[122], Between January to February 1992, Marvel Comics ran a three-issue series based on Fievel Goes West, written by D.G. It was released through Universal on November 22, 1991. [65][68][60][64][69][63] The Chicago Tribune's Clifford Terry applauded the "vivid and rich" animation, particularly the "colorful figures and detailed backgrounds". She wears a three tone green dress with a purple belt (notably her tail is not shown outside her dress) and wears flats. [23] It made its worldwide premiere at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as their big children's theatre recital performance, on November 17, 1991, where 275 inner-city kids that were guests of Fannie Mae's company attended the event; the children also made their own American Tail storybook and posed with a costume version of Fievel for pictures. [51] The video for Fievel Goes West topped the video charts the week it was issued,[100] and even when it was dethroned by a reissue of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), it remained at the number-two spot of the Top Kid Video chart for several weeks. On An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, she wears a dark blue dress and has a dark blue flower on top of her head. [11] According to Cavadini, there was another woman initially planned to voice Tanya but left the project, so Cavadini replaced her. However, Fievel refuses to let Wylie go down alone. Final shot of the film. Recent Changes; Random page; Community; Videos; Images; Discuss. It's an indication of the general confusion that there isn't a single major horse character in this animated western. Dennis Hunt suggested "the complex story line and the scary villains didn't quite click with the kiddies",[54] and Bernard Weinraub wrote that "even children were not especially interested in an old-fashioned animated movie". It is technically a Russian Kasket cap, worn by many Russian Jews in the 1800's, similar in style to the Greek Fisherman's cap and the Dutchboy cap. A Dinosaur's Story and Balto. The cats fly into the air and land into a mailbag, which a passing train picks up and leaves. A computer game based on the film was created in 1993. Showing all 3 items Jump to: Summaries (2) Synopsis (1) Summaries. Of course Amblination was made from the remnants of Bluth leaving Spielberg, which would mean the original is almost as responsible for Dreamworks as the sequel. Henri dresses up Fievel. However, he nonetheless called it a fun film and praised its animation and voice acting. Fievel bids the old world goodbye. However, before Cat R. Waul can eat Fievel to keep his plan from becoming undone, he hears Tanya singing and is enchanted by her voice. [82] It was also number 24 on GameSpot's "25 Best '90s Movies On Netflix",[83] appeared on Wonderwall's list of best animated sequels,[84] and landed on a Cosmopolitan list of "50 Movies You Definitely Watched in the '90s and Forgot About". "[36], Opening to 1,400 theaters in the United States,[29] Fievel Goes West has, as of November 30, 2019, the 110th widest G-rated release of all time[39] and the 96th widest G-rated film opening in the United States. [76] However, the animation wasn't completely devoid of noted perks in reviews. On An American Tail, Bridget appears with brown fur with tan tone around her eyes and on her freckled muzzle. [115] Fievel Goes West was issued to Blu-ray on April 4, 2017 in the United States,[116] July 4 in Canada,[117] and September 25 in the United Kingdom. scene. There are many scenes and shots with Fievel or Tiger that are animated masterfully: especially the opening scenes with Fievel and his family escaping the cats, or Tiger trying to escape the dogs while running to the train station. Amblin won both races;[36][37] "We've proven in the past that there's room for two animated features," said Universal distribution president Fred Mound. [142] It also reached 69 on RPM's Canadian singles chart[143] and 18 on the magazine's Adult Contemporary chart. [28][99] Nichols and Tower Video's John Thrasher predicted it would do well in sales due to a lack of competition. A cel of the bug-eating creature. [144], The film also features an arrangement of "Rawhide" in its score. Chichester with art by George Wildman.