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( March 2012 ) An American Tail : Fievel Goes West Theatrical release poster Directed by Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells Produced by Steven Spielberg Robert Watts Screenplay by Flint Dille Story by Charles Swenson Based on Characters by David Kirschner Starring Phillip Glasser James Stewart Erica Yohn Cathy Cavadini Nehemiah Persoff Dom DeLuise Amy Irving John Cleese Jon Lovitz Music by James Horner Edited by Nick Fletcher Production company Amblin Entertainment Amblimation Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date November 22, 1991 ( 1991 - 11 - 22 ) Running time 74 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $40.8 million An American Tail : Fievel Goes West ( also known as An American Tail II : Fievel Goes West & An American Tail II ) is a 1991 American animated comedy western film produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to An American Tail, and the last installment in the series to be released theatrically. Two direct - to - video sequels were released in the late 1990s. A continuation, Fievel 's American Tails, aired on CBS in 1992. It became the second animated sequel after Walt Disney Animation Studios ' The Rescuers Down Under. Don Bluth, the original film 's director, had no involvement with this one. Instead, it was directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells. The film follows the story of the Mousekewitzes, a family of Jewish - Ukrainian mice who emigrate to the Wild West. In it, Fievel is separated from his family ( again ) as the train approaches the American Old West ; the film chronicles him and Sheriff Wylie Burp ( voiced by James Stewart in his final film ) teaching Tiger how to act like a dog. It performed modestly at the box office grossing $40 million and received mixed reviews from critics. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Home Media 5 Reception 6 Sequels and spinoffs 7 Soundtrack 7.1 Track listing 7.2 Score cues left off the soundtrack 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Plot Shortly after immigrating to the United States in 1885, the impoverished Mousekewitz family discovers that conditions are not as ideal as they had hoped, as they find themselves still struggling against the attacks of mouse - hungry cats. Fievel spends his days thinking about the Wild West dog - sheriff Wylie Burp, while his older sister, Tanya, dreams of becoming a singer. Meanwhile, Tiger 's girlfriend, Miss Kitty, leaves him to find a new life out west, remarking that perhaps she is looking for `` a cat that 's more like a dog. '' Soon after, Cat R. Waul, an aristocrat cat forces the mice into the sewers, including the Mousekewitzes, and entices them into moving yet again to a better life out west. Tiger chases the train, trying to catch up with his friends, but is thrown off course by a pack of angry dogs. While on the train, Fievel wanders into the livestock car, where he overhears the cats revealing their plot to turn them into `` mouse burgers. '' After being discovered, he is thrown from the train by Cat R. 's hench - spider, T.R. Chula, landing him in the middle of the desert. His family is devastated once again over his loss and arrive in Green River, Utah with heavy hearts. Upon arrival at Green River, Chula blocks up the water tower, drying up the river. Cat R. approaches the mice and proposes to build a new saloon together, although intending to trick the mice into doing the bulk of the work and then eat them afterwards. Meanwhile, Fievel is wandering aimlessly through the desert, as is Tiger, who has found his way out west as well, and they pass each other. However, they each figure that the other is a mirage and continue on their separate ways. Tiger is captured by mouse Indians and hailed as a god. Fievel is picked up by a hawk, dropped over the mouse Indian village and reunites with Tiger. Tiger chooses to stay in while Fievel catches a passing tumbleweed, which takes him to Green River. As soon as he makes his arrival, he quickly reunites with his family but is unable to convince them of Cat R. 's plans to kill them. However, Cat R. hears Tanya singing and is enchanted by her voice. He sends Tanya to Miss Kitty, who is now a saloon - girl cat, and she reveals that she came at Cat R. 