Don Bluth's 1989 animated film
All Dogs Go To Heaven quickly became a beloved classic for kids and animation fans alike, and in 1996 fans received both a sequel (
All Dogs Go To Heaven 2) and a series. In
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series, the Burt Reynolds-voiced starring role of "Charlie B. Barkin" (who was played by Charlie Sheen in the theatrical sequel) was taken over by
Wings star Steven Weber. Vic Tayback's film role of "Carface" was taken over by Ernest Borgnine in both the sequel and the series. But star voices returning to the series from the original film were Dom DeLuise as "Itchy" and Charles Nelson Reilly as "Killer". They were joined in the series by
All Dogs 2 newcomers Sheena Easton as "Sasha" and Bebe Neuwirth as "Anabelle".
As with The Real Ghostbusters, the
All Dogs: Series property rests at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in their "kiddie" department, with plans to target these releases mainly at parents, educators, and grandparents of children ages 2-8. And so the plan is to release these episodes on DVD in a best-of format similar to properties like PBS shows
DragonTales and
The Berenstain Bears. On
March 14th, Sony plans to release 2 separate DVDs with
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series:
- All Dogs Go To Heaven - Friends To The Rescue
There’s nothing like friendship! Charlie and Itchy sometimes test their friendship, but through it all, they always realize how much they mean to each other. Join the unbreakable twosome as they go on more of their fun, wild and adventurous missions and their friendship is continuously strengthened. Contains the following episodes: “Field Trip” “Cyrano de Barkinac”, “Mutts Ado About Nothing” and “Heaven Inning Stretch”.
- All Dogs Go To Heaven - Dogs Undercover
The dogs are at it again! Join Charlie, Itchy, Anabelle and Sasha on these wild, adventurous, missions as they change their identities! Disguised as a ‘30s film noir detective, a bold super-hero, Belladonna (Anabelle’s evil cousin) and even a clone of one’s self(!), viewers can join in on the fun of their outrageous escapades! Contains the following episodes: “La Doggie Vita”, “Magical Misery Tour” “Fearless Fido” and “The Big Fetch”
Each of these runs about 88 minutes, and an SRP of just $9.95 per DVD. If you are someone who's missed getting the original two films, then you'll probably want to know that on the same day Sony is releasing a twenty-dollar list-priced item with a double feature of both
All Dogs theatrical films. We have some cover art for the TV-DVD releases:
