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An American Tail Fievel Goes West (Original title)An American Tail 2 (Alternative title)An American Tail II (Alternative title)
Date: 1991 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells

Production company billing: ©1991 Universal City Studios, Inc/Amblin Entertainment, Inc Steven Spielberg presents Dolby Stereo In Colour authors: Universal City Studios, Inc and Amblin Entertainment, Inc [logo] Amblimation
Synopsis: Sequel to AN AMERICAN TAIL, the Mousekewitz family are now living in poverty in New York but have dreams of moving West, young Fievel to meet his hero, famous dog sheriff Wylie Burp, and his sister Tanya to become a singer.

Genre:
Animation
Releases
Date: 1991Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby / StereoRuntime: 75 mins Length: 6781 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (353)
©/Production Company: Inc. Universal City Studios, Amblin Entertainment, Production Company: Amblimation, Executive Producer: Frank Marshall, Executive Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Executive Producer: David Kirschner, Created by: David Kirschner, Producer: Steven Spielberg, Producer: Robert Watts, Associate Producer: Stephen Hickner, Production Executive: Deborah Newmyer, Production Manager: Cynthia Woodbyrne, Production Co-ordinator: Colin J. Alexander, Scene Planner: Harald Kraut, Assistant Scene Planner: Karen Hansen, Amblin Controller: Bonne Radford, Production Accountant: Allan Davies, Assistant Production Accountant: Sylvia Mackintosh, Purchasing Assistant: Tara Maloney, Post-production Supervisor: Martin Cohen, Post-production Co-ordinator: Bradley Goodman, Post-production Associate: Michelle Fandetti, Assistant to Robert Watts: Barbara Margerrison, Production Assistant: Martin Elvin, Production Assistant: Jill Hopper, Production Assistant: Tara Cole, Production Assistant: Mark Swift, Production Secretary: Jackie Duignan, Personnel Co-ordinator: Kate Mallory, Personnel Assistant: Lisa-Jane Musselbrook, Runner: Colin Hutton, Runner: Shaun White, Steve Austin, Director's Assistant: Angie Carroll, Casting: Nancy Nayor, Casting: Valerie McCaffrey, Casting (Assistant): Debbie Derango, Casting (ADR Voice): Mickie Mcgowen, Screenplay by: Flint Dille, Story by: Charles Swenson, Camera Supervisor: Robert Crawford, Colour Model Designer: Annie Elvin, Colour Model: Alison Flintham, Sarah Fletcher, Camera: Stuart Campbell, Camera: Tim Francis, Camera: Graham Tiernan, Camera: Kevan Wooldridge, Camera: Brian Riley, Camera: Stuart Holloway, Camera: Barry Newton, Russell Tagg, Assistant Camera: Deirdre Creed, Assistant Camera: James Williams, Jay Watson, Special Effects Supervisor: Scott Santoro, Supervising Animator: Nancy Beiman, Supervising Animator: Kristof Serrand, Rob Stevenhagen, Animation Executive: Thad Weinlein, Xerox Supervisor: Sandy Gordon, Character Design: Uli Meyer, Animation: Bibo E. Bergeron, Animation: Thierry Schiel, Animation: Raul Garcia, Animation: Pete Western, Animation: Ceu D'elia, Animation: David Bowers, Animation: Phil Morris, Animation: Piet Kroon, Animation: Patrick Maté, Animation: Glen Sylvester, Animation: Rodolphe Guenoden, Animation: Luc Chamberland, Animation: Roy Meurin, Animation: Jürgen Richter, Animation: Greg Manwaring, Animation: Shane Doyle, Animation: Daniel Jeanette, Animation: Eric Bouillette, Animation: Andreas Von Andrian, Animation: Jan van Buyten, Animation: Ute Von Münchow-Pohl, Animation: Denis Couchon, Animation: Nadja Cozic, Paul Macdonald, Animation (Additional): Olivier Pont, Animation (Additional): Quentin Miles, Animation (Additional): Georges Abolin, Animation (Additional): Fabio Lignini, Animation (Additional): Wolf-Rüdiger Bloss, Animation (Additional): Miguel Fuertes, Animation (Additional): Mark Wolfgang Broecking, Animation (Additional): Angelos Rouvas, Animation (Additional): Jean Pilotte, Joe McCaffrey, Assistant Animator: Claudia Aaron, Assistant Animator: Philip Anderson, Assistant Animator: Isabelle Beaudoin, Assistant Animator: Arnaud Berthier, Assistant Animator: David Berthier, Assistant Animator: Kevin Brownie, Assistant Animator: Sylvianne Burnet, Assistant Animator: Roland