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Charlie Brown makes his way to the national spelling bee finals.Charlie Brown makes his way to the national spelling bee finals.Charlie Brown makes his way to the national spelling bee finals.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Peter Robbins
- Charlie Brown
- (voice)
- …
Pamelyn Ferdin
- Lucy Van Pelt
- (voice)
Glenn Gilger
- Linus Van Pelt
- (voice)
Andy Pforsich
- Schroeder
- (voice)
Sally Dryer
- Patty
- (voice)
Ann Altieri
- Violet
- (voice)
- (as Anne Altieri)
Erin Sullivan
- Sally
- (voice)
Lynda Mendelson
- Frieda
- (voice)
- (as Linda Mendelson)
Christopher DeFaria
- Pig Pen
- (voice)
David Carey
- 2nd Boy
- (voice)
Guy Pforsich
- 3rd Boy
- (voice)
Bill Melendez
- Snoopy
- (voice)
Jimmy Miller
- Charlie Brown
- (uncredited)
Hilary Momberger-Powers
- Sally
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe memorable "Aaaugh!" scream from Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown originated from this film. (Oddly enough, it was also heard from Linus in one scene.) Robbins' scream would become a stock sound effect in almost all subsequent Peanuts specials & movies up to the late 1990s, and is used as a scream, not only for Charlie Brown, but any other available character (excluding Snoopy and Woodstock, who had their own variants).
- GoofsIn the "I Before E Except after C" song, two displayed words are misspelled: FINANCEIR, which should be FINANCIER, and LEIZURE which should be LEISURE.
- Quotes
Linus Van Pelt: [Penultimate lines of the movie] Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything.
[Opens the door to leave, then stops]
Linus Van Pelt: But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?
Charlie Brown: What's that?
Linus Van Pelt: The world didn't come to an end.
[He leaves and shuts the door. Charlie Brown decides to finally get up]
- Crazy creditsAll of the Peanuts characters actually get onscreen credit!
- Alternate versionsOn May 26, 1979 CBS aired a 60-minute version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz (1969)
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An animated film that would make Bergman proud!
The PEANUTS films, coming from a student of international cinema, have contained some of the truest statements I have borne witness to in my life. If you were to really sit down and listen to what these characters say to each other you would be surprised at how much you can truly relate to them. A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN is the best of them because it does the best job combining the artistic with the humanistic. Even though this is a movie that is defined through a series of seemingly unrelated moments (a fantasized hockey game, a spelling bee, a beautiful performance on piano by Schroeder, a baseball game) this only adds to the closeness we feel toward the characters. The tragic sequence in the Film where Linus expresses remorse for lending Charlie Brown his literal "security blanket" and seeks to find it is a sequence that would make Bergman proud! I rarely recommend movies that I truly like but I have to say that A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN is a film for everyone!
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- Also known as
- Charlie Brown und seine Freunde
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- Budget
- $1,100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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