All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 is a 1996 American animated family film, and a sequel to United Artists' 1989 animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven. It is directed by Larry Leker and Paul Sabella, and features the voices of Charlie Sheen, Sheena Easton, Dom DeLuise and George Hearn. The film was released on March 29, 1996. Don Bluth, the director of the original film, had no involvement with the sequel. It was the second and final theatrical sequel to a Don Bluth production; the first being An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. The film was MGM's last theatrically-released animated film until 2006's Arthur and the Invisibles.
Summary
Charlie the German Shepherd Dog, (voiced by Charlie Sheen) welcomes his best friend Itchy the Dachshund (voiced by Dom DeLuise) into Heaven after he chokes to death on a chicken drumstick. Though Itchy is beginning to enjoy being in Heaven, Charlie finds it boring and is longing for some excitement. ("It's Too Heavenly Here")
Charlie's nemesis, Carface the Pitbull, feeling that his time spent in Heaven is making him go soft, is conspiring with a feline devil named Red (voiced by George Hearn) who is plotting to imprison all the dogs of Heaven and take them to Hell. In order to do that he needs Gabriel's Horn, a holy golden brass horn that opens Heaven's Pearly gates. In a secret attempt to steal the horn, Carface accidentally knocks the horn down a hole to Earth where it lands in San Francisco.
Annabelle the Whippet angel (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth) announces to all that Gabriel's Horn has been stolen. Charlie sees a chance to leave heaven and convinces her to let him return to Earth to bring it back. Annabelle agrees, and sends Itchy who is unwillingly thrown into the hole with Charlie for assistance, along with a miracle that he is only supposed to use in an emergency.
When Charlie arrives back on Earth, he decides to ignore his mission and have some fun, so he and Itchy make their way to a club/bar where a talent contest is being held. To Charlie's disappointment, they learn that none of the living can see nor hear them, and they are now intangible.
Soon after this, a female canine named Sasha la Fleur (voiced by Sheena Easton), a gorgeous Irish Setter, enters upon the stage with a vocal performance of "Count Me Out" for the talent contest. As soon as Charlie lays eyes upon her, he immediately falls in love with her announcing that she was what he was missing in heaven.
Charlie and Itchy cross paths with Carface in the bar, who can be seen by the other living dogs. Carface tells them this is possible because of a special collar provided by a "friend". Charlie, determined to talk to Sasha, drags Itchy along to meet Carface's friend, Red (disguised as an elderly dog). Red gives them the collars, telling them that they will only last a day. Once they are gone, Red tells Carface that he needs Charlie to get the Horn, because only an angel can hear its "heavenly tones", and Carface no longer qualifies as an angel. Here the song "It Feels So Good To Be Bad" is performed.
Charlie and Itchy meet Sasha back at the bar as she's attempting to gather food to take with her. From Charlie's persistent advances, as Charlie flirts with her a waitress caches eye of them yelling "no free eats" Charlie tells her to put on Carface's bill. When he looks up, Sasha has taken off leaving her food behind. Charlie decides to follow her to return the food to her. When they catch up to her in an old abandoned courtyard, they learn that she is mothering a human boy named David (voiced by Adam Wylie), who ran away from home. Charlie uses up his one miracle to allow David to understand Sasha's speech, as David can already understand Charlie and Itchy. Upon being convinced that Charlie and Itchy are in fact angels, David deems Charlie his guardian angel. Charlie approves of David's plan to busk on Kennedy Square that he calls easy street, but before he exits the whippet angel Annabel contacts him and tells to hurry and find the horn. While traveling to easy street, Charlie and Itchy hear the heavenly tones of Gabriel's Horn and look to see a cop holding the horn who proceeds into at a police station. Charlie, Itchy, Sasha and David manage to work together to retrieve the Horn together and escape on a police motorcycle, but not without a police officer lady noticing David as a missing person and pursuing them. They manage to finally escape. Despite Itchy's insistence, Charlie does not want to return to Heaven yet for he would like to spend a little more time with David and Sasha. He keeps the Horn hidden for safekeeping by throwing it into a crab net and letting it sink into the ocean by the dock where the image of Annabel shaking her head is seen on the surface of the water.
