An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Directors:

Phil Nibbelink
Simon Wells

Writers:

David Kirschner (creator)
Charles Swenson (story)
(more)

Release Date:

22 November 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Western

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.

Plot Keywords:

Mouse | Slingshot | American Tail | Monument Valley | Cat Versus Mouse

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

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)
Philip L. Clarke	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Philip Clarke)
Patrick Pinney	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lisa Raggio	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Annie Holliday	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lawrence Steffan	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David Tate	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lev Mailer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Robert Watts	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Phil Nibbelink
Simon Wells

Writing credits
David Kirschner		(creator)
Charles Swenson		(story)
Flint Dille		(screenplay)

Produced by
Steve Hickner	....	associate producer (as Stephen Hickner)
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer
David Kirschner	....	executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer
Steven Spielberg	....	producer
Robert Watts	....	producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Casting by
Valerie McCaffrey
Nancy Nayor

Art Direction by
Neil Ross

Production Management
Martin Cohen	....	post-production supervisor
Cynthia Henrich-Woodbyrne	....	production manager (as Cynthia Woodbyrne)

Sound Department
Charlie Ajar Jr.	....	sound recordist
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Kevin Bartnof	....	foley artist
Michael C. Casper	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Jerry Edemann	....	assistant sound editor
Louis L. Edemann	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Gerard	....	re-recording mixer (as Thomas Gerard)
Leonard T. Geschke	....	sound effects editor
Marilyn Graf	....	foley recordist
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Doug Jackson	....	sound effects editor
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Daniel J. Leahy	....	re-recording mixer (as Daniel Leahy)
Angie Luckey	....	assistant sound editor
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound effects editor (as Don Malouf)
Gary Mundheim	....	sound effects editor (as Gary M. Mundheim)
Chuck Neely	....	supervising sound editor
Mel Neiman	....	processed sound effects
Alan L. Nineberg	....	adr editor (as Alan Nineberg)
Rod Rogers	....	assistant adr editor
Larry Singer	....	supervising adr editor
Bernard Weiser	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Philippe Angeles	....	effects assistant
Guner Behich	....	effects inbetweener
Laurent Ben-Mimoun	....	airbrush artist
Jon Brooks	....	effects animator
Michaela Budde	....	effects inbetweener
Steven Burch	....	effects animator (as Steve Burch)
Glenn Chaika	....	effects animator
Craig Clark	....	effects animator
Ed Coffey	....	effects animator
Fran Doyle	....	effects assistant
Paul van Geyt	....	effects animator
Mick Harper	....	effects assistant
Duncan Henry	....	effects inbetweener
Al Holter	....	effects animator
Kristine Humber	....	effects assistant
Hock-Lian Law	....	effects animator
Vito Lo Russo	....	effects animator
Brice Mallier	....	effects animator
Stephen McDermott	....	effects inbetweener
Pat C. Morton	....	effects assistant
Amanda Normington	....	effects assistant (as Amanda Talbot)
John O'Neill	....	effects inbetweener
Albert Price	....	effects inbetweener
Barney Russell	....	effects assistant
Scott Santoro	....	special effects supervisor
Christian Schmidt	....	airbrush artist
Mike Smith	....	effects animator
Alexs Stadermann	....	effects animator (as Alex Staderman)
Richard Tang	....	effects inbetweener
H. Grace Waddington	....	effects assistant (as Grace Waddington)
Stephanie Walker	....	effects assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart Campbell	....	camera operator
Robert Edward Crawford	....	camera supervisor (as Robert Crawford)
Deirdre Creed	....	assistant camera
Tim Francis	....	camera operator
Stuart Holloway	....	camera operator
Barry Newton	....	camera operator
Brian Riley	....	camera operator
Russell Tagg	....	camera operator
Graham Tiernan	....	camera operator
Jay Watson	....	assistant camera
James C.J. Williams	....	assistant camera (as James Williams)
