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Actors: Peter Robbins, Pamelyn Ferdin, Glenn Gilger, Andy Pforsich, Bill Melendez
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Boy Named Charlie Brown |
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As usual, Charlie Brown is the butt of all the other schoolkids' jokes. He's no good on the baseball field, and his overimaginative beagle Snoopy is more than a handful. The kids even have a song about him: "Failure Face." But one day he wins the school spelling bee and gets to go to The City to compete in the National Eliminations Spelling Bee, Second Grade division, and the gang hails him as "Champion Charlie Brown"! But will he triumph in the big time? This was not one of the long series of "Peanuts" TV specials, but the cartoon's very first film feature, released in 1969. It holds up well, both despite and because of some semi-psychedelic sequences (Snoopy fighting the Red Baron and imagining himself in a hard-fought hockey game, Schroeder performing a fantasy tribute to Beethoven, even a stirring tribute to the National Anthem), and basically a fine, honest story. (I love the opening sequence in which Linus, Lucy, and Charlie Brown look at the clouds, as well as Linus's withdrawal symptoms after he hands over his beloved blanket to Charlie Brown.) The story is by Charles Schulz, and longtime director Bill Melendez contributes the voice of Snoopy. Another lovely touch: the end credits run animated portraits of many of the film's creators.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Boy Named Charlie Brown |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- general coming of age story
If a cartoon...
- animated cartoon
Age group
- trouble in grade school
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- animal
How much in movie?
- 80%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- school
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Broadway musical
Is this movie based on a
- comics
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