Snoopy, Come Home
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Snoopy, Come Home is an 1972 musical animated film, produced by Cinema Center Films and Lee Mendelson Films for National General Pictures, directed by Bill Melendez, and based on the Peanuts comic strip. The songs are by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
Snoopy receives a letter from his former owner, Lila, who is in the hospital and wants him to keep her company. Upon receiving the letter, he immediately sets off with Woodstock to find her, facing the challenges of a world full of signs declaring "No Dogs Allowed" (which are mentioned in a song by Thurl Ravenscroft). He finally arrives at the hospital and keeps her company for the three weeks she is in the hospital. They bid each other a tearful farewell, Lila crediting Snoopy with saving her life, and Snoopy starts to return home. He soon decides that he must return to her, and everybody bids him farewell at a large party. However, when he arrives at Lila's apartment building, he notices another sign forbidding dogs from entering. He says goodbye and returns to Charlie Brown and the others.
The film was released on DVD in the U.S. on March 28, 2006, by Paramount Home Entertainment.
Trivia
- The title of the movie is an obvious play on the title of the famous 1943 movie Lassie Come Home.
- When Charlie Brown mentions that a kid buried him in sand when he was younger, this was a reference to Charlie Brown's first appearance in Schulz's pre-Peanuts comic strip Li'l Folks in 1948.
- The running gag of the "No Dogs Allowed" sign was parodied in the Family Guy episode "Brian Goes Back to College". Immediately after Brian Griffin is fired from the New York Times, the boss puts up a "No Dogs Allowed" sign (complete with the deep voice singing); Brian responds by going to lie down on a nearby doghouse with the Peanuts theme playing.
- This was the first Peanuts animated project and the only Peanuts theatrical feature film that does not have Charlie Brown's name in the title.
- This was the animated debut of Snoopy's best friend Woodstock, and of Franklin.
- This was the first-ever Peanuts animated project without a musical score by Vince Guaraldi, who composed for all the previous Peanuts animated television specials and the first and previous film A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
- Castle Thunder (heard throughout the scene when a storm hits and Snoopy keeps Woodstock dry from the rain by using his ear as an umbrella).
Song Title Index
- "Snoopy, Come Home"
- "At the Beach"
- "No Dogs Allowed"
- "Do You Remember Me?" (Lila's Theme)
- "Getting It Together"
- "Fundamental Friend Dependability"
- "Charlie Brown's Calliope"
- "It Changes"
See also
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| Peanuts | |
|---|---|
| Characters | |
| 5 | Charlotte Braun | Charlie Brown | Sally Brown | Eudora | Franklin | Frieda | The Great Pumpkin | Kite-Eating Tree | Lila | Little Red-Haired Girl | Marcie | Miss Othmar | Patty | Peggy Jean | Peppermint Patty | José Peterson | Pig-Pen | Poochie | Roy | Schroeder | Shermy | Joe Shlabotnik | Snoopy | Snoopy's siblings | Thibault | Linus van Pelt | Lucy van Pelt | Rerun van Pelt | Violet | Woodstock | |
| Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) > A Boy Named Charlie Brown (feature film) | Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown | Snoopy, Come Home | |
| Other Media | |
| A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack album) | The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show | Linus and Lucy | Snoopy | Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular | This is America, Charlie Brown | You're a Good Man… |
| People | |
| Vince Guaraldi > Donna Johnson | Bill Melendez | Charles M. Schulz |