An American Tail

Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family

Dom DeLuise	Tiger (voice)
Christopher Plummer
Phillip Glasser	Fievel Mousekewitz (voice)
Nehemiah Persoff	Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
Erica Yohn	Mama Mousekewitz (voice)
Amy Green	Tanya Mousekewitz (voice)
John Finnegan	Warren T. Rat (voice)
Pat Musick	Tony Toponi (voice)
Cathianne Blore	Bridget (voice)
Neil Ross	Honest John (voice)
Madeline Kahn	Gussie Mausheimer (voice)

Director	Don Bluth
Producer	Don Bluth; Judy Freudberg; Gary Goldman
Writer	Judy Freudberg; Tony Geiss

Don Bluth's An American Tail is based on the story of a young Russian mouse who is separated from his family in America and who later heads with his reunited kin out to the American West. It's pleasant, though not spectacular, and has its greatest problems in story development. Steven Spielberg produced with an eye toward creating animation hits outside of Disney, and he and Bluth certainly took a big step in that direction here. Kids like it a lot, and adults will warm to the sound of various familiar voices, such as Dom DeLuise as Tiger and Madeline Kahn as Gussie Mausheimer. It's also the source of the pop single "Somewhere Out There." --Tom Keogh