[123]. "[89] A 2016 review from Greg Jameson of Entertainment Focus opined it "has less universal appeal than the original, because the themes aren't as rooted in human experience so it packs less of an emotional punch." The film performed modestly at the box office, grossing $22 million domestically. [66][60] Empire opined that, despite its enjoyable comedic relief characters and "fantastic chase scenes", Fievel Goes West suffered from being "fairly predictable". [43] However, it also holds the record of the 119th post-thanksgiving weekend drops. In the Marvel Comics adaptation of the "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West". Hopelessly, surrounded by the Cactus Cat gang, he stood his ground, refusing to back down. "[10], With Cleese as the first choice for Cat R. Waul,[6] he was approached in 1989 by one of the film's producers at what Cleese vaguely called "the Italian Oscars". [95], Comedy television series such as 30 Rock,[96] Brooklyn Nine-Nine,[97] and Rick and Morty have referenced Fievel Goes West. This strategy was also used for We're Back! '"[88], In a 2017 /Film feature about Amblimation, Dalin Rowell highlighted the "cinematic" scale of its animation and opined that it "should be remembered for its creativity and willingness to be a bit more bold and daring than its predecessor. [134], On July 19, 1991, the Los Angeles Daily News announced Anita Baker would sing "Dreams to Dream",[138] but this did not happen. "[10] With no Bluth in sight for the sequel, Spielberg instead relied on ex-Disney animator Phil Nibbelink and ex-Richard Williams storyboard artist Simon Wells, the great-grandson of science-fiction author H. G. Wells, to direct the project. [7] Nibbelink and Wells had both previously worked with Spielberg as supervising animators on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (also known as An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West or An American Tail II) is a 1991 British-American animated comedy Western film directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells with producer Steven Spielberg for his Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. [8], Don Bluth, who had partnered with Steven Spielberg on both the original film and The Land Before Time (1988), was set to direct and have Sullivan Bluth Studios provide the animation;[9] owing to creative differences, however, they parted ways. Awesome Music: The whole soundtrack to Fievel Goes West is great, with James Horner returning to nail the Western feel and Cathy Cavadini's singing often being considered the highlight. [35] Another official of the company explained that he had little faith in the project, describing it as "charmless" and its animation "pedestrian". It's stylized without being arty. Chula ; Warren T. Rat; Mouse of Minsk; Protagonists; Mott Street Maulers; Tony Toponi; Community. [22] It was moved to the fall of 1991 in November 1990. A Dinosaur's Story (1993), Balto (1995), and a screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats which never saw completion. [79], In the late 2010s, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West was recognized on publication lists of best Netflix-available westerns,[80] ranking in the top ten of lists by Paste[81] and The Daily Dot. Fievel's hat is blue and oversized, with large yellow buttons on either side and a black bill. Stupid mice! After being discovered, he is thrown from the train by Cat R. Waul's hench-spider, T.R. Tony sees Bridget the first time. Meanwhile, Fievel is chased by Chula and briefly taken prisoner, but flees. Duchess Productions' movie-spoof of 1979 Don Bluth film, "Banjo the Woodpile Cat". The success of one doesn't depend on the failure of the other. [3] He was not involved in the production and post-production, and admitted in 1993 that he disliked Fievel Goes West as "entertainment without character". Shortly after, the mouse community falls under another attack by the cats—-this time led by an aristocratic cat named Cat R. Waul—-forcing the mice, including Fievel's family, to flee into the sewers. "[87] In her book Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films (Jewish Lives), Molly Haskell wrote that both An American Tail and its sequel Fievel Goes West were oddly more "personal" for Spielberg than Schindler's List (1993), "the film that certified the director's rebirth as a Jew, and his much-vaunted evolution into a newfound 'maturity. In addition to garnering more home media releases, TV airings, and video game adaptations later on, the film has made numerous 2010s retrospective best-of lists from online publications, especially best Netflix-available Western films. [112] Similar two-film DVD collections were released in Spain on June 22, 2009[113] and the United States on August 22, 2010. However, Fievel Goes West fared better when it came to home video sales, quickly reaching the top of the video charts when released on tape in March 1992; at the time, the film held the record for shortest theater-to-home-video transfer and it has since gained a large cult following. Seeing this, Cat R. Waul unveils a giant revolver, which he fires at the fleeing mice as a makeshift cannon, until Wylie catapults Fievel to the gun, which the mouse quickly intercepts from and attempts to use against Cat R. Waul. His family is devastated once again over his loss and arrive in Green River, Utah with heavy hearts. Warren