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The studio had initially operated from an animation facility in Van Nuys, California, and negotiated with Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment to make the animated feature An American Tail. During its production, Sullivan began to move the studio to Dublin, Ireland, to take advantage of government investment and incentives offered by the Industrial Development Authority (IDA). Most of the staff from the US studio moved to the new Dublin facility during production on the studio's second feature film, The Land Before Time. The studio also recruited heavily from Ireland, and helped set up an animation course at Ballyfermot College of Further Education to train new artists. In 1989, during the production of All Dogs Go to Heaven, founding member John Pomeroy and many of the remaining American staff members returned to the United States to form a satellite studio in Burbank, California. The studio found itself in financial difficulty in 1992 when Goldcrest withdrew funding due to concerns about the poor box office returns of its most recent films and budgetary over-runs in its in-production films, Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park and The Pebble and the Penguin. Another British film company, Merlin Films, and Hong Kong media company Media Assets invested in the studio to fund the completion and release of the three partially completed films. Bluth and Goldman were drawn away from the studio when they were approached in late 1993 to set up a new animation studio for 20th Century Fox. Sullivan Bluth Studio's films continued to suffer losses at the box office, and the studio was closed down on October 31, 1995, after the release of their final feature, The Pebble and the Penguin. Don Bluth and Gary Goldman went on to head up Fox Animation Studios in Phoenix, Arizona to work on Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent and Titan A.E.. After this the studio closed.

Man I wish I could've worked there!

Sad day for ireland when they closed

So, this is were the magic happens.

Glen McIntosh at 2:29 😎

Thanks to Don Bluth who helped Walt Disney Studios & Universal Studios & MGM studios & Warner Bros studios & 20th Century Fox Studios with their animated movies that were directed by Don Bluth

What will it be like if "An American Tail" was the first ever animated feature film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture? That would've been a milestone achievement.

Is that Whitney Houston singing in background from 6:30 to 6:40?

If Fievel Mousekewitz Was a Human Boy He Would Have Blonde Hair

hello my name is Dylan Royer I love all you Animations

Attached is the link to my video that you asked :forth-cam.com/video/QIhGdu--uB8/w-d-xo.html

Why was the studio closed in Ireland?

Lovely !.. I can still remember the excitment I felt when I was offered a job here. .. magical times.

THIS IS AWESOME!! Did you work here? If so, you're so lucky!! This is my favorite era of animation, nothing can compare.

This is amazing, makes me realize how much they really invested for their life long passion. Was that whole massive building just for Bluth studios?

woah ;0;

I know Bluth disowned it, but Pebble will always be my favorite Bluth movie! Critics panned it and even mentioned that Marina was a boring damsel in distress... but I think she was just a total pacifist full of light and love! Hubie was the one who had to change and be the hero! Shy, meek guys like me need role models too and want girls who love them for who they are and care about their welfare, and this is one of the rare movies that do that in the sweetest way I think! Thank you for sharing these intimate 11 minutes of everyone working and bringing this movie to life. :)

I wonder what that building is now a office or some other corp?

10:56 is that Moya?

I remember when we got the bones out of the canal at low tide...whos desk is that with the sheep skull?

Doesn't Lisa Joko sound a wee bit Irish?

Wish this company succeeded. Truly great animation

That's why this is what the former traditional animation was closet about Ultraverse.

Were you able to meet Don Bluth and if so what was he like? Also did you work there as an animator?

Ótimo vídeo, Sandro. Lembro da camera line test (mas só tinha uma funcionando no Dogs 2); o Paul Newberry, meu primeiro supervisor, que depois partiu pra Fox; a sala do screening (só usada para life drawing no Dogs 2). O de camisa rosa não é o John Power? Bom desenhista e um cara bacana, quase comprei o Honda Civic dele, mas resolvi que continuaria com os ônibus verdes de dois andares, que sempre vinham em pares depois de esperar o maior tempão.

Too bad it was Pebble, of all the movies, to be shown worked on.

This is so cool, Don Bluth had pretty snazzy place at Ireland. I'd love to know what else was going on behind the scenes, because from what I can see, production's mostly focused on Pebble and the Penguin, but I can see some Troll in Central Park cels being made, shame there are no behind the scenes stories about any of Don Bluth's movies made in that period.

The Pebble & The Penguin...1995. A great year !

2:42: Ducky and AnneMarie in the background. RIP Judith Barsi.

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This building has been bankrupted 20 years ago.

I could start my own animation studios.

Can't believe it, his studio was in Ireland! Would loved to have seen it

Was it you who shot this?

Sandro - thank you so much for sharing this. It was truly remarkable to view a 'virtual tour' of Sullivan Bluth Studios during the height of production of one of the Don Bluth films that I hold the most affinity for (#211 The Pebble and the Penguin). I have frequently taken pause to imagine what it must have been like to work there during that specific era. My family and colleagues deeply appreciate the diligent effort and talent that you and your colleagues at SB Studios put into creating these films. They are irreplaceable treasures that cannot be matched by today's CG fare. You are extremely fortunate to have worked under the likes of Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy. Out of curiosity, may I ask which character(s) and sequences you were primarily involved with for this film?

shame it closed down not long after this :(

Pebble is my fav Don Bluth movie tied with Thumbelina. Can anyone find any Pebble related promotions Seaworld did back in 1995 that would very appreciative

This is a cool studio, thanks for sharing it

Thanks for posting, Sandro! Strange to see it all again, after so much time.

An amazing insight into the wonderful Don Bluth Studios. Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks Sandro! Nostalgia! Loved seeing all the old gang... Silvia

Incredible document!

Amazing Gem Sandro! More more!