Snoopy Come Home (1972)

Director:

Bill Melendez

Writer:

Charles M. Schulz (created & written by)

Release Date:

9 August 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Music

Plot:

Snoopy travels to see his sick former owner and then feels obliged to return to her permanently.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Dog | Goodbye | Letter | Travel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Chad Webber	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Robin Kohn	...	Lucy Van Pelt (voice)
Stephen Shea	...	Linus Van Pelt (voice)
David Carey	...	Schroeder (voice)
Johanna Baer	...	Lila (voice)
Hilary Momberger	...	Sally (voice)
Christopher DeFaria	...	Peppermint Patty (voice) (as Chris De Faria)
Linda Ercoli	...	Clara (voice)
Lynda Mendelson	...	Frieda (voice) (as Linda Mendelson)
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)

Directed by
Bill Melendez

Writing credits
Charles M. Schulz		(created & written by)

Produced by
Bill Melendez	....	producer
Lee Mendelson	....	producer
Charles M. Schulz	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Don Ralke

Film Editing by
Robert T. Gillis
Chuck McCann		(as Charles McCann)
Rudy Zamora Jr.		(as Rudy Zamora)

Production Management
Robert T. Gillis	....	production manager

Sound Department
Don Minkler	....	picture dubbing: Producers' Sound
Sid Nicholas	....	voice recordist: Radio Recorders

Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Dickson	....	camera operator (as Dickson/Vasu)
Nick Vasu	....	camera operator (as Dickson/Vasu)

Editorial Department
Alice Keillor	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Linda Ercoli	....	featured vocalist
Shelby Flint	....	featured vocalist
Guy Pohlman	....	featured vocalist
Ray Pohlman	....	featured vocalist
Don Ralke	....	conductor
Don Ralke	....	featured vocalist
Don Ralke	....	music arranger
Thurl Ravenscroft	....	featured vocalist
Stan Ross	....	music mixer: Gold Star Recording
Stan Ross	....	music recordist: Gold Star Recording
Richard M. Sherman	....	songs: music and lyrics by
Robert B. Sherman	....	songs: music and lyrics by

Other crew
Carole Barnes	....	graphic blandishment
Ellie Bogardus	....	graphic blandishment
Evert Brown	....	graphic blandishment
Bob Carlson	....	graphic blandishment
Sandy Claxton Arnold	....	production assistant (as Sandy Claxton)
Bernard Gruver	....	graphic blandishment
Sam Jaimes	....	graphic blandishment
Carolyn Klein	....	production assistant
Faith Kovaleski	....	graphic blandishment
Joanne Lansing	....	graphic blandishment
Adele Lenart	....	graphic blandishment
Ed Levitt	....	graphic blandishment
Bill Littlejohn	....	graphic blandishment
Warren Lockhart	....	president: Charles M. Schulz Creative Development Corp.
Don Lusk	....	graphic blandishment
Joice Lee Marshall	....	graphic blandishment
Bob Matz	....	graphic blandishment
Celine Miles	....	graphic blandishment
Al Pabian	....	graphic blandishment
Jim Pabian	....	graphic blandishment
Chandra Poweris	....	graphic blandishment
Lou Robards	....	graphic blandishment
Beverly Robbins	....	graphic blandishment
Phil Roman	....	graphic blandishment
Susan Scheid	....	production assistant
Rod Scribner	....	graphic blandishment
Dawn Smith	....	graphic blandishment
Frank Smith	....	graphic blandishment
Hank Smith	....	graphic blandishment
Dean Spille	....	graphic blandishment
Jacques Vausseur	....	graphic blandishment
Eleanor Warren	....	graphic blandishment
Carla Washburn	....	graphic blandishment
Manon Washburn	....	graphic blandishment
Debbie Zamora	....	graphic blandishment
Rudy Zamora	....	graphic blandishment

Production Companies

• Cinema Center Films (presents)
• Lee Mendelson Film Productions
• Bill Melendez Productions
• Sopwith Productions
• United Feature Syndicate (UFS)
• Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (in association with) (as Charles M. Schulz Creative Development Corp.)

Distributors

• National General Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1976) (USA) (TV)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• CBS Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Dickson/Vasu  camera
• Gold Star  music recording and mixing (as Gold Star Recording)
• Radio Recorders  voice recording
• Producers' Sound Service  dubbing

Also Known As:

"Snoopy, Come Home" - USA (promotional title)
"Snoopy's Big Adventure" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:G (Approved No. 23508) | UK:U | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | South Korea:All

Company:

Cinema Center Films

Trivia:

The animated debut of Woodstock and Franklin.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Clara is chasing Snoopy & Woodstock, she is holding the leash in her hand. When she is standing at the top of the stairs, the leash is gone. In the next shot, when she is sliding down the banister, the leash is back in her hand.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Charlie Brown picks up a rock from the beach, and throws it into the water]
Linus:Nice going, Charlie Brown. It took that rock 4,000 years to get to shore, and now you've thrown it back.
Charlie Brown:Everything I do makes me feel guilty.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Music Movies: Snoopy, Come Home (#1.21)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Gettin' It Together

Snoopy never left my heart...

This feature, as you probably gathered, largely centres around Snoopy, Charlie Brown's dog.

Charlie Brown has been becoming ever more resentful of Snoopy's recent independence (in particular going to the beach to spend time with Peppermint Patty), and, after cutting his thumb while trying to open his can of dog-food, he gives Snoopy a scolding and makes him feel guilty and worthless.

The following day, when Snoopy tries to go to the beach to see Peppermint Patty again as promised, suddenly a sign has been put up saying that dogs are not allowed on the beach. This starts a chain reaction that begins a string of frustration within Snoopy...

More snubbing comes from other members of the Peanuts gang when what started off as being a bit of fun with Linus and his security blanket soon turns sadistic and nasty, once again with Snoopy on the losing end.

Snoopy then has a bit of fun with Linus' elder sister Lucy, who is using boxing gloves, and they have a bit of a light-hearted spar, but again Snoopy pushes things that little bit too far and ends up upsetting Lucy and she spits the dummy at him.

Shortly afterwards, Snoopy receives a letter from a mysterious girl named Lila, who is in hospital and for some reason craves his presence. Snoopy and his bird friend Woodstock (making his animated film debut here) suddenly set off to meet her. Their journey is plagued by quite a few of the famous 'No dogs allowed'-type signs, which again do little to heighten the spirits of our favourite beagle!

Eventually, however, Snoopy and Woodstock reach the hospital where Lila is staying, and her spirit does indeed rise when the dog suddenly appears by her bedside and enriches her enthusiasm. However, little does Snoopy know that she will practically coax her into doing something that will really tug at his heart-strings...

I first saw this film as a boy in my early tens, and even when I watch it now it has lost none of its ability to endear and -- in particular -- choke. There is one particular section that still makes me cry to this day at a party for Snoopy, where poor Charlie Brown is just too choked to say anything. Even just THINKING about that scene induces tears...

As a whole, though, the film is enjoyable fare. It's not a classic, but it's still memorable, and has some actually quite good songs that are not in the least bit intrusive and only add to the overall charm. There is also some spot humour, much of which is caused by Woodstock's erratic flying and Snoopy's constantly being taunted by the 'No dogs allowed' signs permating his venture.

Recommended, but don't expect your eyes to be anything other than moist at some point in the film!