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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) 6.2
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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Cast
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| Phillip Glasser | ... |
Fievel
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| James Stewart | ... |
Wylie
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Erica Yohn | ... |
Mama
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| Cathy Cavadini | ... |
Tanya
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| Nehemiah Persoff | ... |
Papa
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| Dom DeLuise | ... |
Tiger
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| Amy Irving | ... |
Miss Kitty
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| John Cleese | ... |
Cat R. Waul
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| Jon Lovitz | ... |
Chula
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Jack Angel | ... |
Additional Voices
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Mickie McGowan | ... |
Additional Voices
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Fausto Bara | ... |
Additional Voices
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Larry Moss | ... |
Additional Voices
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| Vanna Bonta | ... |
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Nigel Pegram | ... |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan. Unaware of this, the Mousekewitz's begin their journey west, while their true cat friend, Tiger, follows intent on following his girlfriend gone in the same direction. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 November 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
An American Tail II See more »Box Office
Gross:
$22,166,041 (USA)Company Credits
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[the skeleton rises up and tries to attack Tiger; Tiger turns around and the skeleton goes back to where it was]
Tiger: ... vacuum cleaners.
[the skeleton rises up again, then back when Tiger turns; this happens repeatedly until the skeleton breaks into a tap-dance routine and collapses]
Tiger: Dancing buffalo bones. Nah!
[...]
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Music by James Horner and Barry Mann
Lyrics by Cynthia Weil
Performed by Cathy Cavadini
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Did You Know?
Trivia
One of the flyers in Miss Kitty's dressing room lists scene planner Harald Kraut as the manager of the "Pine Street Theatre." See more »Goofs
When Fievel says "Let's go on that ride again!" after the can goes down the last waterfall, his voice is sped up. See more »Quotes
Tiger: [Passes by a buffalo skeleton] Don't they ever dust this place? A guy can make a fortune out here selling...[the skeleton rises up and tries to attack Tiger; Tiger turns around and the skeleton goes back to where it was]
Tiger: ... vacuum cleaners.
[the skeleton rises up again, then back when Tiger turns; this happens repeatedly until the skeleton breaks into a tap-dance routine and collapses]
Tiger: Dancing buffalo bones. Nah!
[...]
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Crazy Credits
Instead of showing the traditional Amblin logo (the one of Elliot going on the bicycle and flying up to the moon) the logo says, "Amblimation" and Fievel is pushing it, then he stands next to it and his hat falls down over his eyes. See more »Soundtracks
"Somewhere Out There"Music by James Horner and Barry Mann
Lyrics by Cynthia Weil
Performed by Cathy Cavadini
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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.