Don Bluth : A Tribute to one of the Best Animator

[@lucyredfern8674]

Don Bluth is the only one that holds it up there with Disney - An American Tail, Land Before Time, All Dogs go to Heaven, Anastasia, Thumbelina are all such iconic films that deserve just as much recognition as the Disney films of that era ❤ they dont make them like they used to!!

[@danielshaw2473]

Don't forget about the secret of nimh!

[@CBMOA]

All the films were from Universal right? One I believe was from Fox Or is there something I’m missing? (I already heard that Fox is conjoined with Disney)

[@TheImaginator972]

​@@CBMOA correct, while two movies Secret Of NIMH and Dogs Go To Heaven belong to MGM.

[@WinterDeath22]

​@@danielshaw2473 or rock-a-doodle

[@crossover1015]

The Pebble & the Penguin was one of my childhood favorites and still is.

[@alienboy1322]

I will glady die on a hill that declares Don Bluth as one of the most underappreciative animation filmmakers.

[@Purchata]

Come on he was bigger than Disney.

[@sonrouge]

His movies were always pretty dark. But they had the happiest endings.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Land Before Time is also dark when you think about the lengths that Littlefoot takes to get revenge on his mom’s murderer.

[@dreamguardian8320]

I for one will always remember Don Bluth, the man who brought true magic and life in 2D animation for both movies and video games.

[@dylanandre4328]

R.I.P to the six Don Bluth voice actors who died: Judith Barsi Will Ryan Burt Reynolds Dom Luise Vic Tayback Charlie Nelson Reilly

[@Banjo362]

Don Bluth in opinion is like an orthodox holy man of animation. There's a spiritual side to Don Bluth especially when it comes to ethereal music in An American Tail, The Land Before TIme, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Rock-a-Doodle, Anastasia, Thumbelina, Pepple and the Penguin and Titan AE.

[@saltycat662]

He did add in a spiritual touch to his movies. He's a mormon.

[@Banjo362]

@@saltycat662 I know he is he just seems like a Holy Man.

[@12roses8]

The music-unforgettable The stories/movies- one of a kind The characters -relatable and unforgettable In short Don created and gave us magic 🪄✨ Bless you and thank you ☺️🙏

[@rachelmckitterick]

❤ How Don Bluth isn't as big as Disney, I don't understand. This is absolutely incredible.

[@Purchata]

He was bigger than Disney.

[@TheImaginator972]

If only Walt Disney himself back then when Don Bluth was an assistant helper during Sleeping Beauty, he would see Don Bluth future as a great animator who brought us classic like Secret of NIMH, American Tale, Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven and Anastasia.

[@madjidchouarbi3921]

Don Bluth had an incredible crew of very skilled and talented artists, but let be honnest, he wasn't that good at storytelling. Most of the time, his movies lacks good scripts. The peeble and the penguin, A troll in central park, Thumbelina are pretty weak from a storytelling standpoint. All dogs go to heaven just duplicate a sequence from 1001 dalmatian, when the dogs barke to give alert in the neighbourhood, Raspoutine is a pretty weak vilain with little or no influences on the story. His best movies were created under the survey of Spielberg who had enough power and taste to get the story on the right path. Even The secret of nihm suffers from the final coming of magic when the whole story is about the power of technology and the effect on the rats of nihm. But, Don Bluth has an incredible flair for design, animation and layout, noone can deny it.

[@ultimatealdo1922]

Nice tribute hoping Don Bluth’s legacy will stay alive

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

As long as there are fans like you and me who admire his work, it will.

[@Charlotte_Diana_Walker]

I'm so glad Don Bluth is opening a new animation studio in the future. :)

[@lindseychan5493]

Bluth understood children, he knew that they were smart & brave. His work shows that. My favorite animated films from childhood are his, not Disney's. 'The Land Before Time' made me cry, and I loved it. ❤

[@MelodyVOA]

This actually made me cry of joy. My childhood perfectly resembled here honestly. 😭 Keep up the good work!

[@dreamguardian8320]

I did not cry when I watched this, but it truly touched my heart.

