To countless Bluth admirers, this is the film that destroyed their hero, and for that they'll always revile it. Whereas Dogs does have a following of ardent defenders who'll insist that it was a misunderstood masterpiece all along, it seems that nobody wants to fight in poor lonesome Rock-a-Doodle's corner. It didn't help that Rock-a-Doodle endured an even greater critical thrashing than Dogs before it. Ferngully wasn't exactly a monster hit, but it still had little difficulty in crushing Rock-a-Doodle at the box office. This time, Bluth had the good sense not to release the film in direct competition with Disney's latest offering, Beauty and The Beast (which was critically acclaimed, surpassed Mermaid at the box office and made history by being the first animated to feature to receive a Best Picture nomination), purposely delaying the US release until spring 1992 (it was released earlier in some foreign markets) when Disney would be out of the picture and the only major competition would be from Kroyer Films' Ferngully: The Last Rainforest. It's no secret that Bluth's career did not thrive alongside that of his old friends at Disney once their Renaissance era had kicked into gear - All Dogs Go To Heaven had fared poorly against The Little Mermaid and his next picture, Rock-a-Doodle, was such a disastrous flop that it forced Sullivan Bluth Studios into liquidation and put an end to Bluth's partnership with Goldcrest Films. ![]() Even the most hardcore of Don Bluth devotees find it difficult to defend what became of the man as the world entered the 1990s.
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