What is An American Tail?
{{italictitle}} '''''An American Tail''''' is a 1986 American [[animation|animated]] [[musical movie|musical]] [[comedy]]-[[drama movie]] directed by [[Don Bluth]]. It was the first animated movie that was presented by [[Steven Spielberg]]. == Story == In Chostka, Russia, in 1885, mice were increasingly threatened by the feline race. The Souriskewitz family decides to put an end to their sad fate by emigrating to the United States, a land full of promise where, it is whispered, there are crumbs of bread on all the cupboards and there are no cats. During the boat trip, the family's son, Fievel, is unfortunately separated from his family during a storm and disappears at sea. Thinking that the latter has drowned, the other members of the family arrive in New York. Meanwhile, Fievel arrives in New York in a floating bottle. After being rescued and advised by a French pigeon named Henri, he embarks on a quest to find his family. He is assaulted by Boniface de Rat, a con man who gains his trust and sells him to a sweatshop. He manages to escape with the help of Tony Toponi, an Italian mouse, and meets Bridget, an Irish mouse who tries to trick his fellow mice into resisting the cats. When a gang of cats called the Mott Street Maulers prey on them, the immigrant mice realize that the truth of a country without cats is quite different. Bridget then takes Fievel and Tony to see Honest John, a drunken and reliable politician who knows all the mice in New York. But, since the Souriskewitz are not yet registered to vote, he cannot help Fievel find them. Meanwhile, Fievel's sister, Tanya, has a feeling that her brother is still alive, but her parents insist that this feeling disappears. Led by the rich and powerful Gussie Sourisfeller, the mice organize a rally to decide what to do about the cats. No one has a clue what to do, until Fievel whispers a plan to Gussie. The mice then take possession of an abandoned building on Chelsea Pier and begin to build their plan. On the day of the launch, Fievel gets lost and falls int