Chat, Assistant Animator: Malcolm Clarke, Assistant Animator: Shari Cohen, Assistant Animator: Tony Cope, Assistant Animator: Michael Eames, Assistant Animator: Connor Flynn, Assistant Animator: Stephane Franck, Assistant Animator: Jody Gannon, Assistant Animator: Max Graenitz, Assistant Animator: Stephen Grant, Assistant Animator: Clark Irving, Assistant Animator: Gerrard Kenny, Assistant Animator: Cathy Kiss, Assistant Animator: Sophie Law, Assistant Animator: John Lin, Assistant Animator: Janet Mackay, Assistant Animator: John McCartney, Assistant Animator: Brenda Mckie-chat, Assistant Animator: Luba Medekova-klein, Assistant Animator: Ignacio Meneu, Assistant Animator: Eckhardt Milz, Assistant Animator: Andrew Moss, Assistant Animator: Fernando Pastor, Assistant Animator: Steve Perry, Assistant Animator: Birgitta Pollanen, Assistant Animator: Silvia Pompei, Assistant Animator: Mark Povey, Assistant Animator: John Powers, Assistant Animator: Rick Richards, Assistant Animator: William Salazar, Assistant Animator: Sheryl Sardina, Assistant Animator: Steffen Schäffler, Assistant Animator: Andrew Schmidt, Assistant Animator: Erik Christian Schmidt, Assistant Animator: Kieron Seamons, Assistant Animator: Emil Sergiev, Assistant Animator: Emil Simeonov, Assistant Animator: Andrea Simonti, Assistant Animator: Vladimir Todorov, Franck Vibert, Inbetweener: Cecile Bender, Inbetweener: Shaun Blake, Inbetweener: Jamie Bolio, Inbetweener: Bram Calcoen, Inbetweener: Stephen Cavalier, Inbetweener: Juan Cecilia, Inbetweener: David Clarvis, Inbetweener: Denise Dean, Inbetweener: Heather Doyle, Inbetweener: Gavin Emerson, Inbetweener: Stuart Evans, Inbetweener: Susan Goldberg, Inbetweener: Darren Goodacre, Inbetweener: Anthony Gray, Inbetweener: Nina Haley, Inbetweener: Paul Hallewell, Inbetweener: Debbie Hamed, Inbetweener: Nicholas Harrop, Inbetweener: Mark Hessler, Inbetweener: Janette Hynes, Inbetweener: Lawrence Keogh, Inbetweener: Sarah Keogh, Inbetweener: Veronique Langdon, Inbetweener: Alex Lawrence, Inbetweener: Roger Lougher, Inbetweener: Michaela Muller, Inbetweener: David Navarro, Inbetweener: Andy Paraskos, Inbetweener: Dawn Pearce, Inbetweener: Jane Poole, Inbetweener: Maria Jesus Rubio, Inbetweener: Kay Sales, Inbetweener: Christopher Shaw, Inbetweener: Jason Shipley, Inbetweener: Mark Smith, Inbetweener: Kevin Spruce, Inbetweener: John Sweeney, Inbetweener: Simon Swift, Inbetweener: Lee Taylor, Inbetweener: Mathew Taylor, Inbetweener: Marco Trandafilov, Inbetweener: David Webster, Tim White, Xerox: Shaun Caton, Xerox: Sarah Mcloughlin, Xerox: Harry R.C. Elvin, Adam Binham, Team Leader: Sarah Marsden, Team Leader: Brian Holmes, Team Leader: Celine O'Sullivan, Team Leader: Fenella Page, Team Leader: Janice Eason, Team Leader: Lorraine Ward, Team Leader: Sue Woodward, Team Leader: Karen Narramore, Karen Meek, Deputy Team Leader: Tommy Galligan, Mark-up: Victoria Morrison-Glenys, Mark-up: Nondus Banning-Boddy, Caroline Baxter, Tracer: Patrick Beirne, Tracer: Peter Hynes, Tracer: Leanne Rich, Tracer: Marcus Rich, Tracer: Julie Gleeson, Tracer: Vanessa Martin, Bethlem Cerqueira, Line Test Assistant: Jane Harrison, Line Test Assistant: Clive James Bolger, Tim Davies, Effects Animator: Jon Brooks, Effects Animator: Steve Burch, Effects Animator: Ed Coffey, Effects Animator: Mike Smith, Effects Animator: Brice Mallier, Effects Animator: Paul van Geyt, Effects Animator: Al Holter, Effects Animator: Craig Clark, Effects Animator: Glenn Chaika, Effects Animator: Alex Staderman, Effects Animator: Hock-Lian Law, Vito Lo Russo, Effects Assistant: Amanda J. Talbot, Effects Assistant: Kristine Humber, Effects Assistant: Barnaby Russel, Effects Assistant: Mick Harper, Effects Assistant: Pat C. Morton, Effects Assistant: Phillipe Angeles, Effects Assistant: Fran Doyle, Effects Assistant: Grace Waddington, Stephanie Walker, Effects Inbetweener: Guner Behich, Effects Inbetweener: Michaela Budde, Effects Inbetweener: Duncan Henry, Effects Inbetweener: John O'Neill, Effects Inbetweener: Albert Price, Effects Inbetweener: Richard Tang, Stephen Mcdermott, Checking Supervisor: Frances Jacob, Animation Checking: Joan Topley, Animation Checking: Lucie Bélanger, Animation