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| Genre: | Animation - Family |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Rating: | G |
| Length: | 89 min |
| Cast: | Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, |
| Credits: | Directed by
Don Bluth |
Synopsis
By Roger Ebert
The first thing I noticed about Don Bluth's "All Dogs Go to
Heaven" were the colors - the rich, saturated colors that I identify
with the early days of animated features. When Technicolor shut down
its classic color operation and led the movie world to an inferior but
cheaper system, animated films suffered more than live-action movies,
because their bright primary colors were essential to their overall
effect. Most movies made from the early 1960s to the late 1970s have
suffered serious fading, but the animated movies looked a little pale
even to begin with.
Now Technicolor is back with an improved color system, and in
"All Dogs Go to Heaven" it permits such a voluptuous use of color that
the movie is an invigorating bath for the eyes.
Bluth is the former Disney animator who led a group of artists
away from the studio during its doldrums in 1979 and set up his own
animation operation. His feature credits so far include "The Secret of
NIMH," the dinosaur adventure "The Land Beyond Time," and "An American
Tail," the story of an immigrant mouse that set box office records for
an animated film. Now here he is with a fantasy about canine low-life
in New Orleans.
The adventures of Charlie B. Barkin, a professional criminal who has teamed up in the past with a pit bull named Carface, but Carface has Barkin rubbed out and he finds himself in Heaven. Bent on revenge, Barkin returns to Earth, and the main story of the movie begins as he makes friends with a little girl who has an amazing knack for predicting winners at the track.
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