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An American Tail (Original title)
Date: 1986 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Don Bluth

Production company billing: ©1986 Universal City Studios Inc/U-Drive Productions Inc Steven Spielberg presents a Don Bluth film [logo] Amblin Entertainment
Synopsis: Animation. Tired of attacks from marauding Cossaks, the Mouskewitz family decided to leave their Russian home and emigrate to America. En route, their son, Fievel is washed overboard and presumed drowned. The rest of the family arrive in New York and set up a tailoring business. Fievel reaches the shore inside a bottle, and after a series of scrapes with some pro-mice campaigners, Fievel is finally reunited with his family.

Genre:
Animation
Credits (301)
©/Production Company: Inc. Universal City Studios, Inc U-Drive Productions, Production Company: Amblin Entertainment, Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg, Executive Producer: David Kirschner, Executive Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, Executive Producer: Frank Marshall, Producer: Don Bluth, Producer: John Pomeroy, Producer: Gary Goldman, Associate Producer: Kate Barker, Associate Producer: Deborah Jelin, Supervising Production Manager: Fred Craig, Production Manager: Thad Weinlein, Production Co-ordinator: John Cawley, Production Co-ordinator: Ken Cromar, Amblin Controller: Bonne Radford, Production Assistant: Steve Stovall, Production Assistant: David Craig, Production Assistant: John Vallone, Production Assistant: Jill Schachne, Production Assistant: Matthew Reeder, Production Assistant: Paul Fletcher, Production Assistant: Paul Frost, Production Assistant: Jason Carr, Production Assistant: Lori Falchi, Production Assistant: Vanessa Solis, Production Assistant: Linda Strongin, Production Assistant: Joe Ryan, Production Assistant (Ireland): Ann Costello, Assistant Director: G. Sue Shakespeare, Assistant Director: David Steinberg, Casting: Michael Fenton, Casting: Jane Feinberg, Casting: Linda Gordon, Screenplay: Judy Freudberg, Screenplay: Tony Geiss, Story: David Kirschner, Story: Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Created by: David Kirschner, Animation Camera: David R. Ankney, Animation Camera: Joe Jiuliano, Animation Camera: Karl Bredendieck, Animation Camera: Rocky Solotoff, Animation Camera: Ralph Migliori, Animation Camera: Stan Miller, Marlyn O'Connor, Production Camera Supervisor: Scott McCartor, Director of Special Photographic Effects: Fred Craig, Special Atmospheric Effects: A & A Special Effects, Special Effects Unlimited, Miniature Model Maker: Dan Kuenster, Patrick Johnson, Miniature model maker: David Goetz, Miniature Model Maker: Mark Swan, Miniature Model Maker: Barry Atkinson, Miniature Model Maker: William Lorencz, Miniature Model Maker: Ralph Palmer, Anne Marie Bardwell, Graphic Arts Services: Studio Graphics, Directing Animator: John Pomeroy, Directing Animator: Dan Kuenster, Linda Miller, Animator: Lorna Pomeroy, Animator: Gary Perkovac, Animator: Jeff Etter, Animator: Ralph Zondag, Animator: Skip Jones, Animator: Kevin Wurzer, Animator: Dave Spafford, Animator: Dick Zondag, Animator: David Molina, Animator: Heidi Guedel, Animator: Anne Marie Bardwell, Animator: Jesse Cosio, Animator: Ralph Palmer, Animator: T. Daniel Hofstedt, Additional Animator: Michael Cedeno, Additional Animator: David Concepcion, Jorgen Klubien, Special Effects Directing Animator: Dorse A. Lanpher, Special Effects Animator: Don Paul, Special Effects Animator: Diann Landau, Special Effects Animator: Tom Hush, Special Effects Animator: Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, Jeff Howard, Special