Will Ryan (Digit), Neil Ross (Honest John), Cathianne Blore (Bridget), and Hal Smith (Moe) are all voice actors well known in the animation industry.In designing the look of the film and its characters, Bluth worked with Amblin Entertainment and the Bluth preferred to storyboard an entire picture, but it soon proved to be an enormous task.

He encounters Bridget takes Fievel and Tony to see Honest John, an alcoholic politician who knows the city's voting mice. Notable cuts include the Mousekewitzes' journey across Europe, a scene in which they first meet Tiger and he gets stuck up in a tree, an upbeat song that Fievel was planned to sing while imprisoned in the sweatshop, and a scene that gave greater explanation of the changing of names at The film was also plagued by union difficulties. Warren then sets fire to the pier's entrance in an attempt to burn the mice alive, until Gussie finally orders the mice to release the secret weapon. The production buckled under the excessive oversight, and Bluth felt that he was losing freedom of control over the production process. Larry Leker was brought in to assist, turning Bluth's rough sketches into final storyboard panels. Tiger voiced by Dom DeLuise and 2 others . The main protagonist, He is the five-year old only son of Papa and Mama Mousekawitz. No one knows what to do about it, until Fievel whispers a plan to Gussie. Suddenly scenes had to be dropped to save time and money and new, shorter scenes had to be created to help pick up the story points lost in the process, sometimes making the story line look jumbled. A High-spirited, daring yet naïve Russian-Jewish mouse, Fievel becomes a frightened child when he is separated from his family.

At the time of its domestic release, it became the The film won "Best Animated Motion Picture" at the The song "Somewhere Out There" written by James Horner received a number of accolades during the 1987–1988 award season, including The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Warren is extorting them all for protection that he never provides. However, a pile of leaking During the fire, Fievel is once again separated from his family and ends up at an orphanage. It was mostly this struggle that later compelled Bluth to relocate to Ireland, which he felt offered a more supportive atmosphere.Spielberg's original vision for the film was as a musical—it is said he wanted a "After the first round of songs were written, it was decided a special song would be written for An official soundtrack containing 14 tracks from the film was first released in November 21, 1986, by The film has grossed up to $47 million in the United States and Canada, also known as the domestic box office, and $84 million worldwide. Bluth had agreed to accept $6.5 million to get it produced (which later grew to $9 million), at a time when Disney was spending around $12 million per film. Unlike the former Bluth studios, the new Sullivan Bluth studios were non-union, and when many workers attempted to withdraw from the union, it sparked a battle between Bluth and the union that continued through most of production. An American Tail Cast . Fievel races back to the pier with the cats chasing after him. I loved doing it." However, he can't help Fievel search for his family, as they have not yet registered to vote. The theatrical sequel This article is about the film. Papa Mousekewitz voiced by Nehemiah Persoff and 4 others . The journey ends with Henri taking everyone to see his newly completed project—the Production began in December 1984 as a collaboration between Spielberg, Bluth, and Universal, based on a concept by David Kirschner. Warren T. Rat voiced by John P Finnegan and 2 others . It would only work in animation or if I wrote a ballet. An American Tail (1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (Video 1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.