Kingdom, it first appeared on December 6, 2006, on DVD as part of a Slim 2 box set that featured the first two American Tail films. 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[14] As Fievel Goes West was a parody of Western films, the animators heavily studied the works of John Ford and Sergio Leone. Print instantly, or sync to our free PC, web and mobile apps. [6] Spielberg instructed his animators to take on a "live-action" method to animating the film. [7] As Bluth explained, "the business deal wasn't such that it helped our company. [66][60] Empire opined that, despite its enjoyable comedic relief characters and "fantastic chase scenes", Fievel Goes West suffered from being "fairly predictable". [8], Don Bluth, who had partnered with Steven Spielberg on both the original film and The Land Before Time (1988), was set to direct and have Sullivan Bluth Studios provide the animation;[9] owing to creative differences, however, they parted ways. [35] Other writers blamed it on the content. 3 minutes 45 seconds Added: May 26, 2020 There, they come across a mouse in a cowboy outfit, who is fact a mouse marionette controlled by Cat R. Waul, who entices the mice into moving yet again to a better life out west. "[89] A 2016 review from Greg Jameson of Entertainment Focus opined it "has less universal appeal than the original, because the themes aren't as rooted in human experience so it packs less of an emotional punch." An American Tail Movie Book is a 1998 Interactive storybook for Windows and Macintosh developed by Wayforward Technologies and published by Sound Source Interactive. American Tail, An - Fievel Goes West (VHS, 1992) $6.00 + $2.89 shipping. I'm a big fan. "[73] Halliwell's Film Guide labeled Fievel Goes West as an "enjoyable and high-spirited animated film that borrows plot and attitudes from classic Westerns. [82] It was also number 24 on GameSpot's "25 Best '90s Movies On Netflix",[83] appeared on Wonderwall's list of best animated sequels,[84] and landed on a Cosmopolitan list of "50 Movies You Definitely Watched in the '90s and Forgot About". In order to defeat the Grand Duke of Owls, a young boy transformed into a cat teams up with a group of barnyard animals to find a rooster who can raise the sun. [68] Roger Hurlburt called its animation "bright and sassy, "colorful backdrops" and "eye-filling uses of exciting angles". This one is a classic. Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, and Erica Yohn reprise their roles from the first film for Fievel Goes West. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (also known as An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West or An American Tail II) is a 1991 British-American animated comedy Western film directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells with producer Steven Spielberg for his Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. An American Tail Fievel Goes West - VHS McDonald's Promo Copy New Factory Sealed. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (also known as An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West or An American Tail II) is a 1991 British-American animated comedy Western film directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells with producer Steven Spielberg for his Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all. Chichester with art by George Wildman.[123]. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? "[10], With Cleese as the first choice for Cat R. Waul,[6] he was approached in 1989 by one of the film's producers at what Cleese vaguely called "the Italian Oscars". Somewhere in the west, a small town called Western Town where the Wild West hero named Wylie Burp was surround by the Cactus Cat Gang* Fievel: (voiceover) And then. An American Tail and An American Tail Fievel Goes West UK VHS 2001 Tape.png . Maybe we put too much faith in a sequel Fievel's American Tails when our audience had grown out of [An American Tail] six years later. Here I review this SNES-specific game, in which you control a little Russian mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz. Spielberg is entertaining animators in a whirlwind round of cocktail parties and offering huge fees for signing up with him. The images are clear and include some of the cast: Sheriff Wylie Burp, Fievel, Tanya, Yasha, Cat R. Waul, and T. R. Chula the spider in Bluth stated in April 1992 that he regretted his decision, admitting that he disliked the final product of Fievel Goes West and "maybe we could've helped that film a little more. Tiger is captured by mouse Indians and hailed as a god. [18] She enjoying working on Kitty for Irving's Mae West-esque delivery and the "scatterbrained dialogue" giving her "a lot of freedom in [the character's] choreography". Fievel Goes West was followed by a short-lived CBS series named Fievel's American Tails and two direct-to-video sequels and prequels: An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) and An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999). [12] Spielberg met Stewart at a party asking him to voice Wylie Burp, and all of Stewart's lines were recorded in ten days; his last involvement in a Western was in The Shootist (1976).[13]. Fievel is picked up by a hawk, dropped over the mouse Indian village and reunites with Tiger. Tiger, Wylie and Fievel intervene and battle the cats, during which Miss Kitty and Tanya discover the trap. They go back to Green River to fight the cats, who attempt to kill the mice at sunset during the opening of Cat R. Waul's saloon using a concealed giant mouse trap. A time traveling scientist goes back to prehistoric times and feeds dinosaurs a magic cereal that increases their intelligence - next they land in modern New York City for a series of comic adventures. Review/Film; Immigrant Mice Face the Frontier", An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_American_Tail:_Fievel_Goes_West&oldid=1005948414, American children's animated adventure films, American children's animated comedy films, American children's animated musical films, Films about immigration to the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using multiple image with manual scaled images, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 February 2021, at 06:10.

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