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Summary: "Somewhere Out There..."
Review: "Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight," there must be a better non-Disney-animated film. NAAAAAAAAH! An American Tail is animator and director Don Bluth's best work to date. The story of a young Russian mouse being swept out to sea while on a voyage with his family to America still holds up very well, even (GASP!) 15 years after the film's theatrical debut. (Wow, I'm getting old!) Fortunately the young mouse, whose name is Fievel, washes up alive and well on New York Harbor. From there, he sets off on a journey to find his family. But it may be more difficult than he anticipated once he comes across the "two-faced" villain Warren T. Rat (voiced to perfection by John Finnegan) and the city's many other dangers that could threaten his quest.As stated before, An American Tail is very nicely animated, and the incredible soundtrack, composed by James Horner, gives the movie a timeless quality that is one of the reasons why it stands the test of time. Each character is also perfectly voiced. Just to name a few of these talents, Philip Glasser is the voice of Fievel, Dom DeLuise is Tiger the cat, Amy Green is Fievel's sister, Tanya, and as mentioned before, John Finnegan is Warren T. Rat. The songs are also brilliantly performed, the best of which is the classic "Somewhere Out There," beautifully sung during the film by Fievel and Tanya, and again during the end credits by Linda Ronstadt. All in all, An American Tail is an enduring and heartwarming film that will be embraced by everyone who's young at heart. And so it is to these people that I highly recommend this film. And if you enjoy it, I also recommend viewing the sequel, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. It's every bit as good.
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Summary: "Somewhere Out There..."
Review: "Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight," there must be a better non-Disney-animated film. NAAAAAAAAH! An American Tail is animator and director Don Bluth's best work to date. The story of a young Russian mouse being swept out to sea while on a voyage with his family to America still holds up very well, even (GASP!) 15 years after the film's theatrical debut. (Wow, I'm getting old!) Fortunately the young mouse, whose name is Fievel, washes up alive and well on New York Harbor. From there, he sets off on a journey to find his family. But it may be more difficult than he anticipated once he comes across the "two-faced" villain Warren T. Rat (voiced to perfection by John Finnegan) and the city's many other dangers that could threaten his quest. As stated before, An American Tail is very nicely animated, and the incredible soundtrack, composed by James Horner, gives the movie a timeless quality that is one of the reasons why it stands the test of time. Each character is also perfectly voiced. Just to name a few of these talents, Philip Glasser is the voice of Fievel, Dom DeLuise is Tiger the cat, Amy Green is Fievel's sister, Tanya, and as mentioned before, John Finnegan is Warren T. Rat. The songs are also brilliantly performed, the best of which is the classic "Somewhere Out There," beautifully sung during the film by Fievel and Tanya, and again during the end credits by Linda Ronstadt. All in all, An American Tail is an enduring and heartwarming film that will be embraced by everyone who's young at heart. And so it is to these people that I highly recommend this film. And if you enjoy it, I also recommend viewing the sequel, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. It's every bit as good.
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Summary: An American Tail
Review: AAT is one of the best animated movies from the 1980's, and also a Don Bluth masterpiece.
Many animated movies is getting too blended with CGI, and it failed like in Pocahontas, but AAT is nicely animated without any use of a computer.
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Summary: Good Movie, But DVD Issue
Review: 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!
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Summary: My favorite animated film of all time
Review: An American Tail is one of the few animated films I'm so fasinated with. It has everything in it that I want from an animated movie. What I want from an animated movie is a story that has something to say to the adults in the audience. A story with characters that have personality to them and characters you feel for. I got all that from this movie. When I watched it last month, I found myself almost crying with a number of emotions. At that moment, I felt like I have never been more affected by an animated film before or since. I love the main character of Fievel. I felt for him and felt the same things he was feeling about being separated from his family. He has touched me in a way that no other animated character has done before or since. I wish this movie would be re-released in theaters and to the public again.
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Summary: One of the Best Animation Family Films.
Review: 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.
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Summary: another Bluth classic
Review: Brilliantly animated, warm and tender, this movie is one of the few greats that Bluth did before he started putting out trash. Unless you don't like animated movies and are more into snakes and spiders, you WILL fall in love with Fievel. Tiger is also another hit. While not as lovable as Jeremy from The Secret of Nimh, he's more lovable than Itchy from All Dogs Go to Heaven. Some of the elements that get amplified in Bluth's more poorly crafted movies show up in this movie, but they don't detract from the quality of this altogether enjoyable film.
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Summary: This is a freaking scary movie, people
Review: Do not show this to your kids. Don't be blinded by the sweet songs and the nostalgia of immigrants, etc. This is scary! The cats are wicked, wicked characters and the scenes are frightening. Too much for small viewers. There is no need for this level of scary scenes in a kids' film.
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Summary: Bluth at his (not very good) best
Review: 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.
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Summary: What A Great Movie...
Review: First of all, i'm glad to see that i'm not the only not-kid (i'm 19) that still loves this movie and that cried when seeing it again... It's a great movie to see when you are a child, and a great movie to see through your life, until you could watch it with your own children. It's also an important movie: A friend of mine had a history teacher that said that this movie shows greatly the lives of the immigrants to America, so you'll also get a bit of history with it.
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