Effects Assistant: Stephen Moore, Dave Bossert, Special Effects In-betweener: Joey Mildenberger, Special Effects In-betweener: David McCamley, Special Effects In-betweener: Michael Casey, David Tidgwell, Character Key Supervisor: Vera Lanpher, Character Key Assistant: Terry Shakespeare, Character Key Assistant: Silvia Hoefnagels, Character Key Assistant: Jon Hooper, Character Key Assistant: Emily Jiuliano, Character Key Assistant: Mark Pudleiner, Cathy Jones, Character Clean-up: Jan Naylor, Character Clean-up: Carlos Tavares, Jean Morel, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Tim Allen, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Debbie Armstrong, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Barbara Butterworth, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Kent Butterworth, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Mark Christiansen, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Eric Daniels, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Mike Genz, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Todd Hoff, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Ross Marshall, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Jeff Merghart, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Julie Molina, Character Clean-up In-betweener: David Nethery, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Brendan O'Reilly, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Brian Pimental, Character Clean-up In-betweener: Sally Voorheis, Todd Waterman, Rough In-betweener Supervisor: T. Daniel Hofstedt, Rough Animation In-betweener: Tamara Anderson, Rough Animation In-betweener: Mannix Bennett, Rough Animation In-betweener: Don Casey, Rough Animation In-betweener: Nollaig Crombie, Rough Animation In-betweener: Colm Duggan, Rough Animation In-betweener: Patrick Gleeson, Rough Animation In-betweener: Helen Lawlor, Rough Animation In-betweener: Marion Mathieu, Rough Animation In-betweener: Ashley Mcgovern, Rough Animation In-betweener: John Power, Rough Animation In-betweener: Mary Walsh, Konrad Winterlich, Animation Checking: Carla Washburn, Animation Checking: Barbara Ritchie, Animation Checking: Vonnie Batson, Annamarie Costa, Final Checking: Saskia Raevouri, Final Checking: Victor Solis, Robin Police, Animation Colour Stylist: Carmen Oliver, Animation Colour Stylist: Jill Everett, Susan Vanderhorst, Colour Mark-ups: Olga Craig, Colour Mark-ups: Diane Albracht, Sarah-Jane King, Paint Lab Supervisor: Deborah Rykoff, Paint Lab Assistant: Violet Mckenna, Brenda Mcguirk, Xerography Supervisor: John Eddings, Key Xerox Processor: Terri Eddings, Mike Vest, Xerox Processor: Russell Boland, Xerox Processor: Don Cloud, Xerox Processor: Gene Dauer, Xerox Processor: Gary Delise, Xerox Processor: Robin Eaton, Xerox Processor: Alan Fleming, Xerox Processor: Michael Fisher, Xerox Processor: Carlos Gutierrez, Xerox Processor: Andrew Haldeman, William Marmor, Xerox Checker: Daryl Carstensen, Xerox Checker: Karen China, Xerox Checker: Ciarán Morris, Vernette Griffee, Layout Supervisor/Storyboard Assistant: Larry Leker, Layout Artist: Mark Swan, Mark Swanson, Background Stylist: Don Moore, Background Artist: William Lorencz, Background Artist: Barry Atkinson, Background Artist: David Goetz, Richard Bentham, Cel Painter: Renee Alcazar, Cel Painter: Jane Anderson, Cel Painter: Peter Anderson, Cel Painter: Charlotte Armstrong, Cel Painter: Brian Boylan, Ann Brennan, Cel Painter: Annette Byrne, Cel Painter: Robert Byrne, Cel Painter: Michael Carey, Cel Painter: Yvonne Carthy, Cel Painter: Gerard Coleman, Cel Painter: Nicholas Connolly, Cel Painter: Eileen Conway, Cel Painter: Aidan Cooney, Cel