's request. He tells Miss Kitty to put her on stage. With a little encouragement from Miss Kitty, she pulls off a performance for the cats. Meanwhile, Fievel is chased by Chula and briefly taken prisoner, but flees. While walking out of town, Fievel stops to talk with an elderly bloodhound sleeping outside the jail, discovering that he is actually Wylie Burp. Fievel convinces him to help and train Tiger as a lawman and as a dog. Tiger is reluctant at first, but relents at the suggestion that a new persona might win back Miss Kitty. They go back to Green River to fight the cats, who attempt to kill the mice at sunset during the opening of Cat R. 's saloon using a giant mouse trap. Tiger, Wylie and Fievel intervene and battle the cats. When Chula threatens to kill Miss Kitty, however, Tiger rescues her and uses a pitchfork and Chula 's web as a lasso with him trapped on it to hurtle Cat R. and his men out of town by having them piled on part of the trap, which the heroes use as a catapult. The cats fly into the air and land into a mailbag. The train picks it up and leaves. Enamored by his new personality, Miss Kitty and Tiger are reunited. Tanya becomes a famous singer and the water tower flows with 9,000 gallons of water again, making Green River bloom with thousands of flowers. Fievel finds Wylie away from the party who hands him his sheriff badge. Fievel is unsure about taking it, but realizes that his journey is not over. Cast Phillip Glasser as Fievel Mousekewitz James Stewart as Wylie Burp Dom DeLuise as Tiger Cathy Cavadini as Tanya Mousekewitz John Cleese as Cat R. Waul Amy Irving as Miss Kitty Jon Lovitz as T.R. Chula Nehemiah Persoff as Papa Mousekewitz Erica Yohn as Mama Mousekewitz Production The film was the first production for Spielberg 's Amblimation animation studio, a collaboration of Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment, whose offices were located in London. There, over 250 crew members worked on the project, which began in May 1989. At the time, Amblimation was also developing We 're Back ! A Dinosaur 's Story, Balto, and a screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Cats which never saw completion. Don Bluth, who had partnered with Steven Spielberg on both the original film and The Land Before Time, was set to direct and have Sullivan Bluth Studios provide the animation ; owing to creative differences, however, they parted ways. With no Bluth in sight for the sequel, Spielberg instead relied on Phil Nibbelink, a former Disney animator, and Simon Wells, the great - grandson of science - fiction author H.G. Wells, to direct the project. The result was that the film 's animation style was distinctly different from that of its predecessor. The Frankie Laine song `` Rawhide '' is played at the tumbleweed scene, although the version used is from The Blues Brothers. This sequence was designed and laid - out by an uncredited Alan Friswell, a special effects expert and stop - motion animator who was employed by the studio at the time, and is better - known for his work on the Virgin Interactive Entertainment Mythos computer game, Magic and Mayhem ( 1998 ), his restoration work for the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation as well as his many model creations and magazine articles for publications such as Fortean Times, among others. In addition to a new voice actress, the character of Tanya was heavily redesigned as well. Instead of her red babushka headdress and blue and yellow dress, she wore a different colored dress and was given bangs and a ponytail and she was a couple inches taller than Fievel. Tiger also underwent minor changes ( such as removing the `` M '' from his shirt ), as did baby Yasha and Fievel. James Horner returned to write the score to the film, reusing old themes and introducing new ones. Amy Irving, who voiced Miss Kitty in the film, was Spielberg 's ex-wife. During production, he married Kate Capshaw who had worked with him on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984. John Lithgow and Martin Short were considered to play Cat R. Waul and T.R. Chula, but Jon Lovitz signed to play Chula and John Cleese turned down the role as Cogsworth in Disney 's Beauty and the Beast to play Cat R. Waul. Release The film was released in the United States on November 22, 1991, exactly five years and one day after the release of the original one, and the same day as Disney 's Beauty and the Beast. Although it profited at the box office, the film grossed less than its predecessor ; it opened in fourth place