Checking: David Allonby, Animation Checking: Corine Marcel, Tuula Milz, Final Checker: Jill Tudor, Final Checker: Steve Pegram, Final Checker: Chantel Marsolais, Final Checker: Michelle Povey, Final Checker: Marianne Rousseau, Helen O'Brien, Layout Supervisor: Mark Marren, Layout Artist: Brendan Houghton, Layout Artist: Armen Melkonian, Layout Artist: Panagiotis Rappas, Layout Artist: Giorgio Mardegan, Layout Artist: Tom Humber, Layout Artist: Marco Cinello, Antonio Navarro, Background Supervisor: Shelley Page, Background Artist: Gary Sycamore, Background Artist: Rachel Stedman, Background Artist: Sean Eckett, Background Artist: Walter Koessler, Background Artist: Darek Gogol, Background Artist: Mike Rose, Background Artist: Ennio Torresan Jr, Background Artist: Daniel Cacouault, Background Artist: Colin Stimpson, David Womersley, Trace & Paint Supervisor: Corona Esterhazy, Trace & Paint Overseas Supervisor: Jane Gotts, Trace & Paint Co-ordinator: Matthew Teevan, Trace & Paint Paint Mixer: Karin Adams, Painter: Brenda Amphlett, Painter: Julia Bracegirdle, Painter: Helen Buckingham, Painter: Graham Chenery, Painter: Denise Coates, Painter: Jane Dillon, Painter: Declan English, Painter: Alison Haines, Painter: Jason F.E. Hewitt, Painter: Sally Hobson, Painter: Ben Horner, Painter: Sandra Kemp, Painter: Susan Lamson, Painter: Derek Lestrange, Painter: Shaun Mcglinchey, Painter: Tanya Morton, Painter: Tim Nuttal, Painter: Michael O'Neil, Painter: Sandra O'Neil, Painter: Carmen Parrinello, Painter: Glenn Stevens, Painter: Daniel Thomas, Lee Townsend, Airbrush Artist: Christian Schmidt, Laurent Ben-Mimoun, Supervising Editor: Nick Fletcher, Assistant Picture Editor: Sim Evan-Jones, Assistant Picture Editor: Lesja Zajac, Assistant Picture Editor: Marcus Taylor, Assistant Picture Editor: Andrew Macritchie, Clare dechenu, Art Director: Neil Ross, Titles/Optical Effects: General Screen Enterprises, Pacific Title & Art Studio, Colour Timer: Michael Stanwick, Lab Contact: Ray Adams, Music Composed by: James Horner, Original Songs by: James Horner, Will Jennings, "Dreams to Dream" Finale Vers Performed: Linda Ronstadt, "Dreams to Dream" Finale Vers Produced: David Foster, Music Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestrations: John Neufeld, Orchestrations: Greig Mcritchie, Music Copyist: JoAnn Kane, Music Editor: Jim Henrikson, Music Recording: Shawn Murphy, Recordist: Charlie Ajar Jr, Supervising Re-recordig Mixer: Michael C. Casper, Re-recordig Mixer: Daniel Leahy, Thomas Gerard, Supervising Sound Editor: Louis L. Edemann, Supervising Sound Editor: Chuck Neely, Assistant Sound Editor: Jerry Edemann, Angie Luckey, Negative Cutter: Kevin Daley, Processed Effects: Mel Neiman, Sound Effects Editor: Nils C. Jensen, Sound Effects Editor: Doug Jackson, Sound Effects Editor: Leonard T. Geschke, Sound Effects Editor: Gary Mundheim, Sound Effects Editor: Don Malouf, ADR Mixer: Doc Kane, Supervising ADR Editor: Larry Singer, ADR Editor: Alan Nineberg, ADR (Assistant Editor): Rod Rogers, Foley Artist: Kevin Bartnof, Foley Artist: Hilda Hodges, Foley Recordist: Marilyn Graf, Foley Mixer: James Ashwill, Foley: Taj Soundworks, Driver: Brian Kinch, Receptionist: Hattie Berger, Tea Lady: Malek Jamal, Shipping Clerk: Stacey Hancox
Cast (25)
John Cleese (voice of Cat R. Waul), Dom Deluise (voice of Tiger), Phillip Glasser (voice of Fievel), Amy Irving (voice of Miss Kitty), Jon Lovitz (voice of Chula), Cathy Cavadini (voice of Tanya), Nehemiah Persoff (voice of Papa), Erica Yohn (voice of Mama), James Stewart (voice of Wylie Burp), Jack Angel, Fausto Bara, Vanna Bonta, Philip Clarke, Jennifer Darling, Annie Holliday, Sherry Lynn, Lev Mailer, Mickie Mcgowan, Larry Moss, Nigel Pegram, Patrick Pinney, Lisa Raggio, Lawrence Steffan, David Tate, Robert Watts (additional voice)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (11)
In: Film Score Monthly v6 n6 July 2001  Pages: 19-20
Title: Clear and present melody: the James Horner buyer's guide, 2Author: BROXTON, Jonathan Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v2 n4 August 1992  Page: 67
Title: [Sight and Sound - v2 n4 August 1992: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note

