Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

1977
G
1h 16m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)

The Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.

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The Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.The Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.The Peanuts gang goes to summer camp, and they participate in a river-raft race against some cheating bullies.

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IMDb RATING

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Schroeder
(voice)
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Stuart Brotman

Peppermint Patty
(voice)

Gail Davis

Sally Brown
(voice)

Liam Martin

Linus Van Pelt
(voice)

Kirk Jue

Bully
(voice)

Jordan Warren

Another Bully
(voice)

Jimmy Ahrens

Marcie
(voice)

Melanie Kohn

Lucy Van Pelt
(voice)

Tom Muller

Another Bully
(voice)
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Bill Melendez

Snoopy
(voice)
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Fred Van Amburg

Radio Announcer
(voice)

Jackson Beck

Brutus
(uncredited)

Joseph Biter

Franklin
(uncredited)

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Trivia
To do research for this film, Charles M. Schulz went river rafting on the Rogue River in Oregon.

Goofs
In some shots of the bus, the front wheel is in front of the door. In other shots, it's behind the door.

Quotes
Franklin: I've never made a bed in my life. Do I have directions? By the way, it's a little chilly in here. Where's the thermostat?
Charlie Brown: Hey! We're supposed to be roughing it. There's no thermostat in a tent!

Crazy credits
A number of the opening credits are written on signs and building roofs as the bus travels to camp.

Alternate versions
On some prints, the then-current Paramount Pictures logo appears over a pink background instead of the traditional blue.

Connections
Featured in It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1985)

Soundtracks
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
Written by Ed Bogas
Performed by Larry Finlayson

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Fantastic!

This is the only Charlie Brown full length motion picture I have ever watched, but I believe I have seen it at least 20 times by now. I caught it on Thanksgiving Day afternoon on channel 7 in Washington DC around 1983 or so, and have been compelled to stop and watch it every time I see it, ever since.

The plot centers around the Peanuts gang going to a summer camp, where a group of punk kids and a nasty, mangy cat are intent on humiliating the other kids, and winning the raft race. The Peanuts gang competes in the race, with the guys (Charlie Brown, Schroeder, Linus, and Franklin) sharing one raft, the girls (Lucy, Sally, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie) sharing another raft, and Snoopy and Woodstock having their own raft. Of course, mishaps ensue and the gang ends up working together to defeat the bullies.

This movie really has what a lot of real life movies don't have. Perfect comic timing. There's so many hilarious scenes... Snoopy rides in the abandoned tire, the debate over cold cereal for breakfast, Charlie Brown is promoted to leader of the gang but can't get a word in edgewise due to Peppermint Patty ("That's IT CHUCK!!! You're LEADING!!! BOY WHAT A LEADER!!!!! LEAD ON CHUCK!!!!"), Lucy's insistence on doing things democratically ("The question before the group is... Do we have the boys join us? Marcie! Prepare the secret ballots!!!").

Highly entertaining. Charles Schultz has done his characters proud.