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{{Infobox film
| name = Snoopy, Come Home
| name = Snoopy Come Home
| image = SnoopyComeHome.jpg
| image = SnoopyComeHome.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Bill Meléndez]]
| director = [[Bill Melendez]]
| producer = Bill Meléndez<br>[[Lee Mendelson]]<br>[[Charles M. Schulz]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
| writer = Charles M. Schulz
* [[Lee Mendelson]]
| starring = [[Chad Webber]]<br>[[Bill Melendez]]<br>[[Robin Kohn]]<br>[[Stephen Shea]]<br>[[David Carey]]<br>[[Hilary Momberger]]<br>[[Christopher DeFaria]]<br>[[Linda Ercoli]]<br>[[Lynda Mendelson]]
* Bill Melendez
| music = [[Richard M. Sherman]]<br>[[Robert B. Sherman]]<br>[[Thurl Ravenscroft]]<br>[[Shelby Flint]]<br>[[Jack Judge]]<br>[[Harry Williams]]
}}
| editing = [[Chuck McCann]]
| writer = [[Charles M. Schulz]]
| distributor = '''Theatrical'''<br>[[National General Pictures]]<br>'''DVD'''<br>[[Paramount Pictures]]<br>[[CBS Home Entertainment]]
| based_on = {{based on|Characters|Charles M. Schulz}}
| released = August 9, 1972
| starring = {{Plainlist|
| runtime = 80 min.
* [[Chad Webber]]
| country = [[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
* [[Robin Kohn]]
* [[Stephen Shea]]
* David Carey
* Johanna Baer
* [[Hilary Momberger]]
* [[Chris De Faria]]
* Linda Ercoli
* [[Linda Mendelson]]
* Bill Melendez
}}
| music = [[Don Ralke]]
| editing = {{Plainlist|
* Robert T. Gillis
* Charles McCann
* [[Rudy Zamora]]
}}
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Cinema Center Films]]
* [[Melendez Films#Mendelson/Melendez Productions|Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Productions]]
* [[Sopwith Productions]]
}}
| distributor = [[National General Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1972|08|09}}
| runtime = 80 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 80:29--><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/BVF026027 |title=''Snoopy Come Home'' (U) |work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=June 13, 1972 |access-date=November 13, 2015}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = $1 million
| budget = $1 million
| gross = $245,073
| gross = $245,037
| imdb_id = 0069289
}}
}}
'''''Snoopy Come Home''''' is a 1972 American [[Animation|animated]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Bill Melendez]] and written by [[Charles M. Schulz]], based on the ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[comic strip]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/205/mode/2up |page=205}}</ref> Marking the on-screen debut of [[Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]], who had first appeared in the strip in 1967, the main plot was based on a storyline from August 1968.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schulz |first=Charles M. |title=The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |year=2009 |location=Seattle |pages=257–261}}</ref> The only ''Peanuts'' film during composer [[Vince Guaraldi]]’s lifetime without a score composed by him, its music was composed by the [[Sherman Brothers]], who composed the music for various [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] films like ''[[Mary Poppins (1964 film)|Mary Poppins]]'' (1964), ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' (1967), and ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' (1971).
'''''Snoopy, Come Home''''' is a [[1972 in film|1972]] [[Cinema of the United States|American]] [[musical film|musical]]-[[animated film]], produced by [[CBS|Cinema Center Films]] and [[Lee Mendelson Films]] for National General Pictures, directed by [[Bill Meléndez]], and based on the ''[[Peanuts (comic strip)|Peanuts]]'' [[comic strip]]. The songs are by [[Richard M. Sherman]] and [[Robert B. Sherman]].


