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Cat R. Waul's devious scheme seemed a long way to go just to feast upon a large number of mice. Amblin Entertainment previously competed with Disney twice: in 1986 when the first American Tail competed with a reissue of Lady and the Tramp (1955), and One Hundred and One Dalmatians in 1988 when it released The Land Before Time (1988) around the same time as Oliver & Company (1988). Fievel bids the old world goodbye. [6] Spielberg instructed his animators to take on a "live-action" method to animating the film. 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. "[74] Roger Ebert gave it two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "There is nothing really the matter with An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, except that it is not inspired with an extra spark of imagination in addition to its competent entertainment qualities". [47] As of December 1, 2019, it is the 141st highest domestic-grossing G-rated film of all time[48] and 123rd worldwide. "[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. [144], The film also features an arrangement of "Rawhide" in its score. [22] It was moved to the fall of 1991 in November 1990. "[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. [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). [35] Other writers blamed it on the content. Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, and Erica Yohn reprise their roles from the first film for Fievel Goes West. [63][60] As critics summarized, the film "has constant activity but minimal objectives;"[59] "has little narrative drive or emotional resonance", its climax feeling "perfunctory and tacked on;"[64] and has "so many subplots and digressions" that "they simply failed to develop the central narrative. Tiger; T.R. 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. [7] Fievel Goes West was its first production, and over 250 crew members from 15 different nations[6] worked on the project starting May 1989. "[28] Multiple reviewers condemned Fievel Goes West's lack of a cohesive story[58][59][60][61][62] and extremely fast pace. [65][68], (*a close parody of Aaron Copland's "Hoe-Down" theme, adapting the film's leitmotifs), This article is about the film. [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. Original Add a photo to this gallery STEVEN SPIELBERG Presents The Voice Talents of: JOHN CLEESE, DOM DELUISE, PHILLIP GLASSER, AMY IRVING, JON LOVITZ, CATHY CAVADINI, NEHEMIAH PERSOFF, ERICA YOHN and JAMES STEWART as Wylie Burp Music Composed by: JAMES HORNER Orginal Songs by: JAMES HORNER, WILL JENNINGS "DREAMS TO DREAMS" â¦ It is the only such playground at any of NBC Universal's theme parks. Meanwhile, Fievel, Cat R. Waul and the central story languish. "[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. Fievel is unsure about taking it, but realizes that his journey is not over. She has red curls in a ponytail with a small white flower on top. His family is devastated once again over his loss and arrive in Green River, Utah with heavy hearts. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) Plot. 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] These types of crane and dolly shots, replicating certain shots in Spielberg's Jaws (1975) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), were groundbreaking for the time. 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. [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". On An American Tail, Bridget appears with brown fur with tan tone around her eyes and on her freckled muzzle. [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". When Chula threatens to kill Miss Kitty in an attempt to force Fievel to back down, however, an incensed Tiger rescues her and uses Chula's web as a lasso with him trapped on it to hurtle Cat R. Waul and his men out of town by having them piled on part of the trap, which the heroes use as a catapult. He tells Miss Kitty to put her on stage. The success of one doesn't depend on the failure of the other. [11] According to Cavadini, there was another woman initially planned to voice Tanya but left the project, so Cavadini replaced her. FIEVEL GOES WEST Clip - Dog Chase (1991) Don Bluth - YouTube [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. [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. A computer game based on the film was created in 1993. This strategy was also used for We're Back! 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. Premiering at the Kennedy Center on November 17, 1991, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West began its American theatrical run on November 22. After being discovered, he is thrown from the train by Cat R. Waul's hench-spider, T.R. [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. 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". [6] As a way to keep the movie's animators working, due to the closure of Richard Williams Animation,[6] Spielberg formed Amblimation, a collaboration of Universal City Studios and Amblin Entertainment, whose offices were located in London. Showing all 3 items Jump to: Summaries (2) Synopsis (1) Summaries. 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. Solomon criticized the little amount of "nuances of thought and emotion" in the characters;[60] The New York Times summarized the movie's take on the West as "surprisingly dull;"[64] Kield felt that some scenes, especially those that take place in the West, could've been a bit lighter;[68] and The Austin Chronicle opined that "the foregrounds are expressive but the backgrounds are bland and uninspired. Tiger, Wylie and Fievel intervene and battle the cats, during which Miss Kitty and Tanya discover the trap. Some film journalists and executives attributed this to having to compete with the Disney film. Tiger is captured by American Indian mice who declare him their god, and Tanya suddenly finds herself pursuing a dance-hall career. 