Product Details

• Actors: Jimmy Ahrens, Stuart Brotman, Gail Davis (III), Greg Felton, Kirk Jue
• Directors: Bill Melendez
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: October 1, 1996
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304168780
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,549 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy the Ride and Leave the Sailing to Charlie Brown!, August 29, 2000

By	W. Langan "take403" (the end of the world to your town!) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (VHS Tape)

I think this is the best of the Charlie Brown movies. It focuses on the whole gang, not just Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Lucy leaves most of the bossing around to Peppermint Patty this time around, Marcie instigates votes to make desicions (and the boys lose their cabin headquarters, consequentially!). When Peppermint Patty complains that breakfast isn't traditional campout style, Charlie Brown silences her- "Where's the flapjacks, Chuck?" "Listen, if you don't like it, don't eat!". Schroeder insists on taking his piano onto the rapids, although Linus didn't think there'd be enough room- "Well then, if there's not enough room for my piano, maybe there isn't enough room for your blanket either!" (Linus has a change of heart after that argument!). Snoopy acts as crazy as usual, kissing all the girls goodnight, and Woodstock uses Snoopy as a mountain to ski on when it snows (in summer! )! Then there's the arrogant, nasty opponents chanting "We're #1!" (give them credit, when it comes to cheating, they are indeed #1!).

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Peanuts Movie!!, November 12, 2001

A Kid's Review

I am the world's biggest Peanuts fan. I have plans so big I couldn't tell them. This is my favorite Peanuts movie. Charlie Brown tries to become a leader, and the annoying cheaters try to win. They even have a cat, named Brutus! In a few scenes Brutus goes after Woodstock(naturally). Lots of laughs and adventure as they go on a wild ride and into a cabin, and going across the lake. And those girls... They kept doing that crazy voting thing. They even voted on if they should take their raft off the land to continue the race! It's hilarious. Here's some dialogue I've chosen

Lucy: What kind of a place is this to be stuck in? We can't even plug our irons in!

Speaker: Campers will be up at o 500.
Franklin: What's "O 500"? Noon time?

Speaker: Race will start at 1800.
Sally: I wasn't even born in 1800!

Marice(in a sack race): Sir, I don't think I was meant to be a potato.

Snoopy is funny especially on the motorcycle, carrying Charlie Brown and him saying the classic line"Why can't I have a normal dog like everyone else?". Though the girls steal the funny lines. The whole gang takes place here in this likeable Peanuts adventure.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great! Now this is more like it!, June 18, 2003

By	Taran Wanderer (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

After two somewhat disappointing full-length Peanuts features, "Race for your life, Charlie Brown!" originally released in 1977 is a real Peanuts classic! It was the third Peanuts feature out of the series of four and it was one of the best! What made this feature stand out from the previous two was the fact that all of the major characters from the series where here, those characters are Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and a less popular one, Franklin.

The story begins when the whole gang is sent out on bus to summer camp where they meet a trio of bullies who seem to win every camp game by winning. Even the camp's main and largest event, the multi-day river race. The gang divides itself in two groups, the boys and the girls and set off down stream to defeat the competetive bullies. In their way down the river, the two groups face many challenges and even a large thunderstorm that wipes them all out. The gang then reunites and shelter themselves in an old log cabin. Eventually, the gang gets back on the water and aim towards the finish line, but will they all make it there first together?

Although the storyline is quite simple, every scene in this movie is filled with fun! The lines are hilarious! Especially those by Peppermint Patty and Lucy. The film doesn't feature as many songs as the previous two titles, but the two songs that are in the film are great and lively, the soundtrack is also excellent! This is definitely one of the better Peanuts features out there, I recommend it most along with "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and don't come back!)."