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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) -- A family of Emigre mice decide to move out to the west, unaware that they are falling into a trap perpetrated by a smooth talking cat.
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Overview

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Writers:
David Kirschner (creator)
Charles Swenson (story)
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Release Date:
22 November 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
Look out pardners, there's a new mouse in town!
Plot:
A family of Emigre mice decide to move out to the west, unaware that they are falling into a trap perpetrated by a smooth talking cat. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
Better than the original more (38 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Phillip Glasser ... Fievel (voice)

James Stewart ... Wylie (voice)
Erica Yohn ... Mama (voice)

Cathy Cavadini ... Tanya (voice)

Nehemiah Persoff ... Papa (voice)

Dom DeLuise ... Tiger (voice)

Amy Irving ... Miss Kitty (voice)

John Cleese ... Cat R. Waul (voice)

Jon Lovitz ... Chula (voice)
Jack Angel ... Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan ... Additional Voices (voice) (as Mickie Mc Gowan)
Fausto Bara ... Additional Voices (voice)
Larry Moss ... Additional Voices (voice)

Vanna Bonta ... Additional Voices (voice)
Nigel Pegram ... Additional Voices (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
An American Tail II (International: English title) (informal title)
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Runtime:
75 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
"Dreams To Dream" was originally recorded by Céline Dion, but the producers favored Linda Ronstadt, who sang the theme song, "Somewhere Out There", in An American Tail (1986). more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When Fievel rides the tumbleweed he goes past armadillos. Armadillos were not found very far north of Texas in the 1800s. more
Quotes:
Papa Mousekiwitz: They call America the land of oppurtunity. Oppurtunity for what? For children to play in the filthy streets? To never see the sun shine? Fievel's birthday is coming! And we don't even have enough money for presents.
Fievel: Oh, Papa, I don't care.
Tanya Mousekewitz: I could always sing in front of the gift shop, and maybe they'll throw presents.
Papa Mousekiwitz: How sweetly blessed I am to have such fine children! Maybe things will get better!
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Movie Connections:
References Casablanca (1942) more
Soundtrack:
Dreams to Dream more

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Better than the original, 21 August 2005
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Author: MovieAddict2009 from UK

I enjoyed the original "American Tail" movie because of its appeal towards adults as well as children (it uses mice and cats as a metaphor for the Jews and Germans during WWII, with immigrants fleeing to the US). However the dark edge of the movie was a bit too much for me and I felt as a children's tale it was probably a bit too scary.

Don Bluth returned in '91 to film the sequel to his last hit, this one a satire of the westerns. Fievel the mischievous mouse returns as his parents are shipping off to Green River to escape the cats, led by Cat R. Wall (voiced by John Cleese).

Along the way a spider (voiced by Jon Lovitz) tries to kill Fievel and he falls off the train, into the desert, where he pines for his feline friend from the first film (voiced by Dom DeLuise).

Eventually Fievel finds his way out of the desert and finds a dog-sheriff (voiced by Jimmy Stewart) who decides to help train him so that he can fight off Cat R. Wall, who has moved out west to spread his reign of terror.

I enjoy this movie more than the first one because it's not as dark (something I just have a problem with in a kid's movie). The satire isn't as strong and the whole WWII edge is lost but it still retains the cats vs. mice, which is a nice element.

The animation in my opinion is more classical and the musical sequences are more lively. The voice talents are far more impressive and I love Jimmy Stewart and John Cleese in this movie - talk about great casting! Overall this is better than the original and it surprises me that more people don't actually know about it. As a nice little family adventure film it's pretty entertaining and in terms of animation it represents everything Don Bluth is known for.

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