Phil Roman Movies
- 1983
Maybe your neighborhood school has dropped its Arbor Day celebration, but such is not the case at the educational institute attended by Good Ol' Charlie Brown. Charlie's sister Sally doesn't appreciate the significance of Arbor Day. It therefore behooves the Peanuts gang to demonstrate the importance of trees. The kids plant several seeds in the local baseball field--resulting in quite a surprise for ball-club manager Charlie Brown when he is confronted with a tree-laden diamond. This 30-minute animated special was first telecast March 16, 1976. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1983
Good Grief, Charlie Brown features five stories from The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, an animated television series based on Charles Schulz's popular comic strip, Peanuts. Every story in this half-hour collection is about Linus and his beloved security blanket. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- 1983
Lucy and Linus are forced to move when their father receives a job transfer, leaving the rest of the Peanuts gang to deal with the loss of their friends. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- 1983
The title of this animated TV special is redundant: surely, Charlie Brown should know by now that he'll never win. This fact of life is illustrated with choice clips from the Saturday morning cartoon series The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. Time and again, Charles Schulz's comic-strip creations thwart Charlie Brown's hopes of coming out on top. His principal nemesis is Lucy, she of "I'll hold the football and you kick it" fame. All You Can't Win, Charlie Brown lacks is a sense of coherence-though it does make its point, over and over again. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1983
Based on the popular comic strip, this animated feature follows the adventures of Garfield the cat as he stumbles across a restaurant that turns out to be his birth place. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, (more)
- 1982
Garfield (voiced by Lorenzo Music) wakes up to a beautiful morning, looking forward to a day of mischief and food. After terrorizing their neighbor's dog (and then the neighbor himself), Garfield and Odie find themselves on the run from the city pound -- and Odie gets captured. At first, Garfield thinks he's glad to be rid of the dim-witted pooch, but soon finds that he misses his slobbering canine pal. When even food fails to cheer him up for long, he decides that it's up to him to rescue Odie. Very quickly, he finds himself behind bars along with Odie, being introduced to colorful characters like Fast Eddy and Fluffy (both voiced by Hank Garrett), who soon bring him up to speed on life on the inside -- and tell him that Odie is the next dog in line to be put to sleep. This prime-time TV special was the comic-strip cat's first animated appearance, featuring songs by Lou Rawls and Desiree Goyette. ~ Emru Townsend, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lorenzo Music, Sandy Kenyon, (more)
- 1981
Upon catching a brief glimpse of a cutie on a televised baseball game, the wishy-washy, enamored Charlie Brown searches for his love object in this animated tale. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
- 1980
- G
Charles Schultz' Peanuts gang once more transfer their base of operations from the comic pages to the big screen. Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus and the rest are exchange students this time out, taking in the sights of England and France. Charlie Brown's dog Snoopy finds himself competing at the Wimbledon tennis championship, shortly before everyone moves on to the Continent. In France, the gang is ensconced in a lavish chateau thanks to an unseen benefactor. Producers Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez do their usual excellent job in bypassing corniness and sentiment, allowing Charlie Brown et. al. to maintain the integrity established years earlier by the prolific Charlie Schultz. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Daniel Anderson, Scott Beach, (more)
- 1980
The first-ever meeting of Charlie Brown and Snoopy is recalled after the beagle runs off to join a traveling band of trained poodles in this entry in the Peanuts animated series. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- 1980
In the animated Peanuts special She's A Good Skate, Charlie Brown, Snoopy is hired as Peppermint Patty's trainer for an ice-skating contest, while her friend Marcie sews a dress especially for the contest, not realizing that she doesn't quite have the necessary skills. She's A Good Skate, Charlie Brown is one of the rare Peanuts specials that feature talking adults. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- 1979
In You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown, Charlie competes for his school in the Junior Olympics Decathlon, hoping to win the gold medal. However, he's up against serious competition in the form of last year's winner Freddy Fabulous, Marcie, and a contestant called the Masked Marvel. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- 1977
This feature-length animated cartoon was based on the "Peanuts" characters created by comic-strip artist Charles M. Schultz. The gang is shipped off to summer camp, where Charlie Brown gets a "Go away and leave me alone" bunkmate, and where CB's beagle Snoopy ends up winning most of the athletic trophies. The Snoop also has a running feud with a mean-spirited pussycat. Meanwhile, budding feminist Lucy organizes an anti-boy campaign amongst the girl campers. The bulk of the action transpires when the gang builds a raft to enter a dangerous shoot-the-rapids race, only to be outclassed by the professionally built vessel picked up by their competitors. Happily, pluck and luck wins out over arrogance and mean-spiritedness. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Greg Felton, Stuart Brotman, (more)
