While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country.While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country.While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must locate them while trying to survive in a new country.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 7 nominations total
Dom DeLuise
- Tiger
- (voice)
Christopher Plummer
- Henri
- (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)
Betsy Cathcart
- Tanya Mousekewitz
- (singing voice)
- (uncredited)
Johnny Guarnieri
- Italian Singer Mouse
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Warren Hays
- Irish Singer Mouse
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
T. Daniel Hofstedt
- No Cats in America Chorus
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFievel was the name of Steven Spielberg's grandfather.
- GoofsIn the cat's lair Tiger mentions to Fievel that he is a fan of broccoli. The film is set in the 1885-1886 time frame. Both broccoli and cauliflower were unknown in the United States then. In fact, both vegetables were not commercially grown in the United States until Italian immigrants started commercially growing both vegetables in California in the 1920s.
- Quotes
Honest John: [At the wake of Mickey O'Hare] Poor lad. So young. He never had a chance to vote. Well, he'll vote from now on. I'll make sure of that.
[Writes Mickey's name on a notebook under "Ghost Votes"]
- Crazy creditsThe first half of the end credits feature period engravings of what New York City looked like in the 1880s.
- Alternate versionsThe 2006 DVD release includes a remastered 5.1 soundtrack, both in Dolby Digital and DTS. It also has some dialogue changes compared to the original, most noticeably: Extra dialogue that was recorded but never used, and different voices for the orphans towards the end of the film (adults instead of kids - these are actually the original voices, which were replaced by children after the scene was animated).
- ConnectionsEdited from The Secret of N-I-M-H (1982)
- SoundtracksThere Are No Cats in America
Music by James Horner and Barry Mann
Lyrics by Cynthia Weil
Performed by Nehemiah Persoff, Johnny Guarnieri, and Warren Hays
Featured review
Ex-Disney animator Don Bluth brings us a tail (sorry, TALE! Well, that's the proper word in the context!) of the Russian Mousekewitz mouse family, who, like all of the other mice in late 1800's Russia, want to escape from the cats. They dream of a land known as America, where there are no cats. Travelling to
Germany, they board a ship bound for America.
However, during a violent storm, little Fievel Mousekewitz (voiced by Phillip Glasser) becomes separated from his parents and sisters. Fortunately for Fievel he was saved from drowning by being ensconced within a bottle, which quite by chance floats to New York, USA. Unfortunately not only is America very big, but it -- well, let's just say that for all mice concerned it's not all it was cracked up to be.
With the help of friends such as Tony Toponi (voiced by Pat Musick) and Tiger (Dom DeLuise), Fievel goes on a mammoth quest to become reunited with his
family.
Although it is a little on the sentimental side, it does have a certain charm, which is further helped by James Horner's musical score, as well as the wonderful
song 'Somewhere Out There' which has since become my favourite duet of all
time (I've even sung the end-credits version, as sung by Linda Ronstadt and
James Ingram, on Karaoke!). Some adults may not like the sentimentality, but stick with it, and you'll be rewarded with a gem, particularly if watching with either the young or the young-at-heart.
Germany, they board a ship bound for America.
However, during a violent storm, little Fievel Mousekewitz (voiced by Phillip Glasser) becomes separated from his parents and sisters. Fortunately for Fievel he was saved from drowning by being ensconced within a bottle, which quite by chance floats to New York, USA. Unfortunately not only is America very big, but it -- well, let's just say that for all mice concerned it's not all it was cracked up to be.
With the help of friends such as Tony Toponi (voiced by Pat Musick) and Tiger (Dom DeLuise), Fievel goes on a mammoth quest to become reunited with his
family.
Although it is a little on the sentimental side, it does have a certain charm, which is further helped by James Horner's musical score, as well as the wonderful
song 'Somewhere Out There' which has since become my favourite duet of all
time (I've even sung the end-credits version, as sung by Linda Ronstadt and
James Ingram, on Karaoke!). Some adults may not like the sentimentality, but stick with it, and you'll be rewarded with a gem, particularly if watching with either the young or the young-at-heart.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Fievel a'r Byd Newydd
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,483,002
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,234,446
- Nov 23, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $84,542,002
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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