''Snoopy Come Home'' was released on August 9, 1972, by [[National General Corporation]], produced by [[Lee Mendelson Films]], [[Bill Melendez Productions]] and [[Cinema Center Films]] (in the latter's final production). While not a commercial success, it received largely positive reviews, and fared far more successfully on home video.
It has 2 important firsts:
*It is the on-screen debut of [[Woodstock (Peanuts)| Woodstock]] who first appeared in the strip in 1967 and also of [[Franklin (Peanuts)|Franklin]] who first appeared in the strip in 1968.
*It is the first Peanuts project to have the characters drawn by [[Charles M. Schulz]]


== Plot ==
The film was originaly going to be released on DVD by [[Walt Disney Home Entertainment|Disney DVD]] but the release was canceled. The film was then released on DVD in [[anamorphic widescreen]] in the U.S. on March 28, 2006, by [[Paramount Pictures#Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Entertainment]]/[[CBS Home Entertainment]] (CBS owned Cinema Center Films, which co-produced the film).
One day, Snoopy receives a letter. After reading the letter, Snoopy immediately sets off with [[Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]] without explaining to Charlie Brown where he is going or why he’s leaving. After Snoopy leaves, Charlie Brown reads the letter, which is from a young girl named Lila. In the letter, Lila says she has been hospitalized for three weeks and needs Snoopy to keep her company, so Snoopy has gone off to see her, leaving Charlie Brown and the others in the dark as to who Lila is. Despite being unaware of who Lila is, Charlie Brown and the gang soon begin to miss Snoopy dearly.


En route to see Lila, Snoopy and Woodstock face the challenges of a world full of "No Dogs Allowed" signs, are briefly adopted as pets by an animal-obsessed girl (identified as Clara in the [[theatrical poster]]), whose mother lets her keep Snoopy, though they successfully escape, and they camp out, play football and make music while preparing their dinner. When Snoopy and Woodstock finally reach the hospital, again, no dogs are allowed. To add further insult, the hospital does not allow birds either. Snoopy is foiled in his first attempt to sneak into Lila's room, but his second attempt is successful. He then keeps Lila company, and Lila tells Snoopy that his visit helped her get better.
==Plot==
[[Snoopy]] and the rest of the Peanuts gang go to the beach for the day. Once there, Snoopy promises to go back to the beach the next day to meet up with [[Peppermint Patty]]. While [[Charlie Brown]] and the others have gone home to play [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]], he notices Snoopy is late, but does not take note of it, and he later cuts his thumb when opening Snoopy's can of dog food with a kitchen knife. The next day, Snoopy is thrown off the beach due to a new "No Dogs Allowed" rule, and has [[Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]] write a complaint letter about it. Then Snoopy gets into a fight with [[Linus van Pelt|Linus]] for his [[Security blanket|blanket]], and later beats [[Lucy van Pelt|Lucy]] in a [[boxing]] match. After which, he kisses her, but as he walks away, she tosses her boxing glove at him.


Back at home, Linus calls the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm to ask about Snoopy, and learns that Lila was Snoopy’s first owner and not Charlie Brown. Prior to Charlie Brown adopting Snoopy, Lila’s family were about to move to a new home, they were forced to return him to Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. After Linus reveals this to him, Charlie Brown faints.
Later, Snoopy receives a letter from a girl named [[Lila (Peanuts)|Lila]], who has been in the hospital for three weeks (for reasons unknown) and needs Snoopy to keep her company. Upon receiving the letter, he immediately sets off with Woodstock to go see her, leaving Charlie Brown completely in the dark as to who Lila is. But when Linus decides to do some investigating ('''Charlie Brown:''' "Just what I need: A blanket-carrying [[Sherlock Holmes]]"), he discovers, to Charlie Brown's horror, that Lila is Snoopy's original owner. He faints upon hearing this.


Lila asks Snoopy to go home with her, but he has doubts. Snoopy decides to go back home to Charlie Brown. However, when he sees Lila watching him tearfully from her hospital window, Snoopy finds it too hard to leave her and he runs back and hugs her, which she takes as a sign that he wants to live with her. But first, he has to go back to his old home to say goodbye to everyone. When Snoopy returns, he informs Charlie Brown that he’s leaving through a letter he wrote, and gives some of his friends his most prized possessions, and gives Charlie Brown his best wishes. The kids throw Snoopy a large, tearful going-away party, each one bringing a gift (all of which turn out to be bones). The kids closest to Snoopy get up to say a few words in his honor, but during Charlie Brown's turn, he is overwhelmed to the point of silence, though he gives Snoopy his present. After Snoopy leaves, Charlie Brown is unable to sleep or eat.
En route to see Lila, Snoopy (with Woodstock along) is forced to face the challenges of a world full of signs declaring "No Dogs Allowed" (including on a bus, train, library, and more, musically accented by the deep tones of [[Thurl Ravenscroft]], with the exception of one brief line where a female singer adds "...and that goes for birds, too!", when Woodstock is ejected after Snoopy with one means of transport that had that sign as well), and they also face the perils of being the pets of an annoying girl named Clara (who looks like Marcie without her glasses and whose name is only identified in the [[closed-captioning]] but not mentioned in the film) before managing to escape. The two best friends even camp out and play football and music while preparing dinner.


