All Dogs Go to Heaven 1989  G, 89 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Vic Tayback, Daryl Gilley, Charles Nelson Reilly, Melba Moore, Judith Barsi, Loni Anderson, Candy Devine, Anna Manahan, Nigel Pegram, Ken Page, Godfrey Quigley
Burt Reynolds is the voice of the rogue German Shepherd and Dom DeLuise is "Itchy" in this beautifully animated Don Bluth story set in the low-life area of New Orleans. Charlie B. Barkin (Reynolds) returns to Earth to do a good deed. The characters are interesting, and, the film is fun to watch.
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An American Tail 1986  G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, Madeline Kahn, Erica Yohn, Amy Green, Christopher Plummer, John Finnegan, Hal Smith, Pat Musick, Will Ryan, Cathianne Blore, Neil Ross
In Steven Spielberg's first animated film, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his immigrant family while voyaging to the United States in the late 19th century. The many hardships that Fievel goes through may bother young children, but all turns out OK by film's end.
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Anastasia 1997 G, 94 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury, Rick Jones, Andrea Martin
History involving the brutal execution of the Romanov family, including daughter Anastasia, is turned into a romanticized fairy tale, which only serves to confuse and diminish the evilness behind their killings.
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Bartok the Magnificent 1999 G, 71 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly, Phillip Van Dyke, Diedrich Bader, Glenn Shadix, French Stewart, Danny Mann, Zachary Charles
This animated family film relates adventures of Bartok the Albino Bat (Hank Azaria) and Zozi the Bear (Kelsey Grammer) as they rescue the kidnapped Prince Ivan (Phillip Van Dyke).
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The Pebble and the Penguin 1995  G, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: Martin Short, James Belushi, Tim Curry, Annie Golden, Shani Wallis, Hamilton Camp, Will Ryan, B.J. Ward, Angeline Ball, S. Scott Bullock, Louise Vallance, Pat Musick, Stevie Vallance, Kendall Cunningham, Alissa King
In this animated film, narrated by Shani Wallis, a full moon ceremony will signify that Hubie (voice of Martin Short), a shy penguin, must find the courage to give Marina (voice of Annie Golden) a pebble to seal their love. However, he must fight Drake (voice of Tim Curry) for the right to Marina.
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Rock-A-Doodle 1991 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Don Bluth, Dan Kuenster
Cast: Glen Campbell, Eddie Deezen, Sandy Duncan, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ellen Greene, Phil Harris, Christopher Plummer, Toby Scott Ganger, Kathryn Holcomb, Jason Marin, Stan Ivar, Christian Hoff, Will Ryan, Sorrell Booke
In this animated adventure, rain and flood waters threaten the farm, so young farm boy Edmond (voice of Toby Scott Ganger)–who by now has been turned into a cat–gathers together a mouse Snipes (voice of Eddie Deezen), a magpie Peepers (voice of Sandy Duncan), and a dog Patou (voice of Phil Harris) for a trip to the city to bring back their rooster, Chanticleer (voice of Glen Campbell). They believe that Chanticleer's crowing will chase away the clouds and bring back the sun. When they do arrive in the city, the group discovers that because Chanticleer has become a rock star, it is almost impossible to get near him. Never fear, by story's end, Chanticleer is back on the farm, and happiness reigns.
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The Secret of NIMH 1982 G, 82 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Peter Strauss, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, John Carradine, Arthur Malet, Paul Shenar, Aldo Ray, Wil Wheaton, Shannen Doherty, Jodi Hicks, Ian Fried, Lucille Bliss, Tom Hatten
This feature-length animated film tells a delightful story about a mouse, Mrs. Brisby (voice of Elizabeth Hartman), who goes out to look for a way to save her home and children from a farmer who is preparing to plow his field. With help from a crow, Jeremy (voice of Dom DeLuise), Mrs. Brisby discovers the secret society of NIMH. They are lab rats who have escaped from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) laboratory, and they just might have the solution to Mrs. Brisby's dilemma.
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Thumbelina 1994 G, 86 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: Jodi Benson, Carol Channing, Gary Imhoff, Charo, Gino Conforti, John Hurt, Kenneth Mars, Gilbert Gottfried, Will Ryan, June Foray, Barbara Cook, Joe Lynch, Danny Mann, Loren Lester, Tawny Sunshine Glover
This version of Hans Christian Anderson's tale of the tiny Tumbelina (voice of Jodi Benson) is cleverly put together as our little heroine avoids many dangers. The voices of the cartoon characters are good, and Barry Manilow's music is a strength.
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Titan A.E. 2000 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Art Vitello
Cast: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Ron Perlman, Tone Loc, Jim Breuer, Jim Cummings, Alex D. Linz, Charles Rocket, Ken Hudson Campbell, Tsai Chin
In this animated sci-fi film, the year is 3028 A,D., and the alien Drej destroy Earth. Only young Cale (voice of Matt Damon) holds the key to survival–a genetically coded map pointing to the gigantic spaceship, "Titan"–but the Drej are in hot pursuit.
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A Troll in Central Park 1993  G, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachman, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Pryce, Charles Nelson Reilly
In this animated film, matters get rough for Stanley (voice of Dom DeLuise), a good troll in a land ruled by the evil queen (voice of Cloris Leachman) who expects all trolls to be mean. After growing too many flowers (that ruin the barren land), Stanley is banished to New York, where he lands in Central Park. When Stanley befriends two human children, the Queen heads to NYC to take care of the situation of Stanley's niceness to humans.
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| 1. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
2. An American Tail (1986)
3. Anastasia (1997)
4. Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
5. The Land Before Time (1988)
6. The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
7. Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
8. The Secret of NIMH (1982)
9. Thumbelina (1994)
10. Titan A.E. (2000)
11. A Troll in Central Park (1993)
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