The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Directed by

Steve Martino

Genre

adventure film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

G

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,813 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Brown tries to make a good impression on a girl he likes. His beagle Snoopy writes a story where he is a flying ace on a rescue mission.

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What happens

The Peanuts Movie is a 2015 American animated comedy film based on Charles M. Schulz's eponymous comic strip. Directed by Steve Martino from a screenplay by Cornelius Uliano and Craig and Bryan Schulz (Schulz's son and grandson, respectively), the film stars the voices of Noah Schnapp as Charlie Brown and, via archival recordings, Bill Melendez as Snoopy and Woodstock. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. A slice-of-life comedy, the film sees Charlie Brown navigating the trials of his everyday school life as he tries to improve his odds with his love interest, the Little Red-Haired Girl, while Snoopy writes a book portraying a daring and heroic quest in which he is a World War I Flying Ace trying to save his fellow pilot and love interest, Fifi, from the Red Baron and his cronies. It was the fifth full-length Peanuts film and the first since Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!). Development of the film began in 2006, six years after the death of Charles Schulz and the final release of the last Peanuts comic strip. Craig Schulz, a son of Charles, pitched a film idea to his son, Bryan Schulz. 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios announced development of a computer-animated film in October 2012, a year after Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, with Martino directing, due to his faithfulness to the style of Dr. Seuss in Horton Hears a Who! (2008), also produced by Blue Sky. Numerous elements from the comic strip were featured in the film, such as Charlie Brown's skating pond, his house, "the wall" and Lucy's psychiatrist booth, as well as the Snoopy and Woodstock voice tracks from Bill Melendez. The score was composed by Christophe Beck, with additional soundtrack contributions by Meghan Trainor and David Benoit. The Peanuts Movie premiered in New York City on November 1, 2015, and was released in the United States five days later on November 6. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $246 million worldwide against a $99 million budget to become the 7th highest-grossing animated film of 2015. It received nominations for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature and was the first Blue Sky Studios film to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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