[@zacharyloizides6453]

Same 2 In The 80’s & 90’s 86’s An American Tail 97’s Cats Don’t Dance

[@AliciaHigginbotham-ph7pq]

That Was A Nice Tribute And Rest In Peace Judith Barsi .

[@ericsolomon3249]

He brought so much emotion to the characters and to the story which made them more believeable

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Don Bluth - the only other big name in animation apart from Disney whose films truly were like dreams come true in my childhood!

[@ZonenPrime]

There will never be another Don Bluth, the master of animation magic

[@DembiBrox]

Movies that I grew up with every time I see them I am reminded of the good old days they don’t make movies like they used to, but the old classics will always be remembered

[@amandaforrest7697]

American Tail, Secret of NIMH, Anastasia, and Land Before Time are probably my biggest Don Bluth faves. Most especially the first one!! A great filmmaker for sure!!

[@josephzielinski8817]

From Sullivan-Bluth Studios (1979-1995) to Fox Animation Studios (1994-2000).

[@TheTrumpReaper]

All Dogs Go to Heaven is my all-time fav mob movie. When I found out that there was a Pit Bull in it (Carface) I had to see it and I ended up ADDICTED to it. 👍🏾👍🏾

[@Adamguy2003]

Yeah. Now that you mention it, that film is a good way for a kids' film to subtly present the concept of organized crime/ the mob.

[@joannliuzzo9653]

Thank you! So beautiful! I cried through most of it! Thanks for the six wonderful scenes from The Small One. (I will have to watch it again to see if I missed any!) You should send this to Mr. Bluth. He would love it, too.

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

You're very welcome ! I would like him to see it, if only I have his mail... ! Please dont hesitate to share it to your Friends 🙏

[@tarryteeth]

What happened to Don bluth?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@tarryteeth He making Dragon's Lair the movie.

[@tarryteeth]

@@orangeslash1667 oh ok

[@orangeslash1667]

@@tarryteeth Did you know that Bartok from Anastasia got his own movie????

[@garyperkovac1002]

More than an amazing talented man. When things went right, Don Bluth proved to be the fulcrum for a creative core of artistic geniuses... along with a crack team of technical back-up... and the indispensable element of business and financial support. A critical combination. Bluth's team worked the impossible by intentionally and successfully rivaling even the best of Disney animation. Very, very few ever came this far.

[@sinplate1]

i`m 35 years old. Crying. Thank you for that video.

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

I'm 35 Years old too 😉

[@sinplate1]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 bro, i don`t know where you from and it`s not matter - magic of Don Bluth movies for everyone. Again, thank you. Hug.

[@sinplate1]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 aaahhh, you from France. I see it in you profile. I`m Russian and i`m study in french school in Russia (Moscow) and J'apprécie vraiment ta culture et ta langue et je te considère comme un frère puisque tu as le même âge que moi et que tu aimes les mêmes dessins animés que moi. Santé et bonheur à vous, votre famille et vos proches

[@17jacoyne]

Still don’t understand why he stopped making movies a lot of them were ahead of their time!

[@orangeslash1667]

Because 2d animation is sadly dead in the states.

[@kacmac2340]

​@@orangeslash1667But this Animation has to be dead?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@kacmac2340 Ever since CG become a thing, 2d films were not doing well at the box office. When Winnie the Pooh 2011 failed, that was the final straw. Causing Disney to abandon 2d entirely.

[@JordanVanRyn]

Watching this made me literally tear up. Don Bluth is one of these directors who know how to create remarkable stories with his animation. He is like how Spielberg is; he shows how his heroes are just regular everyday people like us, how they're able to get through dangerous times and how a family can get separated and reunited because the importance of love within family is important.

[@scoutart1508]

Nimh and Anastasia are the greatest ones in my list, that you can even find them on my personal playlist in my account, and you may comment what i personally think and agree on both films ;)

[@pumpkinpatch5]

The nostalgia was too strong here. Made my eyes leak.