David makes his first attempt on busking at Kennedy Square (easy street) which starts out fine, but backfires when he falls into a fountain ("On Easy Street"). After a cloudy storm comes upon the street the people watching his busk leave giving him no money. Saddened by the event, David decides to go home. Charlie then promises that he will guide David home, but he says that he would like to bring all the dogs with him. Charlie is saddened by this, and explains to Sasha that he has to leave and that he can't promise to be David's dog, but is extremely sad because he finally "found someone special", and at that moment Sasha realizes she has fallen in love with him too ("I Will Always Be With You"). Sasha is about to kiss Charlie when the sun sets and the collars stop working, making him a spirit again.
Charlie runs off to meet Red, asking for another collar. He offers to trade the Horn for a collar, but insists that he get the collar first, so that he can pick up the Horn and bring it back for Red. They shake on it, and Red reveals his true form. Charlie and Itchy escape, though only Charlie is corporeal. Charlie searches for Sasha and David, learning that they left for the train station. At the train station, Charlie sees David grabbed by Carface, who orders Charlie to bring the Horn to Alcatraz, where he and Red have set up base, in an hour, or David will be killed.
Charlie arrives at Alcatraz with the Horn as instructed. Red takes the Horn and blows it, causing a gateway to appear and all the dogs from Heaven to be sucked down into the prison cells of Alcatraz. Charlie and David manage to escape to a rowboat where Sasha and Itchy are waiting, but Charlie doubles back when he sees the other dogs in trouble. He tries to help, but is almost beaten by Red when David, Sasha, and Itchy step in. Itchy gets the Horn back, giving it to Charlie. Afterwards, Charlie makes his way outside away from Red trying to blow the horn, but Red, uses the power the collar provides to choke him. Charlie then climbs the water tower and attempts another blow on the horn but again fails by being choked. He drops the horn and it rolls to the edge of the edge of tower but Charlie grabs it. Charlie lures Red to the end of the water tower and he then falls into the water. Then Red begins to be sucked down into hole (assuming Hell) and attacks David and Sasha but is distracted by Charlie blowing the Horn and all the dogs in Heaven are sent back, the storm dies, and Red is sucked down into the hole in the ground. Carface, protests his role in the Red's plot, but gets sucked down the same hole because Carface had, unknowingly, sold his soul for his collar (he thought Red said "sole", the bottom padding of a shoe).
Charlie tells David to let Sasha take him home. He and Itchy leave for Heaven with the Horn. Before they leave, Charlie tells Sasha he loves her and she tells him the same. Halfway there, Annabelle takes the horn and tells Charlie that for what he did he deserves a second chance. However, Itchy decides to remain in Heaven where he doesn't have to worry about his short legs slowing him down or fleas for that matter. After both he and Charlie have said their heartfelt goodbyes, Charlie returns to Earth, where he and Sasha are invited to live with David and his family. Sasha decides that being Mrs. Barkin might not be so bad after all, and in the final scene the two share a kiss and walk into David's home ("It's Too Heavenly Here Reprise").
Voices
Other Voices
Soundtrack
A soundtrack album was released on the same day as the film's theatrical release, featuring music composed by Mark Watters. The track listing is as follows.
- Main Title: Heavenly Ceremony
- It's Too Heavenly Here
- Count Me Out- Sheena Easton
- My Afghan Hairless
- It Feels So Good to Be Bad
- On Easy Street
- I Will Always Be With You (movie - Sheena Easton & Jesse Corti)
- Gabriel's Horn/New Arrivals (instrumental)
- Carface Steals the Horn/Charlie Volunteers (instrumental)
- Police Chase (instrumental)
- Red's Transformation (instrumental)
- We Meet David (instrumental)
- Battle for Gabriel's Horn (instrumental)
- Family Reunion/It's Too Heavenly Here (Reprise)
- I Will Always Be With You (End Title - pop version - Helen Darling & Danny Frazier)
Awards and nominations
Young Artist Awards
- Best Family Feature - Animation or Special Effects
- Best New Voiceover Performance - Adam Wylie
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