An American Tail

An American Tail
An American Tail
	Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan
Directed by	Don Bluth
Screenplay by	Judy Freudberg; Tony Geiss;
Story by	David Kirschner; Judy Freudberg; Tony Geiss;
Produced by	Don Bluth; Gary Goldman; John Pomeroy;
Starring	Cathianne Blore; Dom DeLuise; John Finnegan; Phillip Glasser; Amy Green; Madeline Kahn; Pat Musick; Nehemiah Persoff; Christopher Plummer; Neil Ross; Will Ryan; Hal Smith; Erica Yohn;
Edited by	Dan Molina
Music by	James Horner
Production; companies	Amblin Entertainment; Sullivan Bluth Studios;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 21, 1986;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9 million
Box office	$84 million

An American Tail is a 1986 American animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Don Bluth and written by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. The film stars the voices of Phillip Glasser, John Finnegan, Amy Green, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, and Christopher Plummer. It is the story of Fievel Mousekewitz and his family as they emigrate from the Russian empire to the United States for freedom, but Fievel gets lost and must find a way to reunite with them.

The film was released in the United States on November 21, 1986, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $84 million against a budget of $9M.

The film spawned a franchise, including a sequel, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), a television series, Fievel's American Tails (1992) and two direct-to-video sequels, An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998) and An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999).

^ ^a ^b "An American Tail (1986)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
^ Harrington, Richard (November 19, 1989). "FOR DON BLUTH, 'ALL DOGS' HAS ITS DAY". Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 9, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2022. 'American Tail' cost $9 million to make and earned $75 million at the box office, another $75 million from cassette sales.

[afi-1] "An American Tail (1986)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.

[Harrington-2] Harrington, Richard (November 19, 1989). "FOR DON BLUTH, 'ALL DOGS' HAS ITS DAY". Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 9, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2022. 'American Tail' cost $9 million to make and earned $75 million at the box office, another $75 million from cassette sales.

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