An American Tail (franchise)
An American Tail | |
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Created by | |
Original work | An American Tail (1986) |
Owner | |
Years | 1986–1999 |
Films and television | |
Film(s) |
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Animated series | Fievel's American Tails (1992) |
Direct-to-video | |
Games | |
Video game(s) |
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Audio | |
Original music | " 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
Media
Films
An American Tail
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
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
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]
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 films.
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 Wayforward Technologies and published 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. It received mediocre reviews and is only formatted for younger players.[6]
An American Tail
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]
Music
"Somewhere Out There"
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"Dreams to Dream"
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Other
Fievel's American Tails
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
An American Tail Theatre was a live stage show based on An American Tail: Fievel Goes West at various
Cast and characters
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- S indicates an appearance as a character's singing voice.
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 CathcartS | |||||
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 MillerS | |||||
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 |
Crew
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 |
Critical response
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 | — | — |
References
- ^ "Reviews – No One Puts You in the Movies Like We Do!". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 9. August 1993. p. 94.
- ^ "An American Tail: 4 Movie Complete Collection". Amazon. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "Sunday Matinee – "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West"". The Jimmy Stewart Museum. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Eileen (December 25, 1999). "'Mummy' Shoots Universal's Sales Over $1 Bil.; Retailers Win with Sight and Sound". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52.
- ^ Nichols, Peter M. (July 28, 2000). "Home Video; It's a Sequel? O.K., I'll Take It". The New York Times. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ "Fievel and the Lost Treasure". Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- Gamasutra. UBM. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- Gamespy. IGN. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "An American Tail (2007) — Backloggd". Backloggd.com.
- ^ "Watch Fievel's American Tails on Peacock".
- ^ "An American Tail". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "An American Tail". Metacritic. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "An American Tail 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 18, 2023.