An American Tail (1986)

An American Tail is a 1986 American animated musical film, directed by Don Bluth and produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios and Amblin Entertainment.

An American Tail is a beautifully rendered animated flim that tells an overly familiar story in terms children can easily understand. Fievel Mousekewitz and his family of Russian-Jewish mice escape from their homeland in the late 1800s, boarding a boat headed toward America to evade the Czarist rule of the Russian cats. Fievel, however, is separated from his family upon his arrival in New York City, and he discovers to his horror that there are cats in America too (his father said there weren't). Fievel meets his share of friendly and hostile mice, and he eventually befriends a cat as well. Former Disney animator Don Bluth co-produced and directed this often heartwarming yarn, the first animated feature presented by Steven Spielberg, and it has its charms despite a number of cliché situations. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

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Don Bluth already has addressed the obvious objection to his "An American Tail," which is that so depressing a story could hardly entertain children. He believes that kids can handle bad times for a movie's hero, as long as the film ends happily. The lesson is that we can survive setbacks with pluck and courage.

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"Journeying by ship from Russia to turn-of-the-century America, Fievel is lost at sea during a ferocious storm. Washing ashore in New York Harbor, Fievel bra...

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

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Directed by Don Bluth. With Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff. While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.

Westward, ho! Saddle up with brave little Fievel and his beloved family on a full-length animated adventure to the rowdy Wild West. With dreams of becoming a...

Directed by Don Bluth. With Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff. While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.