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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Animation · TV Movie · Family · 1966

Join the Peanuts gang for a timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle.

Movie details

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

“Every year he rises from the pumpkin patch...”

1966 Animation · TV Movie · Family 25m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.5 / 10

Community rating

Join the Peanuts gang for a timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Bill Melendez

Written by

Charles M. Schulz

Peter Robbins

Peter Robbins

Charlie Brown (voice)

C

Christopher Shea

Linus Van Pelt (voice)

S

Sally Dryer

Lucy Van Pelt (voice)

Bill Melendez

Bill Melendez

Snoopy (voice)

Cathy Steinberg

Cathy Steinberg

Sally Brown (voice)

Gail DeFaria

Gail DeFaria

Pigpen (voice)

Glenn Mendelson

Glenn Mendelson

Schroeder / Shermy (voice)

Court is in session

Put It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.