Amblimation was the British

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production subsidiary of Amblin Entertainment. It was formed by

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in May 1989, following the success of '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988), and after he parted ways with Don Bluth, due to creative differences. It was stationed in what was originally the D. Napier & Son factory in Acton, London and had 250 crew members from 15 different nations. It only produced three feature films: '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' (1991), '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' (1993), and '' Balto'' (1995), all three of which were composed by James Horner and distributed by Universal Pictures. The company's mascot, Fievel Mousekewitz, appears in its production logo. The studio closed in 1997 after only 8 years of operation and became a self-storage facility called Access Self-Storage. All 250 of Amblimation's crew members went on to join

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, which was later acquired in 2016 by Universal's parent company NBCUniversal for $3.8 billion.

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* '' Back to the Future: The Animated Series'' (1991-1992) * '' Fievel's American Tails'' (1992) (with

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) Note: Both television series were co-produced with Universal Animation Studios.

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Amblin Entertainment Defunct film and television production companies of the United Kingdom Film production companies of the United Kingdom Television production companies of the United Kingdom American animation studios British animation studios Defunct companies based in London British companies established in 1989 Mass media companies established in 1989 Mass media companies disestablished in 1997 1989 establishments in England 1997 disestablishments in England Steven Spielberg {{animation-studio-stub

Filmography

Theatrical feature films

Television

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