All Dogs Go to Heaven

This article is about the film. For the television series, see All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series. For the Supernatural episode, see All Dogs Go to Heaven (Supernatural).

All Dogs Go to Heaven
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDon Bluth
Screenplay byDavid N. Weiss
Story by
  • Don Bluth
  • Ken Cromar
  • Gary Goldman
  • Larry Leker
  • Linda Miller
  • Monica Parker
  • John Pomeroy
  • Guy Schulman
  • David J. Steinberg
  • David N. Weiss
Produced by
  • Don Bluth
  • Gary Goldman
  • John Pomeroy
Starring
Edited byJohn K. Carr
Music byRalph Burns
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists/MGM/UA Communications Co. (United States)
Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom/Ireland)
Release dates
  • November 17, 1989 (1989-11-17) (United States)
  • February 8, 1990 (1990-02-08) (United Kingdom)
  • April 6, 1990 (1990-04-06) (Ireland)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Ireland
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[1]
Box office$27.1 million[2]

All Dogs Go to Heaven is a 1989 animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Don Bluth and co-directed by Gary Goldman (his directorial debut) and Dan Kuenster.[3] Set in New Orleans in 1939, it tells the story of Charlie B. Barkin (voiced by Burt Reynolds), a German Shepherd that is murdered by his former friend, Carface Carruthers (voiced by Vic Tayback). Charlie escapes from Heaven to return to Earth where his best friend, Itchy Itchiford (voiced by Dom DeLuise), still lives, in order to take revenge on Carface. Instead, he ends up befriending a young orphan girl named Anne-Marie (voiced by Judith Barsi in her final film role). In the process, Charlie learns an important lesson about kindness, friendship and love.

The film is an Irish, British and American venture, produced by Goldcrest Films and Sullivan Bluth Studios Ireland Limited. On its cinema release, it competed directly with Walt Disney Feature Animation's The Little Mermaid, released on the same day. While it did not repeat the box-office success of Sullivan Bluth's previous features, An American Tail and The Land Before Time, it was successful on home video, becoming one of the biggest-selling VHS releases ever. It was followed by a theatrical sequel, a television series, and a holiday direct-to-video film.

  1. ^ a b "All Dogs Go to Heaven". AFI Catalog. Archived from the original on February 14, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)". RottenTomatoes. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.