When Snoopy arrives at Lila's apartment building the next day, he sees a sign next to the main entrance that reads "No dogs allowed in the building." Snoopy is overjoyed that this gives him an excuse to return to Charlie Brown. Lila arrives and Snoopy is reluctantly introduced to her pet cat. Snoopy shows Lila the sign, and she has no choice but to allow Snoopy to leave. Snoopy returns home, and the children are overjoyed to see Snoopy return, carrying him high to his doghouse. Once there, using his [[typewriter]], Snoopy demands the kids return the items he gave them. The gang, annoyed by this, then leaves Charlie Brown and Snoopy; Charlie Brown walks crossly away.
Snoopy finally arrives at the hospital but, again, no dogs are allowed in (to add further insult, the hospital does not allow birds to enter either). Snoopy is foiled in his first attempt to sneak into Lila's room, but he is successful the second time. He then keeps Lila company for the rest of the time she is admitted. Lila credits Snoopy with his visit, claiming that it helped her get better. She then mentions that when she gets better, she would like Snoopy to go home with her, but he has doubts about this idea. Lila tries to convince Snoopy to stay with her, but finally the two part ways. However, upon seeing her watching him tearfully from her hospital window, Snoopy grudgingly runs back to her, which she takes as a sign that he wants to live with her. After this moment, he returns home to 'settle his affairs' and say good-bye. Snoopy writes a letter that states that certain items of his will be given away: Linus is given his [[croquet]] set and [[chess]] set, [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]] receives Snoopy's [[album|record]] collection).


Snoopy then instructs Woodstock to type in the credits on his typewriter.
The kids throw Snoopy a large, tearful going-away party, each one bringing a gift. The kids closest to Snoopy get up to say a few words in his honor. But when it is Charlie Brown's turn to speak, he is overwhelmed to the point of silence. He finally bursts into tears with Snoopy doing likewise. The rest of the gang, even Lucy, eventually follows suit when Schroeder plays "[[It's a Long Way to Tipperary]]" on his piano. Snoopy opens his mountain of presents (every single one is a bone).


==Cast==
With Snoopy now gone for good, Charlie Brown is unable to sleep. He later admits to Linus that he even prepared a dinner dish for Snoopy and took it out to the now-abandoned [[doghouse]] before remembering that Snoopy was gone.
* [[Bill Melendez]] as [[Snoopy]] and [[Woodstock (Peanuts)|Woodstock]]
* [[Chad Webber]] as [[Charlie Brown]]
* [[Robin Kohn]] as [[Lucy van Pelt]]
* [[Stephen Shea]] as [[Linus van Pelt]]
* David Carey as [[Schroeder (Peanuts)|Schroeder]]
* Johanna Baer as Lila
* [[Hilary Momberger]] as [[Sally Brown]]
* [[Chris De Faria]] as [[Peppermint Patty]]
* Linda Ercoli as Clara
* [[Linda Mendelson]] as [[Frieda (Peanuts)|Frieda]]


===Featured vocalists===
When Snoopy arrives at Lila's apartment building the next day, he sees a sign next to the door that says "No dogs allowed in this building" before Lila comes to the door. Then he is reluctantly introduced to Lila's pet cat. Snoopy shows Lila the sign. Now released from his personal obligation by this discovery, Snoopy leaves Lila behind and joyfully returns to Charlie Brown and the others.
*[[Shelby Flint]]
*[[Thurl Ravenscroft]]
*Guy Pohlman
*Linda Ercoli
*[[Ray Pohlman]]
*[[Don Ralke]]


