Happy New Years, Charlie Brown!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Happy New Years, Charlie Brown! |
| Original title | Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 28 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Bill Meléndez , Sam Jaimes |
| script |
Charles M. Schulz , Warren Foster, Joseph A. Bailey, Mark Saltzman, Jocelyn Stevenson, Norman Stiles, Christopher Cerf, Nancy Sans, Sharon Lerner |
| production | Bill Meléndez, Lee Mendelson |
| music | Ed Bogas, Desirée Goyette |
| camera | Nick Vasu |
| cut | Chuck McCann, Julie Maryon |
Happy New Years, Charlie Brown! is a Peanuts - Cartoons . It is based on the comics by the cartoonist Charles M. Schulz and first aired on New Years Day 1986 on CBS Network .
action
On the last day of school before the Christmas break, Charlie Brown and his friends are given homework to read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and write an essay about it. Charlie dutifully begins reading the blurb of the “impossible thick tome”, angry about the “1136 pages”, and speculates that “the ham” weighs more than himself. His friend Linus then instructs him that Tolstoy's wife Sonja read the book Copied seven times for her husband by copying it by candlelight with a simple ink pen , and he, Charlie Brown, probably only had to read it once. Their conversation is interrupted by a call from Peppermint Patty, who invites you to the New Year's Eve party with dance and music. Charlie Brown is not very enthusiastic because he still has to read the whole book and also cannot dance. His friends, on the other hand, don't seem to have any problems with school material, make plans for the upcoming party and learn to dance.
In the end he tries to simplify his work, but there is neither a comic for the book, nor is the plot available on phonograms, as a film or as a computer game. He returns to the reading uncomfortably and reads the opening sentences: Well, you see, Prince: Genoa and Lucca are nothing more than appanages of the Bonaparte family. No, I will explain that to you most definitely: if you don't tell me that the war is a necessity, if you let yourself go any longer, all the shameful acts and acts of violence ... and stop with a sigh. Feeling that he deserves a break, he sets off to see what his friends are doing, but with great effort pulls the book behind him on a handcart. He tries to read in the dance school, but is persuaded by Peppermint Patty to dance the foxtrot .
Back at home in his blue armchair, he reads on ... and spoke the exquisite French that our grandfathers not only spoke, but also thought in that calm, patronizing tone that one would expect when dealing with the best of company and is characteristic of men who have grown old in the air of the court. He went up to Anna Pavlovna, kissed her hand ... but was interrupted by his friends.
While Lucy asks in vain Schroeder, they officially invite to the party, and Charlie's younger sister Sally, Linus can not move to invite them reads Charlie: Prince Vasili always spoke in a lazy, casual tone, such as an actor one has often played by his role speaks . On the other hand, Anna Pavlovna Scherer was sprayed with liveliness despite her forty years… . He is interrupted by a call from Peppermint Patty, who asks him to invite her. He says no, because he's only on page five of the book, but comes up with the idea of inviting the little red-haired girl with whom he has been unhappily in love for a long time. He and Linus set off to post his handwritten invitation in the mail slot of their house, plagued by the fear of getting your hand stuck while posting, which happens as a result. Worried, he goes to bed the night before the party, sure that she won't respond to his letter.
When all of his friends are already celebrating the next evening, Charlie Brown arrives late, but he lugs the book with him to continue reading. But first he plays with everyone on the trip to Jerusalem before he sits on a bench on the veranda to read. When asked by Peppermint Patty about his resolutions, he replied: “You know how I was always afraid of the whole year. I have made up my mind to only be afraid of every single day ”. After she went back into the house, Charlie Brown reads: The prince made a face as if he didn't care about the matter and was silent. Anna Pavlovna, with her own courtly and feminine dexterity and quick knowledge of what was timely, wanted to wipe something out of the prince for having dared to judge so derogatory about a personality protected by the empress mother; but now she wanted to comfort him again… . He falls asleep over it while everyone inside continues partying. Heather, the little red-haired girl, also arrives, is greeted warmly by Linus and, since he does not know where Charlie Brown is, asked to dance. When Charlie Brown wakes up after midnight, he is cursed by Peppermint Patty for not being there, as well as by his sister Sally, who couldn't dance with her crush Linus, who had already danced with Heather, who had been invited by Charlie. In desperation, he realizes that he missed Heather's visit.
On the first day of school in the new year, Linus and the tired Charlie Brown, who has finally finished reading the novel by 3:30 in the morning, go to school. When they got their essays back at school, he replied to Linus' question about his grade that he didn't get one because the teacher thought the essay was so bad that it couldn't be graded. To change the subject, Linus tells him the next school working with: the reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky . When Charlie Brown slides from his chair to the floor, Linus wishes him a happy new year.
Original speaker
| role | English speaker |
|---|---|
| Charlie Brown |
Chad Allen , Sean Collins (vocals) |
| Sally Brown | Elizabeth Lyn Fraser |
| Linus van Pelt | Jeremy Miller |
| Lucy van Pelt |
Melissa Guzzi , Tiffany Billings (vocals) |
| Marcie | Jason Mendelson |
| Peppermint Patty | Kristie Baker |
| Snoopy / Woodstock | Bill Meléndez |
| Schroeder | Aron Almond Tree |
media
In the German-speaking area, the film was initially released on VHS by TAURUS VIDEO . The special edition I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown - Warner Home Video - DVD (2009) features Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! as a special feature.
It can also be found as a special feature in the Snoopy's Holiday Collection (2013) issue .
background
The film is the 27th of over 40 short films with the Peanuts that were produced between 1965 and 1994. It was first broadcast in Germany on June 17, 2000 on Sat.1 .
The dedication in the opening credits to the memory of Bernie Gruver is dedicated to Bernard Gruver, professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California , one of the first animators of the Peanuts cartoons. He died in 1985 of pneumonia after treatment for leukemia.
In the original English version, Marcie's voice was spoken by a boy, Lee Mendelson's son Jason.
Individual evidence
- ↑ News: I Want a Dog for Christmas (US - DVD R1) - DVDActive. In: dvdactive.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Prost Neujahr, Charlie Brown , on fernsehserien.de , accessed December 30, 2017
- ^ The Internet Animation Database: Happy New Year, Charlie Brown . Retrieved December 30, 2017
- ^ Charles Solomon: The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation: Celebrating Fifty Years of Television Specials . Chronicle Books, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4521-1091-2 , pp. 20-21
Web links
- Happy New Years, Charlie Brown! in the Internet Movie Database (English)