Movie
An American Tail
Preteen film with a runtime of 80 minutes, released in 1986. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Featuring a nice mixture of laughter and tears suitable for the entire family, Don Bluth's most successful animated feature, American Tail follows the tuneful adventures of Fievel Mouskewitz, a plucky late-19th-century Russian-Jewish mouse who with his family stows away aboard a ship bound for America to escape further oppression and extermination at the Czarist claws of the ruling Russian cats. Unfortunately, little Fievel ends up trapped in a bottle and landing in New York City alone. At first the city's bustling streets are terrifying to the tiny mouse. Not all his fellow rodents are friendly, and the Big Apple cats are definitely dangers to be avoided. Still, he is determined to find his family. Things perk up a bit though when Fievel becomes friends with Tiger, the vegetarian cat. One song from the film, "Somewhere out There" was a chart-topping hit and earned an Oscar nomination.
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Cast
- Nehemiah Persoff
- Hal Smith
- Dan Molina
- Will Ryan
- Tony Geiss
- Nehemiah Persoff
- Phillip Glasser
- Erica Yohn
- Judy Freudberg
- Steven Spielberg
- Neil Ross
- Kate Barker
- Dom DeLuise
- Christopher Plummer
- Madeline Kahn
- Deborah Jelin
- Frank Marshall
- John Finnegan
- Kathleen Kennedy
- Philip Glasser
- Pat Musick
- Amy Green
- David Kirschner
- Cathianne Blore
