An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

An American Tail Wanderer in the Wild West (English: An American Tail: Fievel Goes West ) is the first sequel to the film published in 1986 An American Tail walkers. The animated film was released in theaters in 1991 and was directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells, was producer Steven Spielberg. Unlike the previous film Don Bluth was not involved. The television series American Tail & Friends continues the film, as the movie An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan.

Action

Feivels family and many other mice have to realize that it's not going to them in New York City well as they had hoped for at the immigration. The cats forge during which a plan to handle the mice to mouse burgers. To this end, they want to lure the mice into the Wild West, by allowing them to believe there would be mice and cats live in peace with each other. In the train noted Feivel that they have been tricked. While the cats try to deceive him, but Fievel escapes and ends up in the wilderness. There he meets the cat tiger from New York again, which is drawn as well to the west and is now worshiped by a tribe of Native American mice as a deity. While Tiger prefers to remain with the Indians mice, travels on An American Tail and finally finds his family again.

The mice live in the city of Green River in empty cans and shoes. Feivels father decides that the Mauskewitz ' draws close to the water. But soon the water disappears, because the spider Chula has blocked its path. Feivels sister who can sing well, while its hired by Miss Kitty for the saloon. Cat R. Raul plans to lure the mice into the saloon, to catch them there. At the same time, however, is the famous American Tail Dog Wylie Burp, as he explores the city. Wylie agrees to train male tiger to the sheriff, so that it can finally proceed successfully against the machinations of Cat R. Raul.

Production and publication

The film was produced from 1989 to 1991 under the direction of Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells at Amblimation and was the first film of the studio, which was co-created by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment. They were involved in the production of over 250 people. As producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Watts were responsible. First was Don Bluth, director of the first film, are provided for the Director. Because of disputes with Steven Spielberg, but he left the project. Flint Dille wrote the script, James Horner composed the music and Nick Fletcher was a senior editor. As artistic director Neil Ross has been committed.

James Stewart speaks in his last film role Wylie Burp.

Premiere of the film was on 21 November 1991 in New York City, on the day he launched in the rest of the United States. This was followed by film premieres including in Scandinavia, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain until the film on 25 June 1992 entered the German cinemas. In addition, it has been translated into Spanish, Japanese and other languages.

Synchronization

The German synchronization was created by the Berliner Synchron GmbH. For transcripts and - governing Lutz Riedel was responsible.

Reception

The film grossed a worldwide about 40 million U.S. dollars and was significantly less successful than its predecessor, An American Tail walkers.

Halliwell's Film Guide rated the film two out of four stars and sees him as " entertaining and motivated animated film, the many plot elements from the classic Western borrows. " In the New York Times stated that the film was not such a haunting allegory of the immigrant of the 19th century, but a rather bland and random looking string of adventures of Mauskewitz '. The representation of the Wild West is surprisingly dull and superficial. Blessed be the ( English ) voice actors and the superior quality of the animations. The German lexicon of international film writes: " An endearing, child-friendly narrated animation, developing stylish film- historical models. "