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21 November 1986 (USA)
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Tagline:
This Holiday Season Steven Spielberg and Don Bluth bring you a magical experience. A musical journey. And a story that will live in your heart forever. more
Plot:
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets seperated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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4 nominations
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(7 articles)
Community Review: "Environmental Science"
(From TVfanatic. 20 November 2009, 7:31 AM, PST)
'Community' recap: Beneath the pale moonlight
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 20 November 2009, 5:41 AM, PST)
(From TVfanatic. 20 November 2009, 7:31 AM, PST)
'Community' recap: Beneath the pale moonlight
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 20 November 2009, 5:41 AM, PST)
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A celebration of the American Dream
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Erica Yohn | ... | Mama Mousekewitz (voice) |
 | Nehemiah Persoff | ... | Papa Mousekewitz (voice) |
| Amy Green | ... | Tanya Mousekewitz (voice) |
| Phillip Glasser | ... | Fievel Mousekewitz (voice) |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Henri (voice) |
 | John Finnegan | ... | Warren T. Rat (voice) |
| Will Ryan | ... | Digit (voice) |
| Hal Smith | ... | Moe (voice) |
| Pat Musick | ... | Tony Toponi (voice) |
| Cathianne Blore | ... | Bridget (voice) |
| Neil Ross | ... | Honest John (voice) |
 | Madeline Kahn | ... | Gussie Mausheimer (voice) |
 | Dom DeLuise | ... | Tiger (voice) |
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80 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Australia:G |
Canada:F (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Portugal:M/6 |
Finland:K-6 (1987) |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
Iceland:L |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:G |
Sweden:7 |
UK:U |
USA:G |
West Germany:6
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The opening scene of the ship's arrival in America (at Castle Garden) is based on a photograph in Christian Weekly magazine from March 28, 1874. On the barge is written, Einwanderer Beforderung, which means "Immigrant Transfer" in German.
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Continuity: At the end of the song "Never Say Never", Henri and Fievel are standing by a hole in the unfinished Statue of Liberty, facing the tablet on her left hand. From inside, the top of the tablet appears to be some distance below the hole, but as Fievel is flown to immigration, the hole is seen level to the bottom half of the tablet.
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Mama Mousekewitz: Fievel! Tanya! Stop that twirling, twirling! I mean it!
Papa Mousekewitz: But Mama, it's Hannukah.
Mama Mousekewitz: For you, every night is Hannukah.
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Mama Mousekewitz: Fievel! Tanya! Stop that twirling, twirling! I mean it!
Papa Mousekewitz: But Mama, it's Hannukah.
Mama Mousekewitz: For you, every night is Hannukah.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)
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Soundtrack:
Stars and Stripes Forever
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As a non-American who has heard so often of The American Dream, I saw this movie as a celebration of that dream. The flight of the poor and oppressed (and Jewish?) from Europe to the proposed Land of Freedom and Wealth (There are no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese?) to find more poverty and oppression (workhouses, cats and workhouse tout Warren T. Rat), but with the opportunity to do something about it that they did not have in the old country.
The song "Somewhere Out There" is quite perfectly matched with Fyvel and his family searching for each other, and the version heard in the movie is rather more expressive than the released single.
It is not necessarily fun for the whole family. Children will find it fun. Adults will find it interesting, not so much in fun as in pride and awareness, at least if they are Americans .