Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986)

Charlie Brown is on the run from the Peanuts Gang after the Great Pumpkin puts a bounty on his head in this wild animated student short by Jim Reardon.

Director:

Jim Reardon

Writer:

Jim Reardon

Stars:

Etienne Badillo, Rich Moore, Mike Reardon

Cast

Cast overview:
Etienne Badillo	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Rich Moore	...	Charlie Brown / Narration (voice)
Mike Reardon	...	Charlie Brown / Additional Voices (voice)
William Holden	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Ethan Kanfer	...	Linus Van Pelt (voice) (as Nate Kanfer)
Bret Haaland	...	Lucy Van Pelt / Additional Voices (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon	...	Great Pumpkin (voice)
Ed Bell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Broose Johnson	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Bruce Johnson)

Storyline

The Great Pumpkin puts a bounty on Charlie Brown's head, and as a consequence, the rest of the Peanuts Gang proceed to kill Charlie Brown in various ways (from Lucy having Charlie Brown kick an explosive football, to Linus strangling him with his blanket, to Snoopy chomping off his arm which held a Peppermint Patty candy), until finally, a Rambo/Schwarzenegger-like Charlie Brown goes postal and mass chaos ensues!

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Plot Keywords:

bounty | great pumpkin | peanuts | explosive | football | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Action | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cal-Arts, California Institute of the Arts

Technical Specs

Runtime:

4 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Goofs

The closing credit "'Charlie Brown' - The Platters" is incorrect, with the song playing over the credits being the Coasters' hit recording of "Charlie Brown", a song the Platters are not known to have recorded.

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Quotes

Narration: Sponsored by Madison Farms, makers of Ding Dongs, Twinkies, Pooftas and Wussycakes!

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Crazy Credits

A disclaimer in the ending credits reads: The creator of this picture wishes to state that he does not in any way wish to tarnish or demean the beloved characters of Charles M. "Dutch" Schulz's comic-strip, "Peanuts". No malice or damage to their goodwill was intended. So please don't sue me, because it will drag through the courts for years, and I haven't got a lawyer - and besides, you've already got half the money in the world, and I haven't got any. OK?

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Connections

Spoofs Commando (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Charlie Brown"
Performed by The Coasters

User Reviews

Very entertaining short

Rated NR(would be Rated R for Pervasive Strong Graphic Violence/Gore)

Bring Me the Head Of Charlie Brown is an animated short film made by some students at Calarts in the year 1986.If you want to watch the film, it is available on youtube.The short is basically about this.The great pumpkin puts a bounty on the head of Charlie Brown.So basically everybody in the Peanuts gang tries to murder him to get their reward.After a while Charlie Brown cant take it anymore so he starts going on a murder rampage killing all the peanuts characters.The film is shown as a commercial.Bring Me The Head Of Charlie Brown is a funny animated short and I recommend it.