VeteranLight
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
LouHomey
From my favorite movies..
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
MartinHafer
...but now that I think about it, it's one of the only Halloween specials I can think of as well!The Charlie Brown specials vary in quality quite a bit, though in general I think that the older ones are the best. One of the first, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is about the best and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" about the second best. I say second because in one way the previous installment was better--it was more poignant and deep. Their Halloween special is simply fun...although I remember as a young child having my heart break for poor Charlie Brown when folks kept giving him rocks on Halloween while Trick-or- Treating. Overall, well made, really neat animation and a lot of fun. This one is a classic and is worth seeing with your family year after year...after year.
thejcowboy22
One of the first specials I watched in Color at my Cousin Rose's house in New Jersey. Charlie Brown just wants to fit in with the Peanuts gang as he prepares his Ghost Costume complete with plenty of holes. Lucy wants to win at the apple dunking contest but Snoopy splits the winnings with her. Linus sways impressionable Sally Brown to the Pumpkin Patch to wait up for the GREAT PUMPKIN to appear in all his glory giving presents and goody to all. This marks the last episode of the peanuts character Violet who is a dead ringer for Lucy except Violet has her hair in a bun. Charlie Brown's night of Trick or treating is a bust as he collects a bag full of rocks instead of candy. Linus doesn't fair any better as the night wains on with no Great Pumpkin in sight as a livid Sally gives him the business. Just as close to real life as it gets. That's why these cartoons are so connected to the average child's taste where as situations happen beyond your own control. Sometimes the best laid plans don't always work out but we take these set backs as life lessons to learn from as did creator Charles M. Shulz did growing up in Minnesota with a mixture of all those Peanuts characters bottled up inside him. I tend to find a bond with these holiday programs cause there's a little Charlie Brown and Linus in all of us as well. With failure there's hope and maybe next Halloween The Great Pumpkin will show up?
Rainey Dawn
"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" is a timeless animated family animated classic. This cute cartoon short is sure to please the kids (and a few adults) on Halloween.After recently re-watching this film short, I can't decide who I felt more sorry for Charlie Brown, who kept getting rocks instead of candy for Halloween treats, or Linus, who still did not see the Great Pumpkin rising out of the pumpkin patch... lol.If you or your kids have not seen this timeless Peanuts classic then you should give this short film a watch this Halloween season - it's sure to give you a few giggles.10/10
AaronCapenBanner
Third animated special based on the cartoon strips of Charles M. Schulz is also the best, a fondly remembered and still quite popular tale about how Linus decides to forgo trick or treating with his friends to stay in the pumpkin patch to get presents from the Great Pumpkin, a legendary figure who is quite similar to Santa Claus. Meanwhile, poor Charlie Brown gets only rocks in his bag, and mistakenly invited to Violet's Halloween party, where Lucy uses his head as a pumpkin model! Sally's love for Linus is also tested, and Snoopy becomes a WWI flying Ace. Wonderful tale has a distinct Halloween feel to it, and is also both funny and even spooky. A perennial holiday favorite.