[[Patty (Peanuts)|Patty]], [[Pig-Pen]], [[Violet (Peanuts)|Violet]], [[Franklin (Peanuts)|Franklin]], [[Shermy]], Roy, and 5 appear but had no lines.
All seems back to normal until Snoopy, again through Woodstock's typewritten letter, demands back the stuff he gave to the gang before he left (except Charlie Brown; Snoopy gave him nothing, so he owes him nothing). Lucy then angrily yells "That does it, Charlie Brown! He's your dog and you're welcome to him!!" The rest of the gang then walk off leaving Charlie Brown and Snoopy together. The movie ends with end titles being typed out by Woodstock as Snoopy dictates.


==Snoopy speaks==
== Production ==
=== Snoopy speaks ===
''Snoopy, Come Home'' marked the first time Snoopy's thoughts are fully communicated to the audience outside of the comic strip. This was achieved by having his typed correspondences appear at the top of the frame, giving the viewer full access to his thoughts. Previously, Schulz had opted to mute Snoopy entirely, his thought balloons, which feature so prominently in the strip, being removed. Without the benefit of a voice (other than his indecipherable growl-like speaking), Snoopy's signature rants were lost on television and film — until ''Snoopy, Come Home''.
''Snoopy, Come Home'' marked the first time Snoopy's thoughts are fully communicated to the audience outside of the comic strip. This was achieved by having his typed correspondences appear at the top of the frame, giving the viewer full access to his thoughts. Previously, Schulz had opted to mute Snoopy entirely, except for inflected squealing and growling. Snoopy's thought balloons, though overt in the strip, are not translated in the animated projects.


== Snoopy's owner ==
=== Music ===
''Snoopy, Come Home'' was the only ''Peanuts'' animated project produced during [[Vince Guaraldi]]'s lifetime (1928–76) that did not contain a musical score by the noted jazz composer. Guaraldi had composed all the previous ''Peanuts'' animated [[television special]]s as well as the debut film ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''. Music for this film was instead provided by the [[Sherman Brothers]], who had composed some of the music used in various [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] films and theme park attractions. Schulz said this was an experiment, as he had wanted to have more of a commercial "Disney" feel to ''Snoopy, Come Home''. "Everybody felt that the first movie had too much the 'feel' of the TV specials," said producer [[Lee Mendelson]] in 2011. "We collectively thought that we needed more of a feature film 'look' and score. That's why we went to the Shermans, who at the time were No. 1 in their field for such things."<ref>{{Cite book | last = Bang | first = Derrick | title = Vince Guaraldi at the Piano | year = 2012 | publisher = McFarland | location = [[Jefferson, North Carolina]] (U.S.) | isbn = 978-0-7864-5902-5 | pages = 258| url = http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-5902-5 | access-date = December 12, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406085911/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-5902-5 | archive-date = April 6, 2012 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all}}</ref>
'''Lila''' was a minor character in the [[comic strip]] ''[[Peanuts]]'', created by [[Charles M. Schulz]]. She was the original owner of [[Snoopy]], before his eventual life with [[Charlie Brown]] and friends.<ref>Charles M. Schulz, ''The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966'' (Fantagraphics Books, 2007), [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1560977248/qid=1232207661/ref=sib_books_pg?ie=UTF8&keywords=Lila%20%28Peanuts%29&p=S09M&checkSum=2I7ocG9BrpK8b6u%252BC10ewW9smU29EQxULo93HLMtfpg%253D#reader-page Back Matter].</ref>


Schulz later said he had planned on utilizing Guaraldi's services for the third ''Peanuts'' feature, ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]'', had the composer not died suddenly in February 1976.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=95MzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MjIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5750%2C3338075 |newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=California |agency=UPI |title=Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi dies at age 47 |date=February 9, 1976 |page=3}}</ref> A soundtrack was released by [[Columbia Masterworks Records|Columbia Masterworks]], but it is now [[out of print]].
Lila was first mentioned in the strip in the 1960s. It was revealed that she had taken Snoopy home from the '''Daisy Hill Puppy Farm''' (where he was born and raised), but she was forced to return him after her family moved to an apartment building where dogs were forbidden.


