[1][2] The animators and artists, led by Bluth, felt that the company had turned against its traditional production values in favor of pursuing a profitable bottom line.
[1] According to the Los Angeles Times, Morris Sullivan, who was semi-retired in the early 1980s, was persuaded to join the new company and provide financing by a golf partner.
[1] During the production of the 1986 film, An American Tail, Sullivan began orchestrating a plan to move the majority of the studio's operations to Dublin, Ireland.
"[1] By moving to Ireland, Bluth Sullivan Studios had a major impact in the emergence of an Irish animation industry, including the National College of Art and Design.
[1] Sullivan Bluth Studios had approximately 400 employees at the peak of its success and produced landmark animated films including The Land Before Time in 1988 and All Dogs Go to Heaven in 1989.
[1] However, the Studio struggled after another major investor withdrew financial support, partially due to a string of films which were unsuccessful at the box office.
[1] Morris was survived by nine of his ten children[2] — David, Kathleen, Patrick, Michael, Kelly, Mary, Tim, Terry and Dan; as well as nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.