[@TheImaginator972]

Such an beautiful tribute to Don Bluth, he is an legend and one of my favrorite inspirational animators like Walt Disney himself, I've grew-up with "Anastasia" and "The Secret Of NIMH" until this year I've enjoy "The Land Before Time" first time.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Like I said in a previous comment it was in The Land Before Time where I first heard those words 'The Great Circle of Life' years before the Lion King came along.

[@DaftGamesAr]

Well put together. You could also say its a tribute to james horners music too

[@AdrianMarinMarinoES]

The Penguin and the Pebble and Rock a Doodle are also Don Bluth films too

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

It's true ! Thing is I don't feel anything when I watch those films. I decided to keep only the best of Don Bluth ! There are other tribute which use all of his movies 😉

[@mikechicago6200]

Don Bluth made many wonderful films, and while some were not as impactiful or as loved, he brought us TLBT ,AMT and ADGTH, and in my opninion his greatest film Secret of Nihm! He helped brought out fond memories from the years we were kids and i salute him for it and i wish Don the best and a thank you for bringing these stories to life and into our collective childhoods!

[@pokemontrainerspencer6090]

Don Bluth is my favorite animation filmmaker of all time!

[@keithtorgersen9664]

There's been like a billion sequels to Land Before Time that weren't animated by Don Bluth, and you can really tell. I've watched a few. Probably the most interesting one was where Littlefoot and pals befriended a baby sharptooth.

[@TheImaginator972]

So true, Don Bluth was never involved with any of those direct-to-video sequels to one of his movies like Secret Of NIMH 2, All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, An American Tale sequels and ALL THOSE Land Before Time series with only the exception Bluth actually did made prequel to Anastasia called Bartok The Magnificent.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@@TheImaginator972 Fievel Goes West was great as an exception.

[@prismsmoviecavern]

All Dogs Go To Heaven has some tonal and script issues sure, but it feels the most heart-warming for me, I love dogs and I love good stories of redemption, and this story, look what it set out to do is so well visualized, maybe not perfect but I think the film still is solid.

[@tangbein]

Any animation movie that defined your childhood, that wasn't Disney, was a Don Bluth movie. And Anastasia is the best animated princess, sorry Disney princesses.

[@Adamguy2003]

What a lovely tribute to the works of a remarkable filmmaker! Oh, and the final quote used in the very end was the absolute best one that could have possibly been used! BRAVO!

[@princepeterwolf]

His movies defined my childhood

[@LydiaBellamy7987]

10:04: in loving memory of Judith Barsi 💔

[@pinnylomy8998]

And I can’t wait to meet Don Bluth this coming anime convention next month!!!!!!!

[@justanotherreader]

I cried. This was so good, amazing editing. Thanks for sharing this.

[@Doggiescat345]

T-This is beautiful and gorgeous.

[@tomjackson6077]

Movies/Shorts used: Banjo the Woodpile Cat The Small One The Secret of NIMH An American Tail The Land Before Time All Dogs Go To Heaven Anastasia Titan A.E.

[@ColtonGilbert-ki8je]

I extremely adore Don Bluth he is one of my all time favourite animators I absolutely adore his works

[@ethandoyle4978]

Well this was serious nostalgic trip down memory lane

[@ArttuTheCat]

Don Bluth is one of the greatest animators, who inspired meow to watch his old animated movies and draw my own furry comic arts 🖋️🖊️✏️🖍️ 😺👍. And let's not forget the original laser disc games, DRAGON'S LAIR and SPACE ACE. I have only played them on my Commodore 64 and Amiga 500. Greetings from Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮.

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

Probably some of the most difficult games ever 😅

[@ArttuTheCat]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 Not only difficult... but also frustrating 😹🕹️.

[@dreamguardian8320]

@@ArttuTheCat Maybe so, but still worth playing.

[@dreamguardian8320]

I remember those two games very well, and I have played them so many times. It took a while, but I beat them both, plus DRAGON'S LAIR 2: TIMEWARP.

