An American Tail (1986)
Directed by Don Bluth
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
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Credit Disney vet Ken Duncan and the artists at Canadian outfit ToonBox Entertainment with designing what is quite possibly the cutest pack of scavengers to hit the screen since Don Bluth (“An American Tail,” “The Secret of NIMH”) put down his pencil.
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Directors Bluth and Goldman are Disney veterans who went on to create a couple of the most successful non-Disney animated features ever, including the Spielberg-produced "An American Tail."
The film was produced and directed by former Disney artists Don Bluth and Gary Goldman , whose credits include “ The Land Before Time ” and “An American Tail.”
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