All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

Timing: 1:24 (84 min)

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Video 3

Photo 51

Actors and characters

Release date

1989-11-17

Country

Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Goldcrest, Sullivan Bluth Studios, Don Bluth Limited

Genre

Drama, Animation, Family, Comedy, Fantasy

Budget

$13 800 000

Revenue

$27 100 027

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Director

Don Bluth

Actors

Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Judith Barsi, Vic Tayback, Melba Moore, Ken Page, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nigel Pegram, Loni Anderson, Godfrey Quigley
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Scenario

Producer

Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy, Don Bluth, Morris F. Sullivan, George A. Walker

Operator

Jeannette Maher-Manifold

Composer

Ralph Burns

Artist

Audition

Marci Liroff, Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins

Editing

John K. Carr, Lisa Dorney
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• When Charlie, Itchy, and Ann-Marie first arrive at Charlie's house, he pretends to be reading a fairy tale about Robin Hood. However, the book actually reads "War and Peace" by Tolstoy.
• In the book containing Charlie's biography, one can notice his date of birth – September 13, 1937. This is the same day the director Don Bluth was born.
• For Judith Barsi, the actress who voiced Ann-Marie, the cartoon became her last work: a year before its premiere on July 25, 1988, 10-year-old Judith and her mother were shot by her father. The song “Love Survives,” whose melody is a leitmotif throughout the cartoon, was dedicated to her.
• When Charlie, Chesun, and Ann-Marie first arrive at Charlie’s house, he pretends to be reading a fairy tale about Robin Hood. However, the book actually reads “War and Peace” by Tolstoy.
• MGM cut one scene with the main character to avoid the film receiving a 'PG' rating. The full version of the film is only held by Don Bluth and has never been released on so-called home media (which is used for recording, copying, delivering and playing various types of entertainment and information at home).
• Burt Reynolds (who voiced the main character) and Dom DeLuise (who voiced his best friend, the dachshund) were already friends, meaning this was far from their first joint project. The actors asked Don Bluth not to come to the recording booth when they were recording their lines, stating that it would be easier for them to improvise. Bluth did not object and gave the actors complete freedom. He later said that these improvisations often turned out to be better and more interesting than the lines written in the script.
• Don Bluth was deeply shaken by the untimely death of Judith Barsi (who voiced Ann-Marie), and in memory of the young actress, he instructed that her features be reflected in the image of Ann-Marie. Burt Reynolds, her co-star (who re-recorded some of his lines when asked), was no less shocked, holding a photograph of Barsi while doing so. The re-recorded take, in which the actor's voice trembles on the words “I’ll miss you too,” was included in the final version of the film.
• When Charlie, Chesun, and Ann-Marie first arrive at Charlie’s house, he pretends to be reading a fairy tale about Robin Hood. However, the book actually reads “'War and Peace' Tolstoy”.