Talk:An American Tail

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I deleted the part about "most animated films were released by Walt Disney Studios." A great deal of animated films, especially in the 1970s, were issued by companies other than Disney, and besides, this is irrelevant to the fact that this was the first animated film released by Universal, so let's not bother mentioning it. I'm sure everyone knows that Disney was/is a big studio, and issued a lot of animated films, but they certainly didn't issue a majority of the animated films out there. Another thing: I didn't think Bebe's Kids was worth mentioning in this article. Any mention of it should go on the article for the actor, as it would be completely irrelevant to mention it here. Also, a citation is needed for the claim that "a large portion of the plot was lifted almost verbatim and used as the central conflict in the Disney/Pixar film A Bug's Life." I've never seen that film, so could somebody provide a link that clarifies this statement as being true? (Ibaranoff24 22:12, 21 March 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Jewish?

Besides their Jewish-sounding name, is there any evidence at all the suggest they are Jewish?--Greasysteve13 06:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

The mice? The movie opens with the children being Hanukkah gifts.--DMAJohnson 19:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Their species is meant to identify their religion and/or ethnical background. Bluth got this idea from Art Spiegelman, who in turn got it from WWII propaganda. --TlatoSMD 22:17, 30 Jul 2006 (CEST)

Do you have a source on that one? --DMAJohnson 21:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tony Toponi

Does anyone know (or think) that the character of Tony Toponi is based on Tony Scaponi from Going My Way, played by Stanley Clements? I don't know if it is appropriate to start a trivia section, but if so, this might be appropriate for that section, if my assumption is correct. Runnerupnj 00:57, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cossacks

Can someone confirm that the horsemen in the first scene are Cossacks setting fire to a Jewish settlement? I'm not quite sure what's going on there, and the movie doesn't do a great job of explaining it. Lomaprieta 02:31, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Um, never mind. I just saw the soundtrack listing. Lomaprieta 02:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time frame

The article says the movie takes places in a late 19th, early 20th century setting. However, the movie ends saying that the Statue of Libery has just been finished. If we know the Statue of Liberty was done in 1876-1886 (according to the Statue of Liberty article) isn't it obvious that the movie takes place only in the 19th century? Plus, if it were to take place in the early 20th century, the prescence of at least one automobile would've been noted. -- 200.44.6.129 14:16, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

The plot begins in 1885, as you can see at the movie's beginning. Possibly, the plot ends at 1886, so it would perfectly fit with the finishing of the Statue of Liberty.--213.39.141.245 19:46, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merge from Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song)