T. Rat. [6], The voices were recorded over a 10-day period at Interlock Studios (now Larson Studios) at Crossroads of the World in Los Angeles in 1989, ten takes for each actor at varying speeds and phrasing. Recent blog posts Help Explore. The debut of Fievel. Rawhide Music by Dimitri Tiomkin ; Ass Pull: Fievel somehow turning his cap inside out into a cowboy hat, and back again at the ending. On September 12, 1992, the TV series Fievel's American Tails premiered on CBS; it is a follow-up of Fievel Goes West and features actors such as Glasser, Cavadini and DeLuise reprising their roles. [2] A sequel to An American Tail (1986), the film follows the story of the Mousekewitzes, a family of Jewish-Ukrainian mice who emigrate to the Wild West. She has red curls in a ponytail with a small white flower on top. There, they come across a mouse in a cowboy outfit, who is fact a mouse marionette controlled by Cat R. Waul, who entices the mice into moving yet again to a better life out west. "[72] The Washington Post praised it for being "quick, vivid and a real hoot to viewers of any age", but also noted its wonky setup: "the family is tricked into a cross-country quest by a fast-talking fake mouse [...] Not only are the marionette's strings fully visible during Cat R. Waul's spiel, but the cat can be seen through a sewer grate. [18] While not assigned to supervise Miss Kitty's animation, she asked for the position and got it. Apart from one computer-generated pick-up shot of the valley's ground, all of the film was hand-drawn animated; and the process was so intensive that it took at least one week to complete a minute of animation, around sixty artists to paint approximately 230,000 cels,[17] and a week for a single animator to finish three seconds of animation. [51][52][28][53] However, it wasn't competing with the Disney production in Canada, and it failed there too according to a Universal executive, who also blamed Spielberg's lack of involvement in the marketing due to being too busy on Hook. [111] In the United Kingdom, it first appeared on December 6, 2006 on DVD as part of a Slim 2 box set that featured the first two American Tail films. [139][140] In the United States, Ronstadt's version of "Dreams to Dream" reached number 13 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart[141] and number eight on Cashbox's Looking Ahead chart. While the first film was directed by Don Bluth, direction was handled by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells in their directorial debut for the sequel. [20] In 1989, the date was moved again to Christmas 1992[21] before reverting to Christmas 1991 in May 1990, when the subtitle Fievel Goes West and a follow-up television series was also first announced. A sequel to Steven Spielberg's An American Tail (1986) under the working title An American Tail II was put into pre-production by David Kirschner in April 1988 after he finished producing Child's Play (1988); when announcing the project that same month, he summarized that Fievel will "fight the cat-tle barons. "[59] The Radio Times enjoyed the animation the least, "the animation could easily have been done in the 1940s, such is its flat traditionalism. Cat R. Waul approaches the mice and proposes to build a new saloon together, although intending to trick the mice into doing the bulk of the work and then eat them afterwards. [124] In 2020, NBCUniversal regained rights to the series and is set to stream on Peacock,[125] over two decades after being abandoned since the release of the DTV films in the late 1990s. There is also a Fievel-themed playground at Universal Studios Florida, featuring a large water slide and many oversized objects such as books, glasses, cowboy boots, and more. In 1890, five years after immigrating to the United States, the impoverished Mousekewitz family discovers that conditions are not as ideal as they had hoped, as they find themselves still struggling against the attacks of mouse-hungry cats. However, Ronstadt then asked for her vocals to be on the track, and the executives thought Dion did not have enough star power. Fievel later served as the mascot for Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. Picking up some years after the events of the first film, the Mousekewitz family are disillusioned with living in New York, with the final straw being a ⦠Postal Service began selling envelopes with 29-cent Western-Americana-themed stamps designed by Harry Zelenko to promote the home video of Fievel Goes West; 19 of them were reissued on May 1 using recycled paper. [6] Spielberg instructed his animators to take on a "live-action" method to animating the film. [18] She enjoying working on Kitty for Irving's Mae West-esque delivery and the "scatterbrained dialogue" giving her "a lot of freedom in [the character's] choreography". [104] Fievel