{{track listing
While she was initially an [[unseen character]] who was only recollected by Snoopy in the third person, she eventually made an appearance in the strip in 1968. Her first animated appearance was in ''Snoopy, Come Home'', voiced by [[Johanna Baer]]. She later appears again in ''Snoopy's Reunion'' in a [[prequel]] role further explaining Snoopy's genesis.
| all_writing = The [[Sherman Brothers]]
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| extra_column = Performer(s)


|title1 = Snoopy, Come Home
==Reception==
|extra1 = Chorus
The film was a box office failure at the time of its original release; it made back only $245,073 of the $1 million budget. However, it has since become a [[cult classic]], due to multiple airings on television in the 1980s and 1990s as well as video and DVD sales. The film also noted as a true tearjerker, its theme of loss made the film unusually sad and wistful: Snoopy and Charlie Brown's parting, Charlie Brown's inability to cope without his friend, and Snoopy's farewell to his former owner Lila are often pointed out as poignant moments in the history of ''Peanuts''.<ref name=filmsiteorg>{{cite web| url= http://www.filmsite.org/tearjerkers25.html| title= Greatest Film Tearjerkers, Moments and Scenes, pt 25}}</ref>


|title2 = Lila's Theme (Do You Remember Me?)
==Music score==
|extra2 = [[Shelby Flint]]
''Snoopy, Come Home'' was the first-ever ''Peanuts'' [[animation|animated]] project produced during [[Vince Guaraldi]]'s lifetime that did not contain a musical score by the noted jazz composer (though he did score several scenes). Guaraldi had composed all the previous ''Peanuts'' animated [[television special]]s as well as the debut [[feature film]] ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969 film)|A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''. Music for this film was composed instead by the [[Sherman Brothers]], who were notable for the music used in many [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] films. Schulz said this was an experiment, as he had wanted to have more of a commercial, Disney feel to ''Snoopy, Come Home''.


|title3 = At the Beach
Schulz later said he would have utilized Guaraldi's services for the third ''Peanuts'' feature, ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]'', had the composer not died suddenly in 1976.{{fact|date=January 2009}}
|extra3 = Chorus


|title4 = No Dogs Allowed!
It is unknown if a ''Snoopy, Come Home'' soundtrack would be released.
|extra4 = [[Thurl Ravenscroft]]


|title5 = The Best of Buddies
==Songs==
|extra5 = [[Don Ralke]] & [[Ray Pohlman]]
* "Snoopy, Come Home"
* "At the Beach"
* "No Dogs Allowed" sung by Thurl Ravenscroft
* "Do You Remember Me?" (Lila's Theme) sung by [[Shelby Flint]]
* "Me and You"
* "Getting It Together"
* "Fundamental Friend Dependability ("Clara's Song")
* "Charlie Brown's Calliope"
* "It Changes"


|title6 = Fundamental-Friend-Dependability
==Censorship==
|extra6 = Linda Ercoli
On occasions, when the film aired on TV screenings, some of the parts with Snoopy fighting with Linus and Lucy was cut either being too violent or for time reasons. Also, the part where Sally found a copy of [[Little Black Sambo|Sambo]] in the library was also cut for unexplained reasons.{{fact|date=January 2009}}