Painter: Lisa Corcoran, Cel Painter: Stephen Cullen, Cel Painter: Anne-Marie Daly, Cel Painter: Donnacha Daly, Cel Painter: Paul Daly, Cel Painter: Tom Daly, Cel Painter: Denis Deegan, Cel Painter: Brian Dempsey, Cel Painter: Séan Dempsey, Cel Painter: Madeleine Downes, Cel Painter: Karen Dwyer, Cel Painter: Gerard Egan, Cel Painter: Gina Evans, Cel Painter: John Fitzgerald, Cel Painter: Sylvia Fitzpatrick, Cel Painter: Elaine Fox, Cel Painter: Kevin Fox, Cel Painter: Donal Freeney, Cel Painter: Michael Garry, Cel Painter: Philip Garry, Cel Painter: Fiona Gavin, Cel Painter: Mary Gavin, Cel Painter: Peter Gentle, Cel Painter: David Groome, Cel Painter: Gary Hall, Cel Painter: Barbara Hamane, Cel Painter: Brendan Harris, Cel Painter: Bernard Heriott, Cel Painter: Carl Jones, Cel Painter: Gary Jones, Cel Painter: Eimear Joyce, Cel Painter: Conor Kavanagh, Cel Painter: Paul Kelly, Cel Painter: Geraldine Kieernan, Cel Painter: Siobhan Larkin, Cel Painter: Fiona Mackle, Cel Painter: Moya Mackle, Cel Painter: Orla Madden, Cel Painter: Thomas Maher, Cel Painter: James Mansfield, Cel Painter: Ann May, Cel Painter: Miriam Mcdonnell, Cel Painter: Michele Mckenna, Cel Painter: Ian Mcloughlin, Brian Mcsweeney, Cel Painter: Deborah Mooneyham, Cel Painter: Pauline Morahan, Cel Painter: Thomas Nicky Moss, Aileesh Mulligan, Cel Painter: John Murray, Cel Painter: Sinéad Murray, Cel Painter: Brendan O'Brien, Cel Painter: Colm O'Brien, Cel Painter: Philip O'Connor, Cel Painter: John O'Neill, Cel Painter: Aran O'Reilly, Cel Painter: Suzanne O'Reilly, Cel Painter: Tara O'Reilly, Cel Painter: Paul O'Rourke, Cel Painter: Janette Owens, Cel Painter: Melanie Pava, Cel Painter: Eithne Quinn, Cel Painter: Miriam Reid, Cel Painter: Denis Riordan, Cel Painter: Eric Ryan, Cel Painter: Julie Ryan, Cel Painter: Sandra Ryan, Cel Painter: Gary Shafer, Cel Painter: Paul Shanahan, Cel Painter: Graham Tiernan, Cel Painter: Greg Tiernan, Cel Painter: Fiona Trayler, Cel Painter: Sandy Ugarte, Cel Painter: Sullivan Studios, Ink and Paint Supervisor: Olga Craig, Ink/Paint Assistant Supervisor (Ireland): Laurie Curran, Ink/Paint Assistant Supervisor (US): Diane Albracht, Inker: Jacqueline Hooks, Inker: Kerri Swanson, Inker: Deborah Goddard, Inker: Anne Duffy Hazard, Inker: Karin Stover, Michelle Urbano, Editor: Dan Molina, Design/storyboard: Don Bluth, Title Design: Don Bluth, Title Design: Larry Leker, Title Design: Dan Kuenster, Title Design: Don Moore, Title Design: Dorse Lanpher, Title Design: David Goetz, Titles/Opticals: Cinema Research Corporation, Titles/Opticals: Inc. Apogee, Title House, Songs: Cynthia Weil, Songs: James Horner, Barry Mann, Music Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestrations: Greig Mcritchie, Music Editor: Michael Clifford, Music Copyist: Ernie Locket, Music Recording: Eric Tomlinson, Songs Recording: Sean Murphy, Dance Choreography: Estelle & Alfonso, Dialogue Recording: Ken Berger, Sound Re-recording: Bill Rowe, Sound Re-recording: Ray Merrin, Sound Consultant: Louis L. Edemann, Supervising Sound Editor: Dan Molina, Sound Editor: Christopher Ackland, Foley Editing: Horta Editorial and Sound, Foley: Taj Soundworks, Dolby Consultant: Chris David
Cast (13)
Cathianne Blore (voice of Bridget), Phillip Glasser (voice of Fievel Mousekewitz), Dom Deluise (voice of Tiger), Hal Smith (voice of Moe), John Finnegan (voice of Warren T. Rat), Amy Green (voice of Tanya Mousekewitz), Madeline Kahn (voice of Gussie Mausheimer), Pat Musick (voice of Tony Toponi), Nehemiah Persoff (voice of Papa Mousekewitz), Christopher Plummer (voice of Henri), Neil Ross (voice of Honest John), Will Ryan (voice of Digit), Eric Yohn (voice of Mama Mousekewitz)