‘It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown’ is one of favorite movies amongst the
kids, which they love watching on Halloween. Based on the comic strip 'Peanuts'
by Charles Schultz, the film has managed to capture the real spirit of Halloween
from children's eyes, through the classic animations. About half hour long, it
is a critically acclaimed movie was nominated for Emmy award too. Let us know
some more about this special Halloween movie.
Plot
Released in 1966, this special animation movie starts with depiction of
Halloween time in the Peanuts land. It shows Peanut gang dressed for
'trick-or-treat' and a fun Halloween party at Violet's House, as Linus talks
Charlie Brown's sister Sally into waiting for 'Great Pumpkin' with him. Linus is
sure that Great Pumpkin will surely visit their pumpkin patch this year. Linus
Van Pelt, Charlie Brown's best friend, firmly believes in the existence of the
Great Pumpkin who travels around the world on Halloween, to give toys to all the
good little children.
Linus waits with Charlie's little sister, Sally Brown in the pumpkin patch,
while other members of the gang including Charlie Brown, Nasty Lucy, Schroeder,
Pig-Pen, Patty and Violet go for trick-or-treating. They trade the candies
later, only to find that everyone has candy, while Charlie has only a rock in
his bag. On the other hand, Linus misses trick-or-treating and Halloween party
at Violet's house, just to catch a glimpse of his hero. Later, he sees a
silhouette of Snoopy, Charlie’s dog, in his World War I Flying Ace outfit and
thinks him to be the great Pumpkin and Sally leaves him in a huff to wait alone.
At around 4 am, on the next day of Halloween, Lucy gets up from her bed and
ventures out to check on Linus. She reaches the pumpkin patch and finds him
lying on the ground, shivering in cold, wrapped in his blanket. Lucy walks Linus
to his room and takes off his shoes and he passes out in his bed. Lucy puts the
covers on him and storms out of the room. Later in the day, Charlie Brown tries
to console Linus by saying, "I've done a lot of stupid things in my life, too''.
On hearing this, Linus is agitated and snaps back at Charlie Brown by saying
that the Great Pumpkin will come next year. The movie meets its end even as
Linus' ranting continues.
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