And now we have a CGI animated feature you can see in 3D.
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On Monday, a person dressed up as Snoopy was brought in to accept the honor and pose with fans who turned out to cheer the dog.
The limited-edition collection launches in conjunction with “The Peanuts Movie”, which opens this Friday. Snoopy’s trusty sidekick, Woodstock, is also there to help.
Snoopy will be the first beagle on the Walk of Fame. Meanwhile, carrying on futile pursuits that have dogged him for half a century, Charlie Brown struggles to fly his kite, fails to kick his football and repeatedly makes a fool of himself in school. In fact, the script is credited to Charles Schulz’s son Craig, and grandson Bryan, as well as Cornelius Uliano (the trio also serve as producers along with Paul Feig and Michael J. Travers).
From the very outset, following a version of the Fox fanfare delivered by none other than resident piano prodigy Schroeder, the film sets the stage with a hand-doodled snowfall: squiggly black balls loosely sketched in a rectangular frame, which fades from what could be one of Schulz’s comic-strip panels into a pleasant-looking CG alternative. As in “Horton Hears a Who!”.
In the film, Charlie Brown, the world’s most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron. He said “this film bases its entire plot line on Mr. Brown chasing a girl who has no name, no personality, no traits beyond having a pretty face, no interaction with any of the other characters, and barely a single line of dialogue”. It’s a cast of real kids here, but they sound like the “real” Charlie Brown, the “real” Lucy, the “real” Linus.
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The thoroughly engaging result, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the first airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas, should deservedly carry its good cheer well into the holiday season.
