An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
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| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | |
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 An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island |
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| Directed by | Larry Latham |
| Produced by | Larry Latham |
| Written by | Len Uhley |
| Starring | Thomas Dekker, Lacey Chabert, Elaine Bilstad |
| Music by | Patrick Griffin, Danail Getz |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | November 16, 1998 (UK) February 15, 2000 (USA) |
| Running time | 78 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | N/A |
| Preceded by | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West |
| Followed by | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster |
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An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island was the first direct-to-video sequel to An American Tail. This film was first released in the UK in 1998. It was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in the United States in 2000, and stars Thomas Dekker as Fievel Mousekewitz.
[edit] Story
The story starts off in a New York setting, and takes place before Fievel moves to the West with his family. Fievel and his friends discover an ancient treasure lies underneath Manhattan, and they must find it, along with fighting five villains as well.
The movie focuses on the relationship between the overexploited workers of a sweatshop (in this case a cheese production line) and the factory's rich owners, here the villains.
The treasure under Manhattan turns out to be a group of Native American mice living a long distance beneath the surface (far below the sewers and the underground pressurized train) that decided to hide when they saw how the first Europeans only brought war and disease with them, and didn't want to wait for the European mice to do the same to them.
The chief decides to send his daughter, Cholena, to the surface to see if they have "changed their ways". Upon their return, Stuttlebutt (one of the members of the expedition to find the treasure) reports to the villains unbeknownst to the rest of the members of the expedition, who then decide to use this to their advantage. They tell all the workers of the sweatshop about Cholena (obviously not by name) and that she is their enemy.
The police, who also report to the villains, start a mad witch hunt, burning down "every mouse house and rat hole" until they find her. Fievel and his friends decide to take Cholena back underground, but the police find out and go after them. Upon returning Cholena to her home and telling the chief what is happening, he gives them a bomb for them to collapse the tunnel connecting the Indians to the outside world. This floods it, together with the police.
The movie ends with Fievel's papa forming a worker's union, and the villains agreeing amonst themselves to negotiate "with that riff-raff" because otherwise they'll go on strike and make them go background; while Tiger the cat, now the new police chief, watches them.
The second-last take shows Fievel seeing, through a foldable telescope, Cholena and her father disappearing into a hidden door at the foot of a statue. The last take being simply Fievel smiling as we fade to black.
[edit] Characters
- Fievel Mousekewitz (voiced by Thomas Dekker): A little mouse.
- Tanya Mousekewitz (voiced by Lacey Chabert): Fievel's sister.
- Mama & Papa Mousekewitz (voiced by Erica Yohn and Nehemiah Persoff): Fievel's parents
- Yasha Mousekewitz (not voiced): Fievel's baby sister.
- Tiger (voiced by Dom DeLuise): The only cat friend of the Jewish-Russian mouse family.
- Tony Toponi (voiced by Pat Musick): Fievel's friend, who has returned from An American Tail.
[edit] See also
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