[@vivianaespinoza5281]

Xandu don’t walk away-roger Craig smith and kath soucie Thumbelina and Cornelius-Jennifer hale and Benjamin diskin Anastasia and Dimitri-Tom Kenny and grey griffin delisle Cale and akima-Jason marsden and Jessica dicicco

[@ShadowSabrewulf]

Absolute beautiful tribute to one of the greatest animators

[@katiebonser9712]

I've watched his movies when I was a kid, I loved them.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

The movies I've seen done by Don Bluth: The Secret of N.I.M.H. The Land Before Time An American Tail Anastasia Titan A.E. All Dogs Go To Heaven Rock 'A' Doodle

[@dylanmilliren4093]

It was very good, but you forgot A Troll in Central Park, Thumbelina and The Pebble and the Penguin

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

I don't like those movies 🤷.

[@dylanmilliren4093]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 I do get that but be as it may, they are still part of Bluth's legacy regardless

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

I understand, there others Don Bluth's tribute which use all of his movies 😉.

[@GodzillaFan528]

Well made video

[@LadyDecember]

If Don Bluth had the financial backing today, we all know he'd be our modern day hero championing a return to beautiful 2D animation

[@ChanceLaughlin]

Sullivan Bluth Studios had two similar animation companies which are Amblimation and Fox Animation Studios, which were both shut down after they each made three movies, and their staff moved to DreamWorks Animation (Amblimation) and Blue Sky Studios (Fox Animation Studios).

[@nathancruz9172]

I love 💕 Don bluth when, I was a kid.

[@radwandern-montpellier]

Nice❤❤

[@hardcharging]

Yeah this may define a lot of childhoods on here, but holy shit some of those more unsettling and creepy scenes and characters! On the plus side those also prepped me for the Jurassic Park movies later on.

[@MinecraftLover2007]

I guess Disney tried better at making less scary scenes than Bluth.

[@ColtonGilbert-ki8je]

I love Don Bluth he is one of my all time favourite animators

[@cherrine95]

Belle vidéo ! Je me souviens petite, je regardais Bartok le magnifique en boucle 😅

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

Merci ! C'est un dessin animé sympa, pas mon préféré de Don Bluth mais pas désagréable

[@lukeyannuzzi7469]

When will they make a new Don Bluth movie?

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

Soon, I hope 🤞

[@lukeyannuzzi7469]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 Okay.

[@ZyreeLovett]

@@lukeyannuzzi7469 I met Don Bluth at momocon he says they are working on the dragons lair movie but it will not be in 2d

[@lukeyannuzzi7469]

@@ZyreeLovett Okay.

[@dreamguardian8320]

@@ZyreeLovett What a bummer😞

[@JerrardJDDavis-gy9hh]

I Wish Don Bluth Makes More Movies In 2024

[@DimitriyMykhaylovDisneyFan]

Don Bluth's Animation was so Perfect for the Classic 2D Animation! Disney cannot Beat it!

[@TheImaginator972]

So true, the fact back in the 1980s Don Bluth with the only competitor to beat Disney at their own animation game, An American Tales beats Great Mouse Detective and Land Before Time beats Oliver & Company at the box office back in the 1980s.

[@WillScarlet16]

There's plenty to criticize about even the best of his movies, BUT - I would rather live with the worst of his movies than the best of Sony or Illumination. At least his movies have some imagination and personality behind them. He's still one of the few American animation directors with a recognizable style.

[@clarkromero5499]

I can wait to see Next Movie Anastasia Sequel

[@SaffronicSaffron]

WHY YOU MAKE ME FEEL THE ONIONS!! 😭

[@SaffronicSaffron]

Thanks for the heart ❤️.

[@X0209-l2r]

You forgot some films and games like; Thumbelina, The Pebble and the Penguin, A Troll in Central Park, Rock-a-Doodle, Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

It was difficult to me to put those two games inside, even if I like them 🙂! About those movies, I don't like them but you can find other video and tribute with all movies of Don Bluth

[@peterwarden7471]

Don Bluth was a genius.

[@sunnylilacs]

What is the space one from 1:25 and the cat one from 10:21? I don’t remember seeing either of those?

