Talk:An American Tail/Archive 1

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)

also at one point we see a picture of Feivel with his name written underneath in yiddish, its fairly obvious that they are Jewish —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.227.75.61 (talk) 21:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)

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

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The result was to merge Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song) into Somewhere Out There (James Horner song). --Paul Erik 07:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

It has been proposed that Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song) be merged into this article.

Support

Oppose

• Oppose per comment in the "Discussion" section. --Richard 10:38, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose—Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song) should indeed be merged into Somewhere Out There (James Horner song) since they are the same song, and the song is sufficiently notable, a #2 hit on the Billboard chart, and a Grammy-winner for Song of the Year. --Paul Erik 13:57, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

Actually, since the content of Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song) was copied from this article, merging it back would be more a question of redirecting Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song) to this article. However, I think that it would make sense to merge Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song) with Somewhere Out There (James Horner song). --Richard 10:38, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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Fievel's Picture

That picture does not seem to have the mouse in it (upon close investigation, I found it, but it is not a good picture). Can we get a better picture of Fievel? --Tustin2121 (talk) 03:42, 21 January 2009 (UTC)