|title7 = Gettin' It Together
==Film credits==
|extra7 = [[Don Ralke]] & [[Ray Pohlman]]
*Written and created by Charles M. Schulz
*Directed by Bill Melendez
*Produced by Lee Mendleson and Bill Melendez
*Music supervised, arranged and conducted by Don Ralke
*Music and lyrics for songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
*Graphic blandishment by: Ed Levitt, Bernard Gruver, Jan Green, Emery Hawkins, Dean Spille, Evert Brown, Ellie Bogardus, Lou Robards, Bob Carlson, Bill Littlejohn, Frank Braxton, Ruth Kissane, Manuel Perez, Richard Thompson, John Gibbs, Bob Richardson, Don Williams, Fred Madison, John Freeman, Bob Bransford, Bob Bemiller, Phil Roman, Sam Jaimes, Al Pabian, Don Lusk, Frank Smith, Hank Smith, Rudy Zamora, Rod Scribner, Bob Matz, Jim Pabian, Jacques Vausseur, Beverly Robbins, Eleanor Warren, Joanne Lansing, Manon Washburn, Dawn Smith, Carla Washburn, Faith Kovaleski, Adele Lenart, Celine Miles, Debbie Zamora, Chandra Poweris, Carole Barnes, Joice Lee Marshall, Maurice Noble, Richard H. Thomas
*Film Editors: Robert T. Gillis, Charles McCann, Allan Potter, Joe Siracusa, Rick Steward
*Assistant Editor: Rudy Zamora, Jr.
*In Charge of Production: Lee Gunther
*Story: Larz Bourne, John Dunn, Michael O'Connor, Larry Riley
*Music recorded and mixed by Gold Star Recording, Stan Ross
*Voices recorded by Radio Recorders, Sid Nicholas
*Picture dubbing: Producers' Sound Service, Don Minkler
*Storyboard by Bob Richardson
*Camera: Dickson/Vasu, John Burton Jr., Larry Hogan, Ray Lee
*Negative Cutting: Alice Keillor
*Production Manager: Robert T. Gillis
*Production Assistants: Sandy Claxton, Carolyn Klein, Susan Scheid
*A LEE MENDLESON/BILL MELENDEZ PRODUCTION
:In Association With UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.
:And CHARLES M. SCHULZ CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Warren Lockhart, president)
*THE END
© 1972 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
:All Rights Reserved.
*A Cinema Center Films Presentation
*A National General Release


|title8 = It Changes
==References==
|extra8 = Guy Pohlman
{{reflist}}


|title9 = The Best of Buddies" (Reprise)
==External links==
|extra9 = [[Don Ralke]], [[Ray Pohlman]] & Chorus
* [http://www.snoopy.com/ Official ''Peanuts'' site]
* {{imdb title|id=0069289|title=Snoopy, Come Home}}
* [http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/peanuts-pictures.html Peanuts Pictures at DVD Active]


|title10 = Snoopy, Come Home (Reprise)
|extra10 = Chorus
}}

== Release ==
The film was released on August 9, 1972, by [[National General Pictures]], produced by [[Lee Mendelson Film Productions]], [[Bill Melendez Productions]] (uncredited in copyright), [[Sopwith Productions]] and [[Cinema Center Films]] (in the latter's final production). It was first televised on November 5, 1976, as a [[CBS Special Movie|CBS Special Film Presentation]] becoming a CBS feature special.

=== Reception ===
{{as of|September 2020}}, the film had a 93% rating on review aggregate website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 14 reviews with an average score of 7.70/10.<ref name="RT">{{rotten-tomatoes|snoopy-come-home|Snoopy, Come Home}}, accessed September 25, 2020.</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' said: "This sprightly, clever and hilarious treat—all that a comic strip could be on the screen—is even better than ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown,'' which began the series."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news| author=Thompson, Howard| title=Film: 'Snoopy, Come Home' is Hilarious Treat| date=Aug 17, 1972| work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/17/archives/snoopy-come-home-is-hilarious-treat.html| access-date=Dec 2, 2013}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
The film won a CEC Award for Best Children's Film becoming its first recipient.

=== Home media ===
The film was released on [[VHS]], [[Capacitance Electronic Disc|CED]], and [[LaserDisc]] in 1984, 1985, February 20, 1992, 1995 by [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]], and May 29, 2001, on VHS by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]], and re-released on [[DVD]] in [[anamorphic widescreen]] in the U.S. on March 28, 2006, by Paramount Home Entertainment/[[CBS Home Entertainment]] ([[CBS]] owned Cinema Center Films, which co-produced the film). The film was released on [[Blu-ray]] in November 2016 along with ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Peanuts-Snoopy-Come-Home-and-A-Boy-Named-Charlie-Brown-Blu-ray/164853/ |title=Peanuts: Snoopy Come Home & A Boy Named Charlie Brown Blu-ray |website=blu-ray.com |access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Cartoon|Animation|Film}}
* [[Peanuts filmography|''Peanuts'' filmography]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0069289|Snoopy, Come Home}}
* {{TCMDb title|90618|Snoopy, Come Home}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|snoopy-come-home|Snoopy, Come Home}}

