Product Details

• Actors: Quinn Beswick, Rachel Davey, Ashley Edner, Bill Melendez, Pat Musick
• Directors: Bill Melendez
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004T39Z
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,281 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

classic movie for the whole family

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Mr Schulz would come out of his grave..., June 13, 2001

By 

"marianna1200" - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (DVD)

...if he could possibly see this movie!

I am a life-long Peanuts fan, and I I heard that a new Film does come out (I am from Germany) I just had to get it!!!

In all the years the animated Characters looked more and more similar to the Comic strip. But this film could have been done better by myself!!! The Characters dont look like themselfes. The Lip-Synch isnt given. AND the Characters are all drawn and colored on the Computer, wich doesnt fit at all to the old epidsodes. All Characters in the Film that doesnt belong to the Peanuts gang itself, look like a crossover between the Peanuts and Garfield.

The Retrospective with Mr.Schulz is just the 30Year Charlie Brown Special, with some additionalcomments. (Althoug i never seen the the DVD before I had known every word. Because I have the Special in German on Video.)

Collectors like me got it already.

But anyone else... ...please dont buy!

David Malambre, Germany

(excuse my bad english)

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible. The Worst I've Ever Seen!, August 29, 2004

By 

Erik Morton "Erik Morton" (Carmel, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (DVD)

Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Marci, Sally, Snoopy, Woodstock and all the rest of the gang, are as apart of our culture as anything else I can think of. Anybody who says they hate PEANUTS is out of their freakin' minds, I say.

All except when it comes to this particular video, IT'S THE PIED PIPER, CHARLIE BROWN. They can trash it like ISHTAR for all I care. Heck, I'd join in with 'em!

Why do I express such disgust over this short, you say? Well, for one simple reason (which other reviewers have commented on as well): Grown-ups are actually SHOWN! And they TALK! This is nothing short of blasphemy in the Charlie Brown universe!! The stories were always based on the kids' point of view, and dealt with childhood problems alone. Fully introducing adults into the picture destroys half the charm of the comics/series! Sure, adults were featured in the miniseries THIS IS AMERICA, CHARLIE BROWN, but since that was a nonfiction documentary series, that's a totally different case.

It saddens me that my 5-year old neighbor says that this is his favorite Charlie Brown video. He will clearly never fully understand and appreciate what PEANUTS is all about, what makes it so special, and why it is unique. Stick with the original classic specials from the 60s/70s, and the 80s TV series. WITH NO GROWN-UPS!!!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pied Piper has special retrospective interview, August 9, 2000

By 

Xeneri - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown (DVD)

This is a little different from the other "Peanuts" specials, as it places Charlie Brown and the gang in the retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

It begins with Charlie Brown telling little sis Sally the story of The Pied Piper. Just like in Hamelin, their town once was overrun with mice. Charlie Brown goes to the mayor's office with a simple solution: make Snoopy the Pied Piper.

Promised a year's supply of dog food for his services, Snoopy (armed with a concertina instead of a pipe) begins to magically lure the mice out of town. But as soon as the mice are gone, the mayor goes back on his promise! So Snoopy plays his concertina once again, magically compelling the mayor and his council to dance out of town to the tune of "Snoopy, the Pied Piper." All's well that ends well.

It's good to see the gang doing something a little different for a change, but though I liked this story, I prefer original Peanuts tales rather then faerytale retellings.

As for this DVD release, there's some good and bad. The good is the bonus feature of a special 11 minute retrospective interview with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. The bad is that though Paramount is highly promoting their video release of "Pied Piper" with a chance to win one of 50 original cels from the making of the film, the sweepstakes will not be available with the DVD release. Ah well. Diehard fans will buy both I'm sure....