Goes West garnered its first American television airing on April 13, 1997 via a Disney Channel "Tune In to Kids and Family Week" promotion of another TV debut, Pocahontas (1995). [98], An American Tail: Fievel Goes West received its first VHS and cassette release on March 19, 1992. This is "Fievel Goes West Part 9" by Claire Eales on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. He sends Tanya to Miss Kitty, who is now a saloon-girl cat, and she reveals that she came at Cat R. Waul's request. "[28] Multiple reviewers condemned Fievel Goes West's lack of a cohesive story[58][59][60][61][62] and extremely fast pace. Meanwhile, Tiger's girlfriend, Miss Kitty, leaves him to find a new life out west, remarking that perhaps she is looking for "a cat that's more like a dog". He also wanted the animation to have a "live-action" feel. [65][68], (*a close parody of Aaron Copland's "Hoe-Down" theme, adapting the film's leitmotifs), This article is about the film. [66][63][61][58] While most reviews applauded the voice cast,[62][58][70][68][65][76][56] a Hartford Courant review was more divided towards it, appreciating Irving and Stewart's performances but finding DeLuise and his character irritating and Cleese "wasted" on the film. "[11] Cleese was paid his lowest fee in ten years for the role, however, which made him very unwilling to publicize his involvement with Fievel Goes West. Yes No. Scenes: Opening/Deadeye; Suppertime; Hyena Attack! Cat R. Waul is the main antagonist in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. A piece of dialogue from Fievel in the former appears to retcon Fievel Goes West as a dream the character had, but many fans would prefer to see both direct-to-video films as prequels that take place before Fievel Goes West, with the dialogue being taken as foreshadowing. [63] Solomon highlighted its "tricky point-of-view shots, such as inside a rolling tumbleweed", and the changes to most of the character designs;[60] while Brenna Kield of the Sun-Sentinel highlighted the realism in the scenery and character movements. Fievel about to be hit by a tidal wave. On the inside it is red. Meanwhile, Fievel is wandering aimlessly through the desert, as is Tiger, who has found his way out west as well, and they pass each other. 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According to Nibbelink, "Much of the improvisation and gags in the film comes from the tape, about 50 percent. And thereâs also the sequence with Tiger training with Wylie Burp to become a dog; which as far as I can tell, was consistently well animated all the way through. "[86] Both Fievel Goes West and the first American Tail were tied for the number-five spot of a list of best non-Disney films from My Web Times: "Political and historical, these feature some fab songs and fun voice-over work from the likes of Jimmy Stewart (in his last role), John Cleese, Madeline Kahn and Dom DeLuise. [119] On online platforms, the film was released to Amazon Prime on November 11, 2013,[120] Netflix on April 1, 2017,[121] and Movies Anywhere on October 12, 2017. [28] Upon its 1992 VHS release, Fievel Goest West held the record for shortest theater-to-home-video transfer, previously held in a tie by Batman (1989) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). This was the same day Walt Disney Pictures' Beauty and the Beast (1991) was distributed, making it the first time in history two animated films were released on one date instead of two separate ones. Way Out West Music by James Horner Lyrics by Will Jennings. [4] The screenplay was written by Flint Dille, who was led to the position by writing for Spielberg's Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–92). I always thought that Fievel Goes West was, in chronological order, the successor to Treasure of Manhattan Island. [114] On June 13, 2017, it was part of a DVD collection that included all four movies in the franchise. [16] Each and every week, the animators drew 5 to 10 minutes worth of storyboards, which were then shipped to Amblin Entertainment's main headquarters in Universal City, California, where they were approved by Spielberg and his creative team. [7] In December 1988, Universal announced that they would release an animated film every eighteen months and begin production on An American Tail II in early 1989. Tiger is captured by mouse Indians and hailed as a god. Fievel spends his days thinking about the Wild West dog-sheriff Wylie Burp, while his older sister, Tanya, dreams of becoming a singer. [7] As Bluth explained, "the business deal wasn't such that it helped our company. He whips out his pistols and starts shooting at the cats, quickly disarming them and causing them to flee. A Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game of the same name was released in 1994; it was