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Snoopy Come Home
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBill Melendez
Written byCharles M. Schulz
Based onCharacters
by Charles M. Schulz
Produced by
Starring
Edited by
Music byDon Ralke
Production
companies
Distributed byNational General Pictures
Release date
  • August 9, 1972 (1972-08-09)
Running time
80 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million
Box office$245,037

Snoopy Come Home is a 1972 American animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Bill Melendez and written by Charles M. Schulz, based on the Peanuts comic strip.[2] Marking the on-screen debut of Woodstock, who had first appeared in the strip in 1967, the main plot was based on a storyline from August 1968.[3] The only Peanuts film during composer Vince Guaraldi’s lifetime without a score composed by him, its music was composed by the Sherman Brothers, who composed the music for various Disney films like Mary Poppins (1964), The Jungle Book (1967), and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).

Snoopy Come Home was released on August 9, 1972, by National General Corporation, produced by Lee Mendelson Films, Bill Melendez Productions and Cinema Center Films (in the latter's final production). While not a commercial success, it received largely positive reviews, and fared far more successfully on home video.

Plot

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One day, Snoopy receives a letter. After reading the letter, Snoopy immediately sets off with Woodstock without explaining to Charlie Brown where he is going or why he’s leaving. After Snoopy leaves, Charlie Brown reads the letter, which is from a young girl named Lila. In the letter, Lila says she has been hospitalized for three weeks and needs Snoopy to keep her company, so Snoopy has gone off to see her, leaving Charlie Brown and the others in the dark as to who Lila is. Despite being unaware of who Lila is, Charlie Brown and the gang soon begin to miss Snoopy dearly.

En route to see Lila, Snoopy and Woodstock face the challenges of a world full of "No Dogs Allowed" signs, are briefly adopted as pets by an animal-obsessed girl (identified as Clara in the theatrical poster), whose mother lets her keep Snoopy, though they successfully escape, and they camp out, play football and make music while preparing their dinner. When Snoopy and Woodstock finally reach the hospital, again, no dogs are allowed. To add further insult, the hospital does not allow birds either. Snoopy is foiled in his first attempt to sneak into Lila's room, but his second attempt is successful. He then keeps Lila company, and Lila tells Snoopy that his visit helped her get better.

Back at home, Linus calls the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm to ask about Snoopy, and learns that Lila was Snoopy’s first owner and not Charlie Brown. Prior to Charlie Brown adopting Snoopy, Lila’s family were about to move to a new home, they were forced to return him to Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. After Linus reveals this to him, Charlie Brown faints.

Lila asks Snoopy to go home with her, but he has doubts. Snoopy decides to go back home to Charlie Brown. However, when he sees Lila watching him tearfully from her hospital window, Snoopy finds it too hard to leave her and he runs back and hugs her, which she takes as a sign that he wants to live with her. But first, he has to go back to his old home to say goodbye to everyone. When Snoopy returns, he informs Charlie Brown that he’s leaving through a letter he wrote, and gives some of his friends his most prized possessions, and gives Charlie Brown his best wishes. The kids throw Snoopy a large, tearful going-away party, each one bringing a gift (all of which turn out to be bones). The kids closest to Snoopy get up to say a few words in his honor, but during Charlie Brown's turn, he is overwhelmed to the point of silence, though he gives Snoopy his present. After Snoopy leaves, Charlie Brown is unable to sleep or eat.

When Snoopy arrives at Lila's apartment building the next day, he sees a sign next to the main entrance that reads "No dogs allowed in the building." Snoopy is overjoyed that this gives him an excuse to return to Charlie Brown. Lila arrives and Snoopy is reluctantly introduced to her pet cat. Snoopy shows Lila the sign, and she has no choice but to allow Snoopy to leave. Snoopy returns home, and the children are overjoyed to see Snoopy return, carrying him high to his doghouse. Once there, using his typewriter, Snoopy demands the kids return the items he gave them. The gang, annoyed by this, then leaves Charlie Brown and Snoopy; Charlie Brown walks crossly away.