In: Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly v11 n41 March 1992  Pages: 19-20
Title: Record ReviewsAuthor: ALLISON, Rob Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of released soundtrack for An AMERICAN TAIL 2.

In: Sight and Sound v1 n9 January 1992  Pages: 37-38
Title: [Sight and Sound - v1 n9 January 1992: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Empire n31 January 1992  Page: 24
Title: New filmsAuthor: MUELLER, Matt Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v320 n10 19 Nov 1991  Page: 10, 49
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v320 n10 19 Nov 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Empire n25 July 1991  Page: 70
Title: The Second annual "Empire" ultimate summer previewAuthor: McILHENEY, Barry Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Brief details of films as part of a summer 1991 preview.

In: Variety 25 Nov 1991  Page: 40
Title: [Variety - 25 Nov 1991: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Premiere v5 n2 October 1991  Page: 91
Title: Premiere's ultimate fall preview.Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: A brief, light-hearted preview of the film as part of a series of previews of autumn releases.

In: The Hollywood Reporter v320 n13 22 Nov 1991  Page: 17
Title: Can 'Beast', 'Fievel' coexist at b.o.?Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Steven Spielberg talks about the box-office reception of An AMERICAN TAIL 2 in the light of its release "in the shadow" of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

In: The Hollywood Reporter v314 n35 16 Oct 1990  Page: 197
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v314 n35 16 Oct 1990: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English