This moment is doubly sad as it was based off a story about Steven Spielberg's grandfather (also named Fievel), who couldn't go into a school because he was Jewish and could only hear the lessons outside in the snow.

I'm not sure what has changed.. but when I watched this as a kid, I wasn't scared. I was sad. I was upset that he couldn't find his family, etc. But never scared.. We look back on movies like this and think "damn, that looks terrifying" but in fact they weren't.. Have our …

Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.

Jun 18, 2010 · After the Mouskekewitzes, a group of Russian-Jewish mice, decide to move to America in the late 19th century, their son Fievel gets thrown overboard and washes ashore in New York City. The entire...

Jun 18, 2022 · Bluth later commented that "Steven has not dominated the creative growth of Tail at all. There is an equal share of both of us in the picture". Nevertheless, this was his first animated feature, and it took some time for him to learn that adding a two-minute scene would take dozens of people months of work.

Aug 27, 2021 · Back in the day people would tell tales about the streets of America being paved in gold and stuff like this and escaping religious persecution (Fievel and his family were Russian Jews fleeing Cossacks who were the pillaging cats in …

May 16, 2016 · It’s sad that “An American Tail” has gone somewhat pushed to the corner of the animated world over the years, since it’s such a touching movie and brilliant exploration of family and bonds. Fievel is one of the most likable and human protagonists of all time. He’s not heroic or overly courageous.

Jan 12, 2021 · On their boat ride to New York from Hamburg, Fievel ends up getting thrown overboard during a storm and his family sadly presume him to be dead save for Tanya who holds on to hope that her brother is alive. Sure enough, Fievel is alive and washes up on Liberty Island in a bottle and goes searching for his family.

While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country. Director: Don Bluth. Writer: Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, David Kirschner. Production: Amblin Entertainment,Universal Pictures,Sullivan Bluth Studios. Genre: animation, adventure, comedy.

Fievel Mousekewitz is the main protagonist of the An American Tail franchise. He is the only son and middle child of Mama and Papa Mousekewitz, with his big sister Tanya and a baby one named Yasha. He is an adventurous mouse who often endangers himself through his reckless but mostly innocent...