Snoopy then instructs Woodstock to type in the credits on his typewriter.

Cast

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Patty, Pig-Pen, Violet, Franklin, Shermy, Roy, and 5 appear but had no lines.

Production

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Snoopy speaks

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Snoopy, Come Home marked the first time Snoopy's thoughts are fully communicated to the audience outside of the comic strip. This was achieved by having his typed correspondences appear at the top of the frame, giving the viewer full access to his thoughts. Previously, Schulz had opted to mute Snoopy entirely, except for inflected squealing and growling. Snoopy's thought balloons, though overt in the strip, are not translated in the animated projects.

Music

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Snoopy, Come Home was the only Peanuts animated project produced during Vince Guaraldi's lifetime (1928–76) that did not contain a musical score by the noted jazz composer. Guaraldi had composed all the previous Peanuts animated television specials as well as the debut film A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Music for this film was instead provided by the Sherman Brothers, who had composed some of the music used in various Disney films and theme park attractions. Schulz said this was an experiment, as he had wanted to have more of a commercial "Disney" feel to Snoopy, Come Home. "Everybody felt that the first movie had too much the 'feel' of the TV specials," said producer Lee Mendelson in 2011. "We collectively thought that we needed more of a feature film 'look' and score. That's why we went to the Shermans, who at the time were No. 1 in their field for such things."[4]

Schulz later said he had planned on utilizing Guaraldi's services for the third Peanuts feature, Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown, had the composer not died suddenly in February 1976.[5] A soundtrack was released by Columbia Masterworks, but it is now out of print.

All tracks are written by The Sherman Brothers

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Snoopy, Come Home"Chorus 
2."Lila's Theme (Do You Remember Me?)"Shelby Flint 
3."At the Beach"Chorus 
4."No Dogs Allowed!"Thurl Ravenscroft 
5."The Best of Buddies"Don Ralke & Ray Pohlman 
6."Fundamental-Friend-Dependability"Linda Ercoli 
7."Gettin' It Together"Don Ralke & Ray Pohlman 
8."It Changes"Guy Pohlman 
9."The Best of Buddies" (Reprise)"Don Ralke, Ray Pohlman & Chorus 
10."Snoopy, Come Home (Reprise)"Chorus 

Release

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The film was released on August 9, 1972, by National General Pictures, produced by Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Bill Melendez Productions (uncredited in copyright), Sopwith Productions and Cinema Center Films (in the latter's final production). It was first televised on November 5, 1976, as a CBS Special Film Presentation becoming a CBS feature special.

Reception

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As of September 2020, the film had a 93% rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews with an average score of 7.70/10.[6] The New York Times said: "This sprightly, clever and hilarious treat—all that a comic strip could be on the screen—is even better than A Boy Named Charlie Brown, which began the series."[7]

Accolades

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The film won a CEC Award for Best Children's Film becoming its first recipient.

Home media

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The film was released on VHS, CED, and LaserDisc in 1984, 1985, February 20, 1992, 1995 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and May 29, 2001, on VHS by Paramount Home Entertainment, and re-released on DVD in anamorphic widescreen in the U.S. on March 28, 2006, by Paramount Home Entertainment/CBS Home Entertainment (CBS owned Cinema Center Films, which co-produced the film). The film was released on Blu-ray in November 2016 along with A Boy Named Charlie Brown.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Snoopy Come Home (U)". British Board of Film Classification. June 13, 1972. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 205. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Schulz, Charles M. (2009). The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books. pp. 257–261.
  4. ^ Bang, Derrick (2012). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. Jefferson, North Carolina (U.S.): McFarland. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-7864-5902-5. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi dies at age 47". Lodi News-Sentinel. California. UPI. February 9, 1976. p. 3.
  6. ^ Snoopy, Come Home at Rotten Tomatoes, accessed September 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Thompson, Howard (August 17, 1972). "Film: 'Snoopy, Come Home' is Hilarious Treat". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  8. ^ "Peanuts: Snoopy Come Home & A Boy Named Charlie Brown Blu-ray". blu-ray.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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