All Dogs Go To Heaven
- Studio
- Goldcrest Films, Ltd., Sullivan Bluth Studios, Ireland
- Distributor
- United Artists
Synopsis
When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default, since all dogs to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing this damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he's worthy of Heaven again.
Characters
Itchy, Charlie B. Barkin, Dog Caster, Vera, Killer, Carface, Whippet Angel (Annabelle), Anne-Marie, Harold, Kate, Stella Dallas, Sir Reginald, Flo, King Gator
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Don Bluth
- Co-Directors
- Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster
- Assistant Directors
- Moya Mackle, Nuala O'Toole
Producing
- Producer
- Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy
- Executive Producers
- Morris F. Sullivan, George A. Walker
Writing
- Screenplay
- David N. Weiss
- Writer
- Don Bluth, Ken Cromar, Gary Goldman, Larry Leker, Linda Miller, Monica Parker, John Pomeroy, Guy Schulman, David Steinberg, David N. Weiss
Voices
- Voice
- Dom DeLuise (Itchy), Burt Reynolds (Charlie B. Barkin), Daryl Gilley (Dog Caster), Candy Devine (Vera), Charles Nelson Reilly (Killer), Vic Tayback (Carface), Melba Moore (Whippet Angel), Judith Barsi (Anne-Marie), Rob Fuller (Harold), Earleen Carey (Kate), Anna Manahan (Stella Dallas), Nigel Pegram (Sir Reginald), Loni Anderson (Flo), Ken Page (King Gator), Godfrey Quigley (Terrier), Jay Stevens (Mastiff), Kelly Briley (Puppy), Cyndi Cozzo (Puppy), Thomas Durkin (Gambler Dog), Dana Rifkin (Fat Pup), Lana Beeson (Singing Voice [Judith Barsi]), John K. Carr, John Eddings, Jeff Etter, Dan Hofstedt, Dan Kuenster, Dan Molina, Mark Swan, Taylor Swanson, David N. Weiss, Dick Zondag
Music
- Music
- Ralph Burns, T.J. Kuenster, Charles Strouse
- Orchestrators
- Richard Bronskill, Harvey R. Cohen
Animation
- Supervising Animators
- Ken Duncan, Jeffrey James Varab
- Animator
- David Brewster, Ben Burgess, Ken Duncan, Jeff Etter, Silvia Hoefnagels, Jon L. Hooper, Dave Kupczyk, Linda Miller, Jean Morel, John Pomeroy, Lorna Pomeroy-Cook, Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag
- Assistant Animators
- Myung Kang, Kevin M. O'Neil
- Special Visual Effects Animator
- Bruce Heller
- Special Effects Animator
- Peter Matheson
- Effects Animator
- Kathleen Quaife-Hodge
- Visual Effects Animator
- Michael L. Oliva
- 2-D Final Line Animators
- Eileen Conway, Barry Iremonger, Sandra Keely, Ciara McCabe
- Character Animator
- Paul Newberry
Editing
- Editor
- John K. Carr, Lisa Dorney
Crew
- Production Design
- Don Bluth, Larry Leker
- Production Managers
- Rich Horine, Gerry Shirren, Thad Weinlein
- Production Supervisors
- Russell Boland, Cathy Carr-Goldman, Olga Tarin-Craig
- Character Key Assistants
- Doug Bennett, Bill Giggie
- Additional Storyboard Artist
- T. Daniel Hofstedt
- Foley Mixers
- James Ashwill, Greg Orloff
- Foley Artists
- Kevin Bartnof, Dan O'Connell, Alicia Stevenson
- Foley Recordists
- Rody Hassano, Mary Jo Lang
- Foley Editor
- Andrew Stears
- Supervising Sound Editor
- John K. Carr
- Sound Editors
- Kevin Brazier, Joe Gallagher
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Dean Humphreys, Gerry Humphreys
- Music Editor
- Michael Connell
- Assistant Music Engineer
- Gerry O'Riordan
- Music Recordist
- Keith Grant
- Inbetween Artist
- Jane Anderson, David Cribbin
- Background Artist
- Barry Atkinson
- Layout Artist
- Scott Caple
- Xerox Check/Inking
- Daryl Carstensen
- Xerox Supervisor
- Daryl Carstensen
- Negative Cutter
- Colin Ives
- Clean-Up Department Supervisor
- Mark Pudleiner
- Key Clean-Up Artists
- Paul J. Kelly, Brian McSweeney
- Title Designer
- Richard Morrison
- Color Timer
- John Stanborough
Companies and other credits
- Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
- Animation Compositing: The Computer Film Company
- Soundtrack: Curb Records
Production notes
Soundtrack: "Love Survives" (Main Title Song), Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn and Michael Lloyd, Performed by Irene Cara and Freddie Jackson, Produced by Michael Lloyd and David Franco (Executive), Freddie Jackson's performance courtesy of Capitol Records; "You Can't Keep a Good Dog Down," Written by Charles Strouse, Sung by Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise; "Let Me Be Surprised," Written by Charles Strouse, Sung by Melba Moore and Burt Reynolds; "What's Mine is Yours," Written by Charles Strouse, Sung by Burt Reynolds; "Let's Make Music Together," Written by Charles Strouse, Sung by Ken Page and Burt Reynolds; "Soon You'll Come Home," Written by T.J. Kuenster, Sung by Lana Beeson; "Hallelujah," Written by T.J. Kuenster, Sung by Candy Devine.
Awards
Nominee, Young Artist Award, Best Family Motion Picture -- Adventure or Cartoon, 1990
Pictures
Reviews
All Dogs Go to Heaven
This movie was infinitely superior to the sequel. It breaks from the general rule of cartoons for the young that nobody and nothing can actually die. This is interesting to see in a cartoon, though certainly not the best feature. It has very nice animation and lovable characters. The story pulls one in, and renders the movie an interesting one to watch.