heavily praised by video game critics for its presentation, although its simple gameplay garnered divided opinions. James Horner returned as a composer and wrote the film's song "Dreams to Dream", which garnered a Golden Globe nomination. [107], An American Tail: Fievel Goes West was released on Video CD in Hong Kong on July 20, 2001,[108] on DVD in the United States on September 25, 2003,[109] Spain on September 29, 2005,[110] and Denmark on November 15, 2011. [18], An American Tail: Fievel Goes West was Steve Hickner's first time as an associate producer, a position that forced him to be more sociable than he usually was; he later took his experience on the film as valuable, as it taught him the lesson of "acting [giving him] way to actual behavior". "[67], Entertainment Weekly named it one of the best children's films of 1991 alongside Beauty and the Beast and Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991);[77] and The Seattle Times honored it as one of 1991's "Best arguments for sequels" alongside Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, and The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear. [11] He accepted the offer based on his enjoyment of the first American Tail and "I love sound studios anyway – there's none of the hassle and boredom and time wasting you get in television. In it, Fievel is separated from his family as the train approaches the American Old West; the film chronicles him and Sheriff Wylie Burp teaching Tiger how to act like a dog. [68] Roger Hurlburt called its animation "bright and sassy, "colorful backdrops" and "eye-filling uses of exciting angles". [40] It also has the 124th all-time biggest opening weekend for a G-rated film,[41] opening in fourth place with $3,435,625;[42] and has 60th smallest weekend drop for a film in 600-plus theaters thanks to its second week grossing $3,782,080. [90], The Jimmy Stewart Museum, a museum dedicated to Stewart, has presented Fievel Goes West four times: on September 6, 2015,[91] January 9, 2016,[92] March 11, 2017,[93] and July 8, 2017. Soundtrack Credits . Fievel Goes West was the first production for the short-lived Amblimation, a studio Spielberg set up to keep the animators of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) working. [29], 40 brands licensed with Universal to promote the film,[30] including the non-profit Reading Is Fundamental, which used the character of Fievel as a mascot for Reading Buddies kits; and Pizza Hut, which used characters from the film on designs their Pizza Packs and soft-drink cups, a decision influenced by their previous tie-in success with the Disney summer film The Rocketeer (1991). [47] As of December 1, 2019, it is the 141st highest domestic-grossing G-rated film of all time[48] and 123rd worldwide. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West holds a 54% critical percentage on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews. Chula, landing him in the middle of the desert. Tanya's original voice actor, Amy Green, was replaced by Cathy Cavadini, and new characters were voiced by John Cleese, Amy Irving, Jon Lovitz, and James Stewart in his final film role. [100], Beginning November 18, 1994, McDonald's, in a deal with MCA/Universal, offered customers a $2.50 rebate on a video purchase of Jurassic Park (1993) if they purchased from McDonald's one of the following tapes for six dollars: Fievel Goes West, The Land Before Time (1988), Back to the Future (1985), and Field of Dreams (1989). 1 of 1 found this relevant Relevant? Bluth's departure from the project resulted in the animation of Fievel Goes West lacking the Disney-isms of the first film's animation for a faster pace and more elements of Warner Bros. cartoons, which the animators previously succeeded in using for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. [57] Peter M. Nichols analyzed Fievel Goes West "was panned on the ground that it was not so innovative as other new animated films, notably Beauty and the Beast from Disney, the leader in animation. [118] Unlike the previous home media releases, the film has a sequence edited, like the infamous hidden penis doodle that was briefly seen during Tanya's version of "Dreams to Dream" was removed, thanks to the controversy. Tiger; T.R. Tiger is captured by American Indian mice who declare him their god, and Tanya suddenly finds herself pursuing a dance-hall career. [68] Some critics called the songs weaker and not as memorable as those of the first film,[69][59][63][65][62][56] although the Blues Brothers' version of the song "Rawhide" was spotlighted by some writers[65][68][56] and "The Girl You Left Behind" by a People magazine review. Tiger chooses to stay in while Fievel catches a passing tumbleweed, which takes him to Green River. Cat R. 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