Kevan Wooldridge	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Claudia Aaron	....	assistant animator
Georges Abolin	....	additional animator
Karin Adams	....	paint mixer
David Allonby	....	animation checker
Brendan Amphlett	....	painter
Phil Anderson	....	assistant animator (as Philip Anderson)
Nondus Banning-Boddy	....	mark-up
Caroline Baxter	....	mark-up
Isabelle Beaudoin	....	assistant animator
Nancy Beiman	....	supervising animator
Patrick Beirne	....	tracer
Lucie Bélanger	....	animation checker
Cécile Bender	....	inbetween artist
Bibo Bergeron	....	animator (as Bibo E. Bergeron)
Arnaud Berthier	....	assistant animator
David Berthier	....	assistant animator
Adam Binham	....	xerox
Shaun Blake	....	inbetween artist
Rudi Bloss	....	additional animator (as Wolf-Ruediger Bloss)
Clive Bolger	....	line test assistant (as Clive James Bolger)
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio	....	inbetween artist (as James Bolio)
Eric Bouillette	....	animator
David Bowers	....	animator
Julia Bracegirdle	....	painter
Mark Bröcking	....	additional animator (as Mark Wolfgang Broecking)
Kevin Brownie	....	assistant animator
Helen Buckingham	....	painter
Sylviane Burnet	....	assistant animator (as Sylvianne Burnet)
Daniel Cacouault	....	background artist
Bram Calcoen	....	inbetween artist
Shaun Caton	....	xerox
Stephen Cavalier	....	inbetween artist
Juan Cecilia	....	inbetween artist
Belem Cerqueira	....	tracer (as Bethlem Cerqueira)
Luc Chamberland	....	animator
Roland Chat	....	assistant animator
Graham Chenery	....	painter
Marco Cinello	....	layout artist
Malcolm Clarke	....	assistant animator
David Clarvis	....	inbetween artist
Denise Coates	....	painter
Shari Cohen	....	assistant animator
Tony Cope	....	assistant animator
Denis Couchon	....	animator
Nadja Cozic	....	animator
Tim Davies	....	line test assistant
Denise Dean	....	inbetween artist
Ceu D'Elia	....	animator
Jane Dillon	....	painter
Heather Doyle	....	inbetween artist
Shane Doyle	....	animator
Mike Eames	....	assistant animator (as Michael Eames)
Janice Eason	....	trace and paint team leader
Sean Eckett	....	background artist
Annie Elvin	....	color model designer
Harry Elvin	....	xerox (as Harry R.C. Elvin)
Gavin Emerson	....	inbetween artist
Declan English	....	painter
Corona Esterhazy	....	trace and paint supervisor
Stuart Evans	....	inbetween artist
Sarah Fletcher	....	color modeler
Alison Flintham	....	color modeler
Connor Flynn	....	assistant animator
Stephan Franck	....	assistant animator (as Stephane Franck)
Miguel A. Fuertes	....	additional animator (as Miguel Fuertes)
Tommy Galligan	....	trace and paint deputy team leader
Jody Gannon	....	assistant animator
Raul Garcia	....	animator
Julie Gleeson	....	tracer
Darek Gogol	....	background artist
Susan Goldberg	....	inbetween artist
Darren Goodacre	....	inbetween artist
Sandy Gordon	....	xerox supervisor
Maximilian Graenitz	....	assistant animator (as Max Graenitz)
Stephen Grant	....	assistant animator
Antony Gray	....	inbetween artist
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	animator
Alison Haines	....	painter
Nina Haley	....	inbetween artist
Paul Hallewell	....	inbetween artist
Debbie Hamed	....	inbetween artist
Karen Hansen	....	assistant scene planner
Jane Harrison	....	line test assistant
Nick Harrop	....	inbetween artist (as Nicholas Harrop)
Mark Hessler	....	inbetween artist
Jason F.E. Hewitt	....	painter (as Jason Hewitt)
Sally Hobson	....	painter
Brian Holmes	....	trace and paint team leader
Ben Horner	....	painter
Brendan Houghton	....	layout artist
Tom Humber	....	layout artist
Janette Hynes	....	inbetween artist
Peter Hynes	....	tracer
Clark Irving	....	assistant animator
Frances Jacob	....	checking supervisor
E. Jane Gotts	....	trace and paint supervisor: overseas (as Jane Gotts)
Daniel Jeannette	....	animator
Sandra Kemp	....	painter
Gerrard Kenny	....	assistant animator
Lawrence Keogh	....	inbetween artist
Sarah Keogh	....	inbetween artist
Cathy Kiss	....	assistant animator
Walter Kössler	....	background artist (as Walter Koessler)
Harald Kraut	....	scene planner
Piet Kroon	....	animator
Susan Lamson	....	painter
Veronique Langdon	....	inbetween artist
Alex Lawrence	....	inbetween artist
Sophie Law	....	assistant animator
Derek L'Estrange	....	painter (as Derek Lestrange)
Fabio Lignini	....	additional animator
John Lin	....	assistant animator
Roger Lougher	....	inbetween artist
Paul MacDonald	....	animator
Alain Maindron	....	animator
Greg Manwaring	....	animator