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

1 :25 it's from Titan A E, his last movie And the 😺 is from Banjo the Woodpile Cat, his second short 🎥

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

All Dogs Go To Heaven and Land Before Time are my favorite Don Bluth movies and I like All Dogs Go To Heaven Hazbin Hotel and Little Nicky they're my favorite Heaven and Hell movies and shows. Ironically Hazbin Hotel and All Dogs Go To Heaven would go great as Crossovers.

[@kingofthedepths3513]

Nice to include rasputins dialog

[@danielbizzarri186]

I like

[@lvelez1999]

So much better than Disney

[@friedmarc837]

I would still like to know why Don Bluth stop filmmaking? Just asking/saying!

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

I would like too

[@friedmarc837]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 & imagine if he's new films were 3D animated! Again just asking/saying!!

[@MinecraftLover2007]

Well, he was going to direct Blue Sky’s Ice Age, and he would have it in his hand drawn animation, but it was moved to Blue Sky instead and that’s when he stopped.

[@friedmarc837]

@@MinecraftLover2007 Well could y'all imagine IF he kept doing films & if they were computer animated?!

[@MinecraftLover2007]

It was his choice to stop filmmaking because he didn’t like how he keeps competing against Disney and always loses it to them because his movies get negative reviews most of the time for no reason, and he also had to shut down Fox Animation Studios because of how DreamWorks and Pixar were Disney’s new competitors and after the box office bomb of Titan A.E, but some of his movies became cult classics in recent years because the critics realized there were other good animated movies that are American back in the 1980s and 1990s.

[@jessicashae2005]

The clip of the kitten on the snowman puffing a pipe, whats that one called?

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

Banjo the Woodpile Cat 😺

[@jessicashae2005]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 thank you

[@TiTiguyM]

1:26 what is that cartoon

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

Titan A E

[@JesseMiller694]

Shame you did not include the four 90's box office failures: Rock-A-Doodle, The Pebble and the Penguin, Thumbelina and A Troll in Central Park as well as the Bartok spinoff in this video

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

I know it can disappoint you but I wanted to include the best of Don Bluth. There are others tribute with all his movies 🙂

[@stephannelson8780]

Can anyone name all of these movies?

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

The Small One Banjo the Woodpile Cat The Secret of Nimh An American Tail The Land Before Time All Dogs Go to Heaven Anastasia Titan A E

[@stephannelson8780]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 thanks

[@jeremiahrowesr.3130]

Rockadoodle was my favorite film, because it is a rooster who looks like Elvis and I'm a big Elvis fan. So I loved this movie, I also love land before time, American tale, all dogs go to heaven. Anastasia was ok, not my favorite, bartock was great.

[@Adamguy2003]

Rock- a- Doodle was one of my faves, too!

[@elizabethramirezsierra3700]

Is Bluth dead?

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

No

[@dreamguardian8320]

@@arnaudmurphy8567 Thank goodness.

[@daniellogue8079]

We only want to remember that Don Bluth made 6 successful Movies and he regretted he made 4 horrible films that don't deserved to be remembered at all like Rock A Doodle he wasn't fond of this movie Thumbelina he was forced to write a script for a week he also admitted how awfully Bad A Troll in Central Park was and Regretted he ever Directed it and last of all he disowned The Pebble and The Penguin and he and Gary Goldman decided to remove their names form the opening credits that's why he stopped making films due to Exclusive Meddling during the 90's

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

That's the reason I didn't put those movies in this tribute 😉

[@atanacio25]

All of these were good movies on my opinion except for secret of the Nimh....I think that movie sucked and was/it much better suited for kids to watch...much better for teens or adult

[@arnaudmurphy8567]

😱! Did you forget the scene in the laboratory ? Or the design of the cat ? Please watch it again and give it a second chance 🙂

[@johnnynotty]

It starts with the ‘main title’ 1st track from the LP Vinyl Record I have of the ‘an American tail’ soundtrack that I put on when I go iron my clothes for work before I go to bed. Such AMAZING music xx

[@ColtonGilbert-ki8je]

My favourite Don Bluth films are The Secret of NIMH, The Land Before Time, An American Tail, All Dogs go to Heaven and Anastasia