A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bill Melendez
Peter Robbins
Pamelyn Ferdin
Glenn Gilger
Andy Pforsich
Sally Dryer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When his football team achieves its 99th consecutive loss, second-grader Charlie Brown consults Lucy, the neighborhood psychiatrist, who advises him to build up skill and confidence by place-kicking. When he attempts to follow her advice, however, she perversely snatches the ball away. Charlie then enters and, with the help of the beagle Snoopy and Lucy's brother Linus, wins his school's spelling contest, having been given such familiar words as "failure" and "insecure". Sponsored by "Lucy Van Pelt Inc.," Charlie participates in a national spelling bee in New York City. During his absence, Lucy hints at a forthcoming marriage to Schroeder, a protégé pianist and Beethoven enthusiast. In quest of the blanket to which he is symbiotically attached, Linus, accompanied by Snoopy, follows Charlie to New York. There Snoopy dances on the ice of Rockefeller Center, and Linus finds his blanket, now a discarded shoe rag. Although Charlie survives the preliminary competition, he is eliminated in the final round of the spelling tournament, when he is unable to spell the word "beagle." Disheartened, he returns home, and is again bested by Lucy while attempting to placekick. Songs : "Cloud Dreams" (Lucy, Linus & Charlie Brown), "Charlie Brown and His All-Stars" (The Team), "We Lost Again" (Charlie Brown & Linus), "Blue Charlie Brown" (Charlie Brown & Lucy), "Time To Go to School" (Linus & Lucy), "I Only Dread One Day at a Time" (Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Violet & Patty), "Failure Face" (Lucy, Violet & Patty), "By Golly I'll Show 'Em" (Charlie Brown & Friends), "Class Champion," "I Before E" (Charlie Brown & Linus), "School Spelling Bee" (Charlie Brown, Linus & Lucy), "Champion Charlie Brown" (The Gang), "Start Boning up on Your Spelling, Charlie Brown" (Charlie Brown & Friends), "You'll Either Be a Hero ... or a Goat" (Charlie Brown, Linus & Sally), "Bus Station" (The Gang), "Do Piano Players Make a Lot of Money" (Lucy & Schroeder), "I've Got To Get My Blanket Back" (Linus & Lucy), "Big City," "Found Blanket" (Charlie Brown & Linus), "National Spelling Bee," "B-E-A-G-E-L" (Charlie Brown & Friends), "Homecoming" (Charlie Brown & Linus), "I'm Never Going to School Again" (Charlie Brown, Linus & Sally), "Welcome Home, Charlie Brown" (Charlie Brown & Lucy).
Director
Bill Melendez
Cast
Peter Robbins
Pamelyn Ferdin
Glenn Gilger
Andy Pforsich
Sally Dryer
Anne Altieri
Erin Sullivan
Linda Mendelson
Christopher De Faria
David Carey
Guy Pforsich
Bill Melendez
Crew
Debbie Abbot
Skippy Baxter
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ellie Bonnard
Maggie Bowen
Frank Braxton
Evert Brown
Bob Carlson
Ken Champin
Herm Cohen
Connie Crawley
Ingolf Dahl
Gwenn Dotzler
Robert T. Gillis
Jan Green
Bernard Gruver
Vince Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi
Florence Hammontre
Lew Irwin
Sam Jaimes
Gerry Kane
Alice Keillor
Ruth Kissane
Faith Kovaleski
Bror Lansing
Edward Levitt
Bill Littlejohn
Don Lusk
Joice Lee Marshall
Bob Matz
Charles Mccann
Charles Mcelmurry
Rod Mckuen
Bill Melendez
Bill Melendez
Bill Melendez
Steve Melendez
Lee Mendelson
Lee Mendelson
Celine Miles
Barry Nelson
Ken O'brien
Karen Oglesby
Spencer Peel
Chandra Poweris
Beverly Robbins
Philip Roman
Jay Sarbry
Charles M. Schulz
Al Shean
Al Shean
Dawn Smith
Frank Smith
Hank Smith
Dean Spille
Richard Thompson
John Scott Trotter
John Scott Trotter
Russ Van Neida
Nick Vasu
Eleanor Warren
Manon Washburn
Rudy Zamora
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Song Score
Quotes
Fussbudget. F-U-S-S-B-U-D-G-E-T. Fussbudget.- Charlie Brown
Hey! How did he know that?- Lucy
Well, we lost the first game of the season. I know it shouldn't bother me, but it does. We always lose the first game of the season and the last game of the season.- Charlie Brown
AND ALL THOSE STUPID GAMES IN BETWEEN!- Charlie Brown
Trivia
Snoopy's dream (where he battles the red Baron atop his doghouse) consists of footage from _It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)_ .
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1978
Released in United States Winter December 1969
Based on the "Peanuts" comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, distributed through United Feature Syndicate (2 Oct 1950--present).
Released in United States 1978 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Special Programs - Painted Movies) April 13 - May 7, 1978.)
Released in United States Winter December 1969