- 1977
After the little red-haired girl is named homecoming queen, Charlie Brown is assigned to escort her. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- 1975
Love may be in the air, but will there be anything in Charlie Brown's mailbox? That's the question as the Peanuts gang gets ready to celebrate Valentine's Day in the animated special featuring the beloved characters created by Charles M. Schulz. As usual, Charlie Brown is hoping he'll get some sort of a love note from the Little Red Haired Girl -- though the way things are going, he'll settle for any sort of a card from anyone! Meanwhile, Linus is pining for his teacher, Miss Othmar, and wants to get her just the right Valentine's gift, while Sally is a bit miffed with what she considers a disappointing present from her "sweet baboo." Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown first aired on January 28, 1975. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- 1974
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The Peanuts gang celebrates the coming of spring in this animated TV special. Linus has promised all his friends that the Easter Beagle will soon be arriving to bring candy and colored eggs to the neighborhood children. Unfortunately, after his many miscalculations with the Great Pumpkin, not everyone is so sure that the holiday hound will actually show up. Meanwhile, Snoopy helps Woodstock find the birdhouse of his dreams, Peppermint Patty discovers teaching Marcie how to make Easter Eggs is no walk in the park, and Sally buys a new pair of shoes for spring. Originally aired on April 9, 1974, It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown was the twelfth in the long-running series of animated specials featuring the characters of Charles M. Schulz's popular comic strip. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- 1973
Charlie Brown and the gang learn the true meaning of Thanksgiving after Peppermint Patty boldly arranges for everyone to celebrate the holiday at Charlie's house. The story originally aired on television and like the other animated Peanuts specials, features a toe-tapping, wistful score by Vince Guaraldi and his trio. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1969
Master animator Chuck Jones has created this full length fantasy, his first since being name director of MGM's animation department. A young boy (Butch Patrick) is bored with his life in San Francisco and finds himself in a fantasy land where letters and numbers are at war with each other. He drives through the Phantom Tollbooth and into an animated fantasy land. The voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray and Daws Butler are featured in this story taken from the book by Norton Juster. The boy tries to rescue twin Princesses Rhyme and Reason, who have been banished to a castle suspended in mid air above the kingdom. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Butch Patrick, Daws Butler, (more)
As incredible as it seems, CBS head man James Aubrey originally vetoed his network's presentation of the animated A Charlie Brown Christmas on the grounds that Charles M. Schultz's round-headed protagonist was a "loser" who wouldn't attract an audience! The story proposes that Charlie Brown is convinced that the true meaning of Christmas has been forgotten by his Peanuts friends, not to mention the rest of the world. "Psychiatrist" Lucy advises Charlie Brown to get into the holiday spirit by directing the kids' upcoming Christmas play. Despite his utter lack of control over his cast, Charlie Brown takes his job seriously, even setting out to find a genuine Christmas tree to decorate the set instead of the usual aluminum job. But Charlie Brown's tree is a scrawny, pathetic thing, and all seems lost. That is, until the rest of the Peanuts gang decide to pitch in and decorate the woebegone tree. An instant hit when first telecast December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas has been rebroadcast virtually every year since. It was produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez, the latter providing the squeals and growls of Charlie Brown's hyper-intelligent dog, Snoopy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Chuck Jones' animated version of the classic Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas originally aired on television in 1966 and has since become a holiday family favorite. Voiced by Boris Karloff (who also narrates), the Grinch lives on top of a hill overlooking Whoville with his dog, Max. Each year at Christmas time, the Grinch's hatred grows stronger toward those insufferably cheerful Whos down in Whoville. Content to exchange presents, eat large banquets, and sing songs in the town square, the Whos live in a blissful ignorance of the Grinch's contempt. One year, he gets the idea to stop Christmas from coming by dressing up as Santa Claus. He cobbles together an outfit and makes his dog drag him around on a sleigh while sneaking into the Whos' homes and stealing their presents, food, and decorations. After he has stolen every last thing, the Whos wake up on Christmas morning to sing in the town square, causing the Grinch to question the basis of his nefarious plan. Thurl Ravenscroft (the voice of kid cereal mascot Tony the Tiger) provides the vocals for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." This story was remade into a live-action movie in 2000 by director Ron Howard starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Boris Karloff
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