An American Tail (franchise)
| An American Tail | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Don Bluth (1) Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells (2) Larry Latham (3-4) |
| Produced by |
Don Bluth Gary Goldman John Pomeroy (1) Steven Spielberg Robert Watts (2) Larry Latham (3-4) |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 1986 - 1999 |
An American Tail is a franchise based on the 1986 animated 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 a couple of attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood including "Fievel's Playland" and "An American Tail Show".[1]
Media
Films
An American Tail
An American Tail is a 1986 film which follows Fievel and his family as they immigrate from Ukraine to the United States and how he subsequently gets lost and aims to reunite with them.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a 1991 western sequel to An American Tail.
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island is a 1998 direct-to-video sequel. Its subplot became a serious issue, as regarded by Common Sense Media.[2]
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster is a 1999 direct-to-video sequel.
Video games
An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends
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 movies.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
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
An American Tail Movie Book is a 1998 Interactive storybook for Windows and Macintosh developed by Sound Source Interactive.
An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush
An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush is a 2002 platform game for Game Boy Advance developed by Hokus-Pokus.
An American Tail
An American Tail is a 2007 platform game for Playstation 2 developed by Data Design Interactive based on the 1986 film of the same name, only released in Europe.
Music
"Somewhere Out There"
"Somewhere Out There" is the theme song of An American Tail, performed by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram.
"Dreams to Dream"
"Dreams to Dream" is the theme song of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, performed by Linda Ronstadt.
Other
Fievel's American Tails
Fievel's American Tails is a 1992 spin-off TV series which continued the story of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.
An American Tail Theatre
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.
Cast and characters
| Characters | Films | Television series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Papa Mousekewitz | Nehemiah Persoff | Lloyd Battista | |||
| Mama Mouskewitz | Erica Yohn | Jane Singer | Susan Silo | ||
| Tanya Mousekewitz | Amy Green | Cathy Cavadini | Lacey Chabert | Cathy Cavadini | |
| Betsy Cathcart (singing voice) | |||||
| Tiger | Dom DeLuise | ||||
| Tony Toponi | Pat Musick | Silent cameo | Pat Musick | ||
| Warren T. Rat | John Finnegan | ||||
| Bridget | Cathianne Blore | Silent cameo | |||
| Honest John | Neil Ross | ||||
| Henri | Christopher Plummer | Silent cameo | |||
| 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 (singing voice) | |||||
| Chief Wulisso | David Carradine | ||||
| Mr. Grasping | Ron Perlman | ||||
| Nellie Brie | Susan Boyd | ||||
| Madame Mousey | Candi Milo | ||||
| Reed Daley | Robert Hays | ||||
| Twitch | John Mariano | ||||
| Lone Woof | John Garry | ||||
| Sweet William | Silent cameo | Kenneth Mars | |||
Crew
| Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Composer | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Nick Fletcher | |
| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Larry Latham | Larry Latham | Len Uhley | Patrick Griffin Michael Tavera |
Danik Thomas |
| An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Michael Tavera |
Critical reception
References
- ↑ "Reviews - No One puts you in the Movies like we do!". GameFan. Vol. 1 no. 9. August 1993. p. 94.
- ↑ "Scarier and darker than the past films". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
- ↑ "An American Tail". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ "An American Tail 2". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ "An American Tail 3". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ "An American Tail 4". Rotten Tomatoes.