[43] However, it also holds the record of the 119th post-thanksgiving weekend drops. His appearance gave Tiger what can best be described as a panic attack. Appearance wise, he goes from being gray to bluish purple. According to Nichols, three million copies were rumored to be circulated, although MCA/Universal was willing to reveal the real number. Chula, landing him in the middle of the desert. Tiger is reluctant at first, but relents at the suggestion that a new persona might win back Miss Kitty. Chula is last seen holding Miss Kitty hostage, telling Fievel that he'd better not pull the trigger of the large gun that Cat R. Waul had. [111] In the United Kingdom, it first appeared on December 6, 2006 on DVD as part of a Slim 2 box set that featured the first two American Tail films. [115] Fievel Goes West was issued to Blu-ray on April 4, 2017 in the United States,[116] July 4 in Canada,[117] and September 25 in the United Kingdom. While on the train, Fievel wanders into the livestock car, where he overhears the cats revealing their plot to turn them into "mouse burgers". [7] Fievel Goes West was its first production, and over 250 crew members from 15 different nations[6] worked on the project starting May 1989. It is the 1991 sequel to the 1986 film An American Tail, the second film released in the American Tail series, and the fourth installment in terms of the series' fictional chronology. He told his spider lackey, T.R. [57] Peter M. Nichols analyzed Fievel Goes West "was panned on the ground that it was not so innovative as other new animated films, notably Beauty and the Beast from Disney, the leader in animation. The Legend of Mouse Hollow 7. [85] Including it on a list of "19 Classic Movies That Prove 1991 Was Truly The Best Year For Film", Bustle described the film as "a fun, action-adventure comedy that gave Fievel's sister Tanya some much-needed screen time. Chula is the secondary antagonist in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and the recurring antagonist in Fievel's American Tails. The success of one doesn't depend on the failure of the other. Review/Film; Immigrant Mice Face the Frontier", An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_American_Tail:_Fievel_Goes_West&oldid=999114100, American children's animated adventure films, American children's animated comedy films, American children's animated musical films, Pages using multiple image with manual scaled images, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 January 2021, at 15:30. [68] Some critics called the songs weaker and not as memorable as those of the first film,[69][59][63][65][62][56] although the Blues Brothers' version of the song "Rawhide" was spotlighted by some writers[65][68][56] and "The Girl You Left Behind" by a People magazine review. "[62] While Terry found most of the characters unmemorable,[63] he and other reviewers praised the presence of Wylie Burp. [107], An American Tail: Fievel Goes West was released on Video CD in Hong Kong on July 20, 2001,[108] on DVD in the United States on September 25, 2003,[109] Spain on September 29, 2005,[110] and Denmark on November 15, 2011. Inspired by Executive Producer Steven Spielberg’s lovable animated character Fievel Mousekewitz, kids can run, jump, climb and bounce through this whimsical playground filled with oversized props from the films An American Tail and Fievel Goes West. Watch An American Tail Fievel Goes West [1991] Online Full. [139][140] In the United States, Ronstadt's version of "Dreams to Dream" reached number 13 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart[141] and number eight on Cashbox's Looking Ahead chart. [63] Solomon highlighted its "tricky point-of-view shots, such as inside a rolling tumbleweed", and the changes to most of the character designs;[60] while Brenna Kield of the Sun-Sentinel highlighted the realism in the scenery and character movements. [6] Spielberg instructed his animators to take on a "live-action" method to animating the film. Full-length cartoons need the subplots to hold children's attention. Chula chases after his captive, following him upstairs into the human portion of the saloon and after getting covered in beer corners Fievel behind a bottle of perfume. [70], Time Out London published an ecstatic review of Fievel Goes West: "Miles better than the overrated American Tail, this laugh-packed sequel boasts all the classic elements so often missing from modern cartoon features: a straightforward zip-zang-boom storyline, clearly etched characters with instantly identifiable flaws, tip-top voice-overs by well-chosen celebrities, and oodles of elasticated slapstick. Numerous subplots send the characters off in unlikely directions while the main plot thread is left undeveloped. "[89] A 2016 review from Greg Jameson of Entertainment Focus opined it "has less universal appeal than the original, because the themes aren't as rooted in human experience so it packs less of an emotional punch." In the show, he is more tamed and nowhere near as insane as he is in the film. Spider-Man The Deluxe Collectors Pack 4-Disc DVD & CD Soundtrack. He cheats because he has eight sets of aces. Seeing this, Cat R. Waul unveils a giant revolver, which he fires at the fleeing mice as a makeshift cannon, until Wylie