Corine Marcel	....	animation checker
Giorgio Mardegan	....	layout artist
Mark Marren	....	layout supervisor
Sarah Marsden	....	trace and paint team leader
Chantal Marsolais	....	final checker (as Chantel Marsolais)
Vanessa J. Martin	....	tracer (as Vanessa Martin)
Patrick Mate	....	animator
Joe McCaffrey	....	additional animator
John McCartney	....	assistant animator
Shaun McGlinchey	....	painter
Janet McKay	....	assistant animator (as Janet MacKay)
Brenda McKie-Chat	....	assistant animator
Sarah McLoughlin	....	xerox
Luba Medekova-Klein	....	assistant animator
Karen Meek	....	trace and paint team leader
Armen Melkonian	....	layout artist
Ignacio Meneu	....	assistant animator
Roy Meurin	....	animator
Uli Meyer	....	character designer
Quentin Miles	....	additional animator
Eckhardt Milz	....	assistant animator
Tuula Milz	....	animation checker
David Morehead	....	animation research and development
Victoria Morrison-Glenys	....	mark-up
Phil Morris	....	animator
Tanya Morton	....	painter
Andrew Moss	....	assistant animator
Michaela Müller	....	inbetween artist
Karen Narramore	....	trace and paint team leader
Antonio Navarro	....	layout artist
David Navarro	....	inbetween artist
Tim Nuttal	....	painter
Helen O'Brien	....	final checker
Michael O'Neil	....	painter
Sandra O'Neil	....	painter
Celine O'Sullivan	....	trace and paint team leader
Fenella Page	....	trace and paint team leader
Shelley Page	....	background supervisor
Andy Paraskos	....	inbetween artist
Carmen Parrinello	....	painter
Fernando Pastor	....	assistant animator
Dawn Pearce	....	inbetween artist
Steve Pegram	....	animation checker
Steve Pegram	....	final checker
Stephen Perry	....	assistant animator (as Steve Perry)
Jean Pilotte	....	additional animator
Birgitta Pollanen	....	assistant animator
Silvia Pompei	....	assistant animator
Olivier Pont	....	additional animator
Jane Poole	....	inbetween artist
Mark Povey	....	animator
Michelle Povey	....	final checker
John A. Power	....	assistant animator (as John Powers)
Panagiotis Rappas	....	layout artist
Rick Richards	....	assistant animator
Leanne Rich	....	tracer
Marcus Rich	....	tracer
Jürgen Richter	....	animator
Mike Rose	....	background artist
Marianne Rousseau	....	final checker
Angelos Rouvas	....	additional animator
Maria Jesus Rubio	....	inbetween artist
Sheryl Sardina Sackett	....	assistant animator (as Sheryl Sardina)
William Salazar	....	assistant animator
Kay Sales	....	inbetween artist
Steffen Schäffler	....	assistant animator
Thierry Schiel	....	animator
Andy Schmidt	....	assistant animator (as Andrew Schmidt)
Erik Chr. Schmidt	....	assistant animator (as Erik Christian Schmidt)
Kieron Seamons	....	assistant animator
Emil Sergiev	....	assistant animator
Kristof Serrand	....	supervising animator
Christopher Shaw	....	inbetween artist
Jason Shipley	....	inbetween artist
Emil Simeonov	....	assistant animator
Andrea Simonti	....	assistant animator
Bruce Simpson	....	assistant animator
Richard Smitheman	....	breakdown animator
Mark Smith	....	inbetween artist
Kevin Spruce	....	inbetween artist
Rachael Stedman	....	background artist (as Rachel Stedman)
Robert Stevenhagen	....	supervising animator (as Rob Stevenhagen)
Glenn Stevens	....	painter
Colin Stimpson	....	background artist
John Sweeney	....	inbetween artist
Simon Swift	....	inbetween artist
Gary Sycamore	....	background artist
Glen Sylvester	....	animator
Lee Taylor	....	inbetween artist
Mathew Taylor	....	inbetween artist (as Matthew Taylor)
Matthew Teevan	....	trace and paint coordinator
Daniel Thomas	....	painter
Vladimir Todorov	....	assistant animator
Joan Topley	....	animation checker
Ennio Torresan	....	background artist (as Ennio Torresan Jr.)
Lee Townsend	....	painter
Marco Trandafilov	....	inbetween artist
Jillian Tudor	....	final checker (as Jill Tudor)
Jan Van Buyten	....	animator
Franck Vibert	....	assistant animator
Andreas von Andrian	....	animator
Ute von Münchow-Pohl	....	animator
Lorraine Ward	....	trace and paint team leader
Dave Webster	....	inbetween artist (as David Webster)
Thad Weinlein	....	animation executive
Peter Western	....	animator (as Pete Western)
Tim White	....	inbetween artist
David Womersley	....	background artist
Sue Woodward	....	trace and paint team leader
Roxanne Ducharme	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
Dave Dunnet	....	layout artist (uncredited)
John Hill	....	assistant animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Debbie DeRango	....	casting assistant
Mickie McGowan	....	adr voice casting (as Mickie McGowen)

