Rating: G
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 03/06/2001
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 85 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: MGM
One of the most expensive of
Don Bluth's animated cartoon features,
All Dogs Go to Heaven was also among the most successful. Set in late-'30s New Orleans, the story centers upon a roguish German shepherd named
Charlie B. Barkin (voice of
Burt Reynolds), who is killed early in the proceedings by his business partner,
Carface (voice of
Vic Tayback).
Charlie travels to Heaven, and is promptly warned that if he heads back to Earth, he can never return; he does decide to go back to Earth, however, to exact revenge on
Carface, who has kidnapped
Anne-Marie, a little orphan girl who can talk to Animals.
The film also includes the vocal skills of
Dom DeLuise,
Charles Nelson Reilly,
Vic Tayback,
Melba Moore,
Loni Anderson, and a host of others.
All Dogs Go to Heaven was the first production of the Dublin-based
Sullivan Bluth Studios.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide