A little boy mouse, Fievel, journeys from Russia to America with his family to seek a new life free from cat persecution.
Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: G
Release Date: 24-JUL-2007
Media Type: DVDDon Bluth’s An American Tail is based on the story of a young Russian mouse who is separated from his family in America and who later heads with his reunited kin out to the American West. It’s pleasant, though not spectacular, and has its greatest problems in story development. Steven Spielberg produced with an eye toward creating animation hits outside of Disney, and he and Bluth certainly took a big step in that direction here. Kids like it a lot, and adults will warm to the sound of various familiar voices, such as Dom DeLuise as Tiger and Madeline Kahn as Gussie Mausheimer. It’s also the source of the pop single “Somewhere Out There.” –Tom Keogh
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March 5, 2010
#1
I had fun going back to my childhood memories. There is a favorite scene I have. 5 Words. THE GIANT MOUSE OF MINSK!
March 5, 2010
#2
This movie was one of the greatest movies that was released in the eighties. Now as a parent, I tried introducing my four year old daughter to this movie. She had no interest in it at all. As I watch today, I did notice slow moving plots in the beginning. After the first half hour it becomes more entertaining. I do not recommend this movie for kids with short attention spans.
March 5, 2010
#3
Although the theatrical aspect ratio of this movie was 1.85:1, while the DVD aspect ratio is 4:3, this is not a “Pan&Scan” DVD. In other words, almost none of the original theatrical image has been removed for exhibition on a 4:3 television screen. The film negative aspect ratio was 1.37:1 (almost 4:3), and for theatrical exhibition, the image was “matted” (partially covered from the top down and bottom up) to produce a 1.85:1 image. For exhibition on a 4:3 television screen, the “mattes” have simply been removed. So the DVD exhibition actually shows 25.9 percent more image than the theatrical exhibition. The movie was likely filmed this way so that the theatrical image wouldn’t be butchered on television by the “Pan&Scan” process, and because the filmmakers didn’t foresee the current state of the home video market, where consumers prefer movies presented in their theatrical aspect ratio, rather than in a ratio in which the image will fill up their 4:3 television screen (if there is a difference). This DVD presents the movie in the aspect ratio in which the filmmakers wanted people to see it on a 4:3 television, but it does not present the movie in the aspect ratio in which the filmmakers wanted people to see it in a movie theater (for that, the DVD would have to present the movie in a “matted widescreen” format). If you’re okay with that, enjoy!
March 5, 2010
#4
Don Bluth specializes in Disneyoid animated films with mixed-quality animation, cloying sentimentalism and uncomfortably stupid humor. “An American Tail” is about as good as they get. The Mousekewitz family escapes a pogrom (carried out by demonic black cats that may scare the young ‘uns) and makes it to America, but young Fievel is separated from his family and must find them again. Along the way he has a number of picaresque adventures, including befriending a cat (voiced by Dom DeLouise) who is one of the most repulsively dumb animated characters ever fashioned. The climactic scene in which the mice band together to build a “Mechanical Mouse of Minsk” and scare away the bad cats has a certain odd charm, with an animation technique apparently based on photocopying (if I understand the credits at the end). On the whole, this film is pretty cute, pulls effectively at young heartstrings, and has enough idiosyncrasies to keep adults somewhat interested, although the craftmanship and consistency of Disney just isn’t there.
March 5, 2010
#5
An immigrant mouse named Fievel (Voiced by Philip Glasser) becomes separated from his family (Voiced by Nehemiah Persoff, Medeline Kahn & Amy Green) going to a trip to America in the city of New York. Fievel trying to find his family has becomes a Quest.
Directed by Don Bluth (The Secret of NIHM, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Goes to Heaven) has made a execution and lavish animation film. Great Supporting Voice Talents including:Tom DeLuise, Cathianne Blore, John Finnegar, Pat Musick & Christopher Plummer. Exective Produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall. Produced by David Kirscher (Child`s Play Series, Titan A.E.). Grade:A.