Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980)

Charlie Brown and his friends travel to Europe as exchange students.

Directors:

Bill Melendez, Phil Roman (co-director)

Writers:

Charles M. Schulz (comic strip "Peanuts"), Charles M. Schulz (creator)

Stars:

Scott Beach, Bill Melendez, Daniel Anderson

Cast

Cast overview:
Daniel Anderson	...	Linus van Pelt (voice)
Scott Beach	...	Waiter / Baron / Driver / Tennis Announcer / English Voice / American Male (voice)
Casey Carlson	...	Marcie (voice)
Debbie Muller	...	Stewardess (voice)
Patricia Patts	...	Patricia 'Peppermint Patty' Reichardt (voice)
Laura Planting	...	Lucy Van Pelt (voice)
Arrin Skelley	...	Charlie Brown (voice)
Bill Melendez	...	Snoopy / Woodstock (voice)
Annalisa Bortolin	...	Sally Brown (voice)
Roseline Rubens	...	Violette / Patty / Sophie / Frieda / Violet (voice)
Pascale de Barolet	...	Pierre (voice)

Storyline

Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to a foreign country, Charlie is disturbed by a letter he receives from a mysterious girl from France who invites him as her guest only to find that he does not seem welcomed to her chateau.

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Plot Keywords:

travel | student | exchange student | france | europe | 

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Taglines:

Travel with the PEANUTS gang on their first overseas adventure- There's fun, mystery, suspense, danger, and even romance!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

30 May 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown

Box Office

Gross USA:

$2,013,193

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Bill Melendez Productions, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Linus screams as the château goes on fire, he has Charlie Brown's "scream" by Peter Robbins, first heard in A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), and used as a stock "scream" for Charlie Brown (especially whenever he fails to kick Lucy's football) and the rest of the Peanuts gang in countless specials and all four "Peanuts" movies.

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Goofs

When Charlie Brown and Linus are selected to go to France, Peppermint Patty can be seen among the students congratulating them. Later, we find out Peppermint Patty goes to a different school and has no idea "Chuck" has been chosen.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Linus: [in a classroom] Quiet, everybody! We have two new students here that I'd like to have you meet. They are exchange students from Europe. It is my great honor to introduce to you Babette and Jacques.

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Alternate Versions

When this movie aired on Cartoon Network in the 1990s, the popular songs Snoopy listened to in the pub were replaced with generic instrumental tunes, most likely due to music rights.

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Connections

Follows It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (1969)

User Reviews

Why are they visiting the château again? Below average PEANUTS adventure

The PEANUTS are at their best when they are celebrating a holiday or going to camp. Unlike the great PEANUTS classics RACE FOR YOUR LIFE CHARLIE BROWN and SNOOPY COME HOME, this PEANUTS outing is a little on the murky side. Due to a student exchange program Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, stow-away Woodstock, peppermint Patty and Marcy are sent to Europe to go to school in France. Coincidentally, Charlie gets a letter from a little French girl who invites him to visit her familys château there. When the PEANUTS land in London and venture to France there would be plenty of observations that could be made on the cultural differences....however the big find here is "Hey...they eat French bread in France!". This special also shocks by breaking a PEANTUS cardinal rule: grown ups talk! And they don't just say "Mwah mwah mwah"...they actually speak in English and address the children! When Charlie and Linus head off to the château a little French boy named Pierre tells Marcy and Peppermint that a horrible Baron lives there who hates everyone, would never allow guests, and that if they attempt to stay there harm will come to them. (The "harm" is not explained...although there are two references to getting "mugged" in the film). when the boys get to the château and aren't allowed in they sleep on the cold wet ground instead of re-tracking back to the nice warm house Marcy and Patty are staying in. Snoopy spends most of his visit in a bar drinking root beer and crying over American show tunes. I've seen this film more than once and my mind just doesn't grasp WHY they were invited to a place they weren't allowed to go in and who exactly the baron was, why he was such a bastard and if he WAS such a bastard why he Doesn't actually hurt them. I think the plan was to get PEANTUS to Europe and have them have an adventure...but the storyline here is a little on the murky side. Also worth noting is that key characters such as Lucy, Sally and Schroeder remain in America and are sorely missed. This is not a Must Own PEANUTS collector (neither is the newer adventure ITS THE PIED PIPER CHARLIE BROWN....grown ups speak in that one too!....although my 5 year old actually prefers that one to this one.