The big pumpkin

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Movie
German title The big pumpkin
Original title It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1966
length 25 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Bill Meléndez
script Charles M. Schulz
production Lee Mendelson ,
Bill Meléndez
music Vince Guaraldi
camera Nick Vasu
cut Robert T. Gillis ,
Steven Melendez
synchronization

The Big Pumpkin from 1966 is a Peanuts cartoon that was based on the comics by the cartoonist Charles M. Schulz .

action

Linus believes in the Big Pumpkin , a pumpkin figure who appears to the children on Halloween and brings them presents. Like every year, he writes a letter to the Great Pumpkin, which his friends cannot really understand.

On Halloween day, he sits on a pumpkin patch to wait for the big pumpkin. Meanwhile, the other children go grabbing . They also pass the pumpkin field. Linus tells Charlie Brown's little sister, who adores him, about his waiting. Sally stays with him and the other children begin their candy collection. Charlie Brown is not particularly successful with his ghost costume, which is tailored quite idiosyncratically. He only gets one stone at each front door. After digging, the kids go to a party. Snoopy sitting meanwhile on his doghouse and hunts as ace the Red Baron .

The evening has passed. Sally went home angry because Linus had kept her from digging. But Linus wants to keep going. Finally his sister Lucy comes and takes him home and puts him to bed. The next morning he ponders the past Halloween festival with Charlie Brown. Next year he wants to wait for the big pumpkin again, nothing will stop him.

background

The film, produced by Lee Mendelson Film Productions in collaboration with the United Feature Syndicate (UFS) , premiered in the USA on October 27, a few days before Halloween. The film was exported to numerous countries, including Germany.

The cartoon was nominated for three Emmys . The film became known, among other things, for the first time in a film that Snoopy chases the Red Baron in his doghouse , which he had already done in the comics.

The film was released on DVD.

Parodies

Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown

In the three-minute black and white short film Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown by Jim Reardon from 1986, the Big Pumpkin puts a bounty on Charlie Brown. His friends then try to kill him, which in turn leads to Charlie Brown killing all of his friends with a machine gun in the manner of Arnold Schwarzenegger films. At the end of the film, Charlie Brown is in bed with the red-haired girl . Jim Reardon's film was made as a student project at the California Institute of the Arts . Jim Reardon later went on to direct the television series The Simpsons .

The Simpsons - Death Comes Three Times - Milhouse and the Big Pumpkin

In the story Milhouse and the Big Pumpkin from the Simpsons episode Death Comes Three Times ( Treehouse of Horror XIX ), Milhouse takes on the role of Linus. Lisa Simpson plays Sally and Bart Simpson plays Charly Brown. The big pumpkin learns from Milhouse that people hollow out and eat pumpkins on Halloween . In revenge, he then eats the residents of Springfield .

synchronization

role English speaker
Charlie Brown Peter Robbins
Linus van Pelt Christopher Shea
Lucy van Pelt Sally Dryer
Sally Brown Kathy Steinberg
Frieda / Violet Ann Altieri
Pigpen Gail DeFaria
Patty Lisa DeFaria
Snoopy Bill Meléndez
Schroeder / Shermy Glenn Mendelson

media

  • DVD : The Peanuts - Warner Home Video - DVD (2008)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Internet Movie Database - Affiliates for It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
  2. ^ The Internet Movie Database - It's the Great Pumpkin Launch Dates, Charlie Brown
  3. ^ The Internet Movie Database - Awards for It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
  4. ^ The Internet Movie Database - Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown
  5. ↑ The Internet Movie Database - The Simpsons - Death Comes Three Times

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