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An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island

1998 · 78 min

A gentle animated adventure with a few dark edges, mixing underground discovery and social unrest with warm family moments.

Directed by
Larry Latham
Genres
Family, Animation, Adventure
Tagline
Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.
Overview
Fievel and his friend Tony Toponi find a map that they believe points to a treasure buried somewhere beneath Old New York, and the plucky rodent is determined to find it. However, what he discovers under the city is a tribe of Native American mice who were driven underground by prejudiced European immigrants.

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Directed by
Larry Latham
Genres
Family, Animation, Adventure
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • race
  • justice
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • fantasy world
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour5
Realism3
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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An American Tail Collection

  1. An American TailMovie · 1986
  2. An American Tail: Fievel Goes WestMovie · 1991
  3. An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan IslandMovie · 1998 This title
  4. An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night MonsterMovie · 1999

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