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How do you feel when you learn that one of your favorite films is to be released on DVD? Of course, you feel very happy. And what is your reaction when you finally got it? Well, there can be two: 1) This is great! A remastered version presented in widescreen! And all is just like I remember it, only better! And look at all those special features! 2) What... what is this?! My reaction with An American Tail DVD was #2. Because what I got was a #2 job. Here is a short and easy-to-follow guide for every studio out there, that is planning to release a movie on DVD: 1. Do not make unnecessary changes. 2. Do not make unnecessary edits. 3. Present it in widescreen if that was the original aspect ratio. Do you think Universal followed those easy steps? Well..... mostly, NO. Here is an incomplete list of changes (without spoilers): -New "humorous" sound effects were added to scenes where originally there weren't any. They're not funny. -New voices were added to scenes without dialog (or any noise, for that matter). -The alley mice's voices were re-dubbed. Why??? -The cover art was changes from a beautiful theatrical poster by Drew Struzan, only to be replaced with... something MUCH less appealing. As I said, this small list of changes is incomplete. There is more. It should be mentioned that, despite what you might think, the movie was originally animated in fullscreen (fullscreen back then was 4:3). So, the lack of widescreen in this DVD release is actually justified. Even though it is a bummer. Speaking of special features, there is zero. Enjoy those non-existing extras! An American Tail is a film that combines the talents of Steven Spielberg and Don Bluth. It was the first animated feature ever to out-compete Disney. It won several awards, including a Grammy for "best song". It was screened at the Jewish Film Festival in Atlanta in February 2011 to celebrate its 25 year anniversary. It was a film that grossed $84,000,000 worldwide (a record for animation at that time). And THIS is how you treat such a film, Universal?! I cannot hear you, Universal!~!