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. [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. Sort By: Showing all 69 plot keywords. [75], Most critics found the animation high-quality in general. However, many English-speaking writers have come to adopt the spelling Fievel (with reversed i and first e) especially for this character; it was this spelling that was used on the film's poster, in promotional materials and tie-in merchandise, and in the title of the sequel An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. Wylie insists that it is too tough and that Fievel try to get out while he still can. A Dinosaur's Story (1993), Balto (1995), and a screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats which never saw completion. "[73] Halliwell's Film Guide labeled Fievel Goes West as an "enjoyable and high-spirited animated film that borrows plot and attitudes from classic Westerns. [98], An American Tail: Fievel Goes West received its first VHS and cassette release on March 19, 1992. Although Linda Ronstadt originally sang the song, she rejected allowing her voice on it after recording finished; Celine Dion was replaced, and she recorded her vocals while working on her second English-language album. [66][60] Empire opined that, despite its enjoyable comedic relief characters and "fantastic chase scenes", Fievel Goes West suffered from being "fairly predictable". While this resulted in the re-insertion of Ronstadt's voice, Horner's experience with recording the song with Dion led her to singing on a later Horner-composed song, "My Heart Will Go On". Review/Film; Immigrant Mice Face the Frontier", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_American_Tail:_Fievel_Goes_West&oldid=999393910, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 January 2021, at 23:23. [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). (1955) as well as the works of Aaron Copland. Tanya rushes to the mice and, using her singing (and knowing that Cat R. Waul will not allow the trap to be triggered if she is there), alerts them to the trap and warns them to flee. [7] As Bluth explained, "the business deal wasn't such that it helped our company. Tony sees Bridget the first time. Fievel finds Wylie away from the party who hands him his sheriff badge. [12] Spielberg met Stewart at a party asking him to voice Wylie Burp, and all of Stewart's lines were recorded in ten days; his last involvement in a Western was in The Shootist (1976).[13]. [14] As Fievel Goes West was a parody of Western films, the animators heavily studied the works of John Ford and Sergio Leone. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) Soundtracks. 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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. He later stumbles into the saloon where he overhears the cats' plan yet again before he is discovered once more by Cat R. Waul. The Pitch; All Aboard! [29] Upon the film's release, Universal Studios Tour opened the attraction Mouse Trap, a 2,500-seat interactive version of Fievel Goes West. 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". 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. 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. [68] Roger Hurlburt called its animation "bright and sassy, "colorful backdrops" and "eye-filling uses of exciting angles". It received mixed critical reviews upon its release, with criticism pointed towards the story and fast pace, although the animation, humor, musical score, and voice acting received praise. "[65] Some reviewers were also uncomforted by the Indian mice tribe as being racially insensitive. On the inside it is red. Opening scene. Recent Changes; Random page; Community; Videos; Images; Discuss. It's shade of blue varies in the sequels. "Dreams to Dream" stands out as an Award-Bait Song easily on par with "Somewhere Out There", if not superior. Language; Watch; Edit (Redirected from Cat R. Waul. [24], Both Fievel Goes West and Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) began their United States theater runs on November 22, 1991; this was the first-ever instance of two animated films being released on the same day, "a testimony to the revival of interest in feature-length animation" according to the Boston Herald. [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). Calling himself \"Philly the Kid\", Fievel Mousekewitz rushes to his aid. [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. [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". Warren T. Rat. While walking out of town, Fievel stops to talk with an elderly bloodhound sleeping outside the jail, discovering that he is actually Wylie Burp. Fievel about to be hit by a tidal wave. She wears a three tone green dress with a purple belt (notably her tail is not shown outside her dress) and wears flats. [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. Final shot of the film. He and Fievel even have a sort rematch in one panel around the showdown in comic's take of the film's climactic showdown. There's a big market out there. He has told friends that [Fievel Goes West] will eclipse all his previous massive successes. According to Nichols, three million copies were rumored to be circulated, although MCA/Universal was willing to reveal the real number. [76] However, the animation wasn't completely devoid of noted perks in reviews. He also wanted the animation to have a "live-action" feel. Fievel Goes West was followed by a short-lived CBS series named Fievel's American Tails and two direct-to-video sequels and prequels: An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) and An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999). Tiger chooses to stay in while Fievel catches a passing tumbleweed, which takes him to Green River. Waul is a businesscat, above such primitive and gruesome methods of collecting his food as chasing the mice down and eating them; 'an unnecessary expenditure of calories'. The roles of One Eye is the same, the only exception is that the Cactus Cat Gang at the start of the movie are the more focused on in the story. "[51] Some journalists and film executives attributed the film's weak box office to the intense competition it faced with Beauty and the Beast. [7] At the time, Amblimation was also developing We're Back! Don Moore with backgrounds from the film. Somewhere Out There Music by James Horner and Barry Mann Lyrics by Cynthia Weil Performed by Cathy Cavadini. [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. 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. A Dinosaur's Story and Balto. [85] Including it on a list of "19 Classic Movies That Prove 1991 Was Truly The Best Year For Film", Bustle described the film as "a fun, action-adventure comedy that gave Fievel's sister Tanya some much-needed screen time. 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. 1 of 1 found this relevant Relevant? [3] Kirschner started pre-production as Spielberg was setting up filming for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) in Europe. [35] Steven Hulett of the union Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists opined that the low performances of both Fievel Goes West and We're Back! Soundtrack Credits . I always thought that Fievel Goes West was, in chronological order, the successor to Treasure of Manhattan Island. Cat R. Waul is the main antagonist in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. 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 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. "Way Out West" A Shocking Discovery; A Better World; Mirages ; Dinner; Weasel God "Rawhide" Tall Tales "Dreams to Dream" A Stagecoach "The Girl You Left Behind" Baloo; Like a Bear; High Noon; Heroes; End Credits; Movie Used: An American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West (1991) Clips from Movies/TV Shows used: â¦ According to Nibbelink, "Much of the improvisation and gags in the film comes from the tape, about 50 percent. 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