catapults Fievel to the gun, which the mouse quickly intercepts from and attempts to use against Cat R. Waul. Fievel, the cute little mouse from An American Tail, is going west for Fievel Goes West. Tiger is captured by American Indian mice who declare him their god, and Tanya suddenly finds herself pursuing a dance-hall career. [35] Steven Hulett of the union Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists opined that the low performances of both Fievel Goes West and We're Back! Bell the Cats [6], The voices were recorded over a 10-day period at Interlock Studios (now Larson Studios) at Crossroads of the World in Los Angeles in 1989, ten takes for each actor at varying speeds and phrasing. He is voiced by Jon Lovitz in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and Dan Castellaneta in Fievel's American Tails. When Chula threatens to kill Miss Kitty in an attempt to force Fievel to back down, however, an incensed Tiger rescues her and uses Chula's web as a lasso with him trapped on it to hurtle Cat R. Waul and his men out of town by having them piled on part of the trap, which the heroes use as a catapult. His family is devastated once again over his loss and arrive in Green River, Utah with heavy hearts. [18] She enjoying working on Kitty for Irving's Mae West-esque delivery and the "scatterbrained dialogue" giving her "a lot of freedom in [the character's] choreography". [25] Along with competing with an unusual number of family films with middling budgets such as The Addams Family, Curly Sue , My Girl, and Spielberg's Hook;[26][27][28] both Beauty and the Beast and Fievel Goes West were promoted with, as of the films' release date, the most expensive set of film tie-ins ever. He is the henchman and a right-hand man to Cat R. Waul. Cat R. Waul 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. [7] Nibbelink and Wells had both previously worked with Spielberg as supervising animators on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Meanwhile, Fievel, Cat R. Waul and the central story languish. played Mepps in Fievel and Tiger Rescue Rangers, and Courage & Scooby Rescue Rangers 6 T.R. He is a spider and he had the appearance and mannerism of an Old West outlaw. [29], 40 brands licensed with Universal to promote the film,[30] including the non-profit Reading Is Fundamental, which used the character of Fievel as a mascot for Reading Buddies kits; and Pizza Hut, which used characters from the film on designs their Pizza Packs and soft-drink cups, a decision influenced by their previous tie-in success with the Disney summer film The Rocketeer (1991). He later stumbles into the saloon where he overhears the cats' plan yet again before he is discovered once more by Cat R. Waul. Chula is fought as the third boss in the video game version of, In an article for the video game version of, He is played by Jon Lovitz in the film. [23] It made its worldwide premiere at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as their big children's theatre recital performance, on November 17, 1991, where 275 inner-city kids that were guests of Fannie Mae's company attended the event; the children also made their own American Tail storybook and posed with a costume version of Fievel for pictures. C $39.27. Seeing this, Tiger is enraged and overcoming his fear of spiders and goes into a blind fury, tossing all of the Cactus Cat Gang onto the giant mousetrap Cat R. Waul had set up. [19], Fievel Goes West was initially planned for a fall 1990 release, but it was delayed to a late 1991 date. "[65] Some reviewers were also uncomforted by the Indian mice tribe as being racially insensitive. If he did, Chula made it clear that he'd kill Miss Kitty. [7] In December 1988, Universal announced that they would release an animated film every eighteen months and begin production on An American Tail II in early 1989. Tanya Mousekewitz voiced by Cathy Cavadini and 2 others . There, they come across a mouse in a cowboy outfit, who is fact a mouse marionette controlled by Cat R. Waul, who entices the mice into moving yet again to a better life out west. "[36], Opening to 1,400 theaters in the United States,[29] Fievel Goes West has, as of November 30, 2019, the 110th widest G-rated release of all time[39] and the 96th widest G-rated film opening in the United States. [67] However, one reviewer appreciated the bits of "sophisticated humor" and Holocaust undertones in the script,[63] and another highlighted its gag, such as the scene of Tiger being taken captive by the Indian mice. [112] Similar two-film DVD collections were released in Spain on June 22, 2009[113] and the United States on August 22, 2010. Viewing 0 reply threads. A Case of the Hiccups 6. It is the only such playground at any of NBC Universal's theme parks. [49] 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. NC (vo): Released in 1991, Fievel Goes West clearly has little connection with the original in terms of tone, animation, or even the people who made it, and instead decides to make a goofy western. [95], Comedy television series such as 30 Rock,[96] Brooklyn Nine-Nine,[97] and Rick and Morty have referenced Fievel Goes West. An LCD game based on the film was created by Tiger Electronics in 1991. 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