Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)

Directed by

Phil Roman, Bill Melendez

Genre

buddy film, musical film, comedy drama, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 109 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang head to summer camp where they compete in a river raft race against a group of bullies. They face obstacles and work together as a team during the competition.

lightheartedplayfuladventurousgentlewhimsicalfriendlynostalgiceasygoing

What happens

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown is a 1977 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. Directed by Bill Melendez and written by Schulz, it is the third film in the Peanuts franchise. It was the first Peanuts feature-length film produced after the death of composer Vince Guaraldi, who was originally intended to score the film, and used the same voice cast from the 1975 and 1976 TV specials, You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown, and It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown, and the same voice cast member from the 1974 TV special, It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown. However, Liam Martin voiced Linus van Pelt for the last time in the movie, and went on to voice Charlie Brown in the 1978 TV special, What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!. This would be Stuart Brotman's final role before his death from a brain aneurysm in 2011. Unlike the previous two Peanuts theatrical films, Charles M. Schulz wrote an original plot without relying on any specific storyline from the strip. The idea for the film came to him during a family trip, during which he tried rafting with his wife on Rogue River. However, some gags were taken from the strip, such as the one where Snoopy and Peppermint Patty jump on the waterbed. The film received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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