with $3,435,625 despite being shown on nearly 1,700 theaters and eventually made just over $22 million domestically, and $18 million overseas, for a total of $40,766,041. By contrast, the original film made $47.4 million in the U.S. in 1986, a record at the time for a non-Disney animated one., and a further $36 million overseas, for a total of $84 million. Home media An American Tail : Fievel Goes West was released onto VHS and Laserdisc in 1992. The Laserdisc edition included a widescreen letterbox release with the original theatrical aspect ratio. On August 11, 1998, both first American Tail and Fievel Goes West were digitally restored and rereleased onto VHS in a limited edition boxed 2 - pack set with both videos having clamshell VHS cases. The film was released on DVD in 2004, a bare - bones release with only a few children 's games as extras. Since has been included in combination DVD sets with the first film and with other animated movies owned by Universal Studios. The film was released on Blu - ray as a Walmart exclusive on April 4, 2017 ( with a nationwide release on July 4, 2017 ). Prior to that release, the film was re-released on DVD in January 2017. Reception The film received mixed reviews from film critics. The staff of Halliwell 's Film Guide gave it two stars out of four, with this comment : `` Enjoyable and high - spirited animated film that borrows plot and attitudes from classic Westerns. '' Roger Ebert gave it two - and - a-half stars out of four and wrote, `` There is nothing really the matter with An American Tail : Fievel Goes West, except that it is not inspired with an extra spark of imagination in addition to its competent entertainment qualities ''. The New York Times wrote `` The film is really a bland, randomly connected series of adventures involving the Mouskewitz children, Tiger and Miss Kitty, a sultry barroom chanteuse. While the quality of the animation is above average, the film 's visualization of the American West is surprisingly dull. The movie has little narrative drive or emotional resonance, and its final action sequences seem perfunctory and tacked on. '' As of November 2013, 40 % of critics gave it a positive reception on Rotten Tomatoes. Sequels and spinoffs A direct sequel that serves as a TV series, Fievel 's American Tails, was produced for television in 1992. Two direct - to - video sequels were produced after the series : An American Tail : The Treasure of Manhattan Island, released in 1998, and An American Tail : The Mystery of the Night Monster, released in 1999. Fievel later served as the mascot for Steven Spielberg 's Amblimation animation studio, appearing in its production logo. There is also a Fievel - themed playground at Universal Studios Florida, featuring a large water slide and many oversized objects such as books, glasses, cowboy boots, and more. It is the only such playground at any of NBC Universal 's theme parks. An LCD game based on the film was created by Tiger Electronics in 1991. A computer game based on the film was created in 1993. A Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game of the same name was released in 1994. A Game Boy Advance video game based on the film called An American Tail : Fievel 's Gold Rush was released in 2002. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by James Horner and includes `` Dreams to Dream '', which was nominated for a Golden Globe award. `` Dreams to Dream '' was based on a short instrumental piece from the original film. Track listing `` Dreams to Dream ( Finale Version ) '' -- Linda Ronstadt `` American Tail Overture ( Main Title ) '' `` Cat Rumble '' `` Headin ' Out West '' `` Way Out West '' `` Green River / Trek Through the Desert '' `` Dreams to Dream ( Tanya 's Version ) '' -- Cathy Cavadini `` Building a New Town '' `` Sacred Mountain '' `` Reminiscing '' `` The Girl You Left Behind '' -- Cathy Cavadini `` In Training '' * `` The Shoot - Out '' `` A New Land / The Future '' ( * a close parody of Aaron Copland 's `` Hoe - Down '' theme, adapting the film 's leitmotifs ) Score cues left off the soundtrack This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2012 ) Tiger Chases the Train Mouse Burger Plot The Flying Aaaaah / Tiger 's Chase Continues Puttin ' On the Ritz ( Movie Version ) Two Old Friends Reunited Rawhide Saloon Music Wylie Burp / More Like a Dog The Shoot - Out ( Movie Version ) The River Returns / Celebration See also 1990s portal Film in the United States portal Cartoon portal Animation portal List of animated feature - length films References ^ Jump up to : Beck, Jerry ( 2005 ). `` An American Tail : Fievel Goes West ''. The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Reader Press. pp. 18 -- 19. ISBN 1 - 55652 - 591 - 5. Jump up ^ Sabulis, Tom ( July 5, 1990 ). `` The toon boom : Animation 's big - screen comeback sends artists back to the drawing boards ''. The Seattle Times. Knight Ridder Newspapers. p. F1. