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''All Dogs Go to Heaven'' is a 1989 animated musical film directed and produced by Don Bluth, and released by United Artists and Goldcrest Films.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_dogs_go_to_heaven/ )〕 It tells the story of Charlie B. Barkin (Burt Reynolds), a German Shepherd who is murdered by his former friend, Carface (Vic Tayback, in his final role), but forsakes his place in Heaven to return to Earth, where he and his best friend, Itchy Itchiford (Dom DeLuise), team up with a young orphan girl, Anne-Marie (Judith Barsi, in her final film role), who teaches them an important lesson about honesty, loyalty and love. The film was produced at Sullivan Bluth Studios in Dublin, Ireland, funded by UK-based investors Goldcrest Films. On its cinema release it competed directly with an animated feature released on November 17, 1989, the same day as Walt Disney Pictures animated film ''The Little Mermaid''. While it did not repeat the box-office success of Sullivan Bluth's previous feature films, ''An American Tail'' and ''The Land Before Time'', it was very successful on home video, becoming one of the biggest-selling VHS releases ever. It inspired a theatrical sequel, a television series and a holiday direct-to-video film. It was released on DVD November 17, 1998, and as an MGM Kids edition on March 6, 2001 and for the first time rendered in high definition on Blu-ray on March 29, 2011, without special features except the original theatrical trailer. It had a DVD double feature release with its sequel on March 14, 2006 and January 18, 2011. ==Plot== In 1939 New Orleans, a roguish German Shepherd named Charlie B. Barkin escapes from a dog pound with the help of his friend, a dachshund named Itchy Itchiford. They return to a casino riverboat on the bayou, which is formerly run by Charlie and his bulldog partner, Carface Caruthers. Not wanting to share the profits with Charlie, Carface persuades him to leave town with 50% of the casino's earnings. Charlie agrees, but is later intoxicated and murdered by Carface. He is sent to Heaven where a whippet angel named Annabelle (who was named in the sequel) tells him that a gold watch representing his life has stopped. He steals and winds it, sending Charlie back to Earth, but is told that if he dies again, he will go to Hell. After reuniting with Itchy, they discover that Carface is holding an orphan girl named Anne-Marie (presumably kidnapped from the orphanage by Carface), who has the ability to talk to animals and gain knowledge of a race's results beforehand, allowing Carface to rig the odds on the rat races and become rich. They rescue her, intending to use her abilities to get revenge on Carface, though Charlie tells her that they plan to give their winnings to the poor and help her find parents. The next day at the race track, Charlie secretly steals a wallet from a couple as they talk to Anne-Marie and become concerned for her ragged appearance. Charlie and Itchy use their winnings to build a successful casino in the junkyard they live in. Upon discovering that she had been used, Anne-Marie threatens to leave them. However, she and Charlie brings a box of pizza and a cake to a family of poor puppies and their mother, Flo. While there, Anne-Marie discovers the wallet Charlie had stolen and becomes upset, rushing away where she dreams of living with the couple in its photo. After a nightmare in which he is sent to Hell, meets a hellhound and is attacked by little demonic monsters, Charlie awakens to discover that Anne-Marie has gone to return the wallet. The couple, Kate and Harold, whom Anne-Marie met at the race track, welcome her into their home and serve her waffles. While they privately discuss about letting her stay, Charlie arrives outside and tricks her into leaving with him. While walking home, Charlie is shot by Carface and his henchman Killer, though the gold watch protects Charlie. He escapes with Anne-Marie into hiding, but they accidentally fall into the lair of a massive alligator named King Gator. He and Charlie strike a chord as kindred spirits and he lets them go, but Anne-Marie catches pneumonia. Meanwhile, Itchy counts the bricks on the wall, but Carface and his thugs attack him at their new casino. Itchy escapes, but the casino is destroyed. Itchy then confronts Charlie, claiming he cares about Anne-Marie more than him and their business. He accidentally and angrily declares that he is using her and will eventually "dump her in an orphanage" as soon as they are done with her. Anne-Marie overhears the conversation and sadly runs away, but is soon kidnapped by Carface. Flo, hearing Anne-Marie's scream, sends Itchy to get help from Kate and Harold, and he rouses the dogs of the city by his side, carrying Anne-Marie's stuffed bunny. Charlie returns to the casino, where he is attacked by Carface and his thugs. He fights them off, which inadvertently sets an oil fire that immediately engulfs the boat. King Gator appears and eats Carface. As the watch falls into the water, Charlie pushes Anne-Marie to safety onto some debris and dives into the water to retrieve it, but the watch goes out of control and stops, causing Charlie to die again. Anne-Marie and Killer are discovered by Kate, Harold and the authorities, as the boat sinks into the water. Sometime later, Kate and Harold adopted Anne-Marie who also adopted Itchy. Charlie returns in his ghost form and apologizes to Anne-Marie in tears about his behavior. The whippet angel appears and tells him that because he gave life for Anne-Marie, Charlie has regained his place in Heaven again. Anne-Marie awakens and forgives Charlie as he says goodbye and asks her to watch after Itchy. She falls asleep and Charlie returns to Heaven. During the credits, Carface, angrily realizing that King Gator killed him, vows revenge and attempts to wind his watch (similar to what Charlie did), despite Annabelle angrily screaming and threatening to chase him out of Heaven, while Charlie assures the audience that he will return. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「All Dogs Go to Heaven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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