Editorial Department
Ray Adams	....	laboratory contact
Kevin Daley	....	negative cutter
Clare De Chenu	....	assistant picture editor (as Clare deChenu)
Sim Evan-Jones	....	assistant picture editor
Michelle Fandetti	....	post-production associate
Nick Fletcher	....	supervising editor
Brad Goodman	....	post-production coordinator (as Bradley Goodman)
Andrew MacRitchie	....	assistant picture editor
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer (as Michael Stanwick)
Marcus Taylor	....	assistant picture editor
Lesja Zajac	....	assistant picture editor
Michael Fallavollita	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor
Jo Ann Kane	....	music copyist (as Joanne Kane)
Greig McRitchie	....	orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
John Neufeld	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
James Horner	....	conductor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Brian Kinch	....	driver

Other crew
Colin J. Alexander	....	production coordinator
Steve Austin	....	runner
Hattie Berger	....	receptionist
Angie Carroll	....	assistant to director
Tara Cole	....	production assistant
Allen Davies	....	production accountant (as Allan Davies)
Jackie Duignan	....	production secretary
Martin Elvin	....	production assistant
Stacey Hancox	....	shipping clerk
Jill Hopper	....	production assistant
Colin Hutton	....	runner
Malek Jamal	....	tea lady
Sylvia Mackintosh	....	assistant production accountant
Kate Mallory	....	personnel coordinator
Tara Maloney	....	purchasing assistant
Barbara Margerrison	....	assistant: Robert Watts
Lisa-Jane Musselbrook	....	personnel assistant
Deborah Jelin Newmyer	....	production executive (as Deborah Newmyer)
Bonne Radford	....	controller: Amblin (as Bonnie Radford)
Mark Swift	....	production assistant
Shaun White	....	runner
Jason McDonald	....	runner (uncredited)

Thanks
Bernie Gagliano	....	special thanks
Barbara Harley	....	special thanks
Robert Johnson	....	special thanks
Michael Kelly	....	special thanks
Anthony Posner	....	special thanks
Anthony Posnet	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Amblin Entertainment
• Universal Cartoon Studios

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1991) (Finland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1992) (Spain) (theatrical)
• CIC Video (1992) (Finland) (VHS)
• CIC Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
• Universal Home Video (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (????) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (200?) (Finland) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1995) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
• Columbia Studios  music recorded at
• Elektra Entertainment  Linda Ronstadt appears courtesy of
• General Screen Enterprises  titles and optical effects
• Interlock Studios  dialogue recorded at
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  music performed by
• MCA  original soundtrack available on
• Musicians of the A.F.M. Local 47  music performed by
• Pacific Title  titles and optical effects
• Rank Film Laboratories  color processed by
• TAJ Soundworks  foley by
• Universal Sound Department  re-recorded at

Also Known As:

American Tail II (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:U | Portugal:M/6 | Netherlands:6 | Germany:6 | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | USA:G

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

One of the buildings in Green River reads "Wells' Dentistry", named after co-director Simon Wells. Other signs read "P. Rappas Clothing" and "Dunnet's Bread and Cakes" (named for layout artists Panagiotis Rappas and Dave Dunnet, respectively).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When the mice are sitting in the audience/mouse trap, Tanya begins singing "The Star Spangled Banner". The movie takes place circa 1875, and although the words to the song were written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, the song was only used by the Navy in 1889, and didn't officially become the national anthem, and thereby most likely to be sung at public events, until 1931.

Quotes:

Wylie Burp: Cat R. Waul, we've come to close you down!
Cat R. Waul: Okay, chaps, it appears it has become necessary to put these dogs through obedience school. Kill!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#34.5)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

The Girl I Left Behind

Cleese, Stewart, DeLuise, all good...

As far as animated movies go, this is one I enjoyed. The American Tail story takes on a classic western feel as Fievel and his family journey into the heart of the west. The real quality comes from John Cleese as the slimy conniving cat, and the late great James Stewart as Wylie Burp, the reserved town sheriff in the form of a bedraggled dog. A lot of the fun is the dynamic action humor of the last quarter. But, the big comedic boost for these movies is Dom DeLuise, who is just great as the overweight loveable cat. He's one of the reasons to see this.