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ Weekend Box Office ( November 22 -- 24, 1991 ). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2007. Jump up ^ An American Tail : Fievel Goes West at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2007. Jump up ^ An American Tail at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2007 Jump up ^ Gritten, David, ed. ( 2007 ). `` An American Tail : Fievel Goes West ( * * ) ''. Halliwell 's Film Guide 2008. Hammersmith, London : HarperCollins Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 0 - 00 - 726080 - 6. Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger ( November 22, 1991 ). `` An American Tail : Fievel Goes West ( 1991 ) ''. rogerebert.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017. Jump up ^ https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE4DB113FF931A15752C1A967958260 Jump up ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_tail_fievel_goes_west/ External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : An American Tail : Fievel Goes West An American Tail : Fievel Goes West on IMDb An American Tail : Fievel Goes West at AllMovie An American Tail : Fievel Goes West at Rotten Tomatoes An American Tail : Fievel Goes West at The Big Cartoon DataBase An American Tail : Fievel Goes West at Keyframe : The Animation Resource Stephen Holden. 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An American Tail Films An American Tail ( 1986 ) Fievel Goes West ( 1991 ) Treasure of Manhattan Island ( 1998 ) Mystery of the Night Monster ( 1999 ) TV series Fievel 's American Tails Songs `` Somewhere Out There '' `` Dreams to Dream '' Video games An American Tail : Fievel Goes West An American Tail : Fievel 's Gold Rush Related articles An American Tail Theatre ( 1990 ) Steven Spielberg Filmography Awards and nominations Films directed Firelight ( 1964 ) Slipstream ( 1967 ) Amblin ' ( 1968 ) Night Gallery ( `` Eyes '' segment, 1969 ) L.A. 2017 ( 1971 ) Duel ( 1971 ) Something Evil ( 1972 ) Savage ( 1973 ) The Sugarland Express ( 1974, also wrote ) Jaws ( 1975 ) Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977, also wrote ) 1941 ( 1979 ) Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 ) Twilight Zone : The Movie ( `` Kick the Can '' segment, 1983 ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ) The Color Purple ( 1985 ) Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ( 1989 ) Always ( 1989 ) Hook ( 1991 ) Jurassic Park ( 1993 ) Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) The Lost World : Jurassic Park ( 1997 ) Amistad ( 1997 ) Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) A.I. Artificial Intelligence ( 2001, also wrote ) Minority Report ( 2002 ) Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) The Terminal ( 2004 ) War of the Worlds ( 2005 ) Munich ( 2005 ) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) The Adventures of Tintin ( 2011 ) War Horse ( 2011 ) Lincoln ( 2012 ) Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) The BFG ( 2016 ) The Post ( 2017 ) Ready Player One ( 2018 ) Films written Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies ( 1973 ) Poltergeist ( 1982, also produced ) The Goonies ( 1985 ) Films produced An American Tail : Fievel Goes West ( 1991 ) Memoirs of a Geisha ( 2005 ) Flags of Our Fathers ( 2006 ) Letters from Iwo Jima ( 2006 ) Super 8 ( 2011 ) The Hundred - Foot Journey ( 2014 ) Television Amazing Stories ( 1985 -- 87 ) High Incident ( 1996 -- 97 ) Invasion America ( 1998 ) See also Steven Spielberg bibliography Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Amblin Television DreamWorks Television Amblimation DreamWorks USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education Films directed by Simon Wells An American Tail : Fievel Goes West ( 1991 ) We 're Back ! 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Question: who plays the cat in fievel goes west
Answer: John Cleese