Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Classic Movie Flashback 'An American Tail' 1986

AN AMERICAN TAIL distributed by UNIVERSAL pictures. This was a successful animated film not created by DISNEY studios. The production climbed to $9 million and grossed $84 million at the box office. (Movie ticket price for 1986 was $3.71).

The story surrounds a Russian mouse named "Fievel." Him and his family emigrate to the United States. He gets lost and tries to find his sister and parents.

When "Tail" was released on VHS Home Video in 1987. It amassed a huge profit of $1.4 million in rentals.

The movie soundtrack title song called, "Somewhere Out There" had reached number #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 songs. The duet was sung by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram. It also won the Grammy award for that year's Best Song.

(Hahaha... I actually had the Movie Soundtrack Album on Cassette Tape).

"Tail" spawned a popular sequel, "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" (1991). Two more sequels went straight-to-video. The first film is the only Blu-Ray release 2014. All four films were released on DVD as a complete package 2017.

Below is the remastered original movie Trailer.


Below is the music video from the movie called, "Somewhere Out There."

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