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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Director: Bill Melendez
Product Group: Video
Studio: Paramount
ISBN: 6304209266
EAN: 9786304209264
UPC: 097361537238
VHS Tape
Running Time: 25 minutes
Original Release Date: 1965-12-09
Theatrical Release Date: 1965-12-09
Release Date: 1996-09-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
SKU: 08030027
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: VHS tape in like new condition. From private collection so no rental or library stickers. Like new original clmashell case with minor wear. Play-tested and has like new video and audio. Very nice movie.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
This television classic features the Peanuts characters in the story of Charlie Brown's problematic efforts to mount a school Christmas pageant. Everybody's on board: Lucy, Snoopy, Schroeder, Pig-Pen, but the biggest impression is surely made by Linus, who stops the show with his recitation from the gospels of the story of Christ's birth. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews
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Christmas Cheer
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-02-25
A classic Charlie Brown story you need to add to your collection. Nothing else like it out there. Happy viewing!
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Good Grief! This Beloved Classic Needs Some TLC!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-12-25
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Maybe the reason Charlie Brown was feeling depressed around Christmas was because he saw this DVD. While I'd give "A Charlie Brown Christmas" 6 stars if I could for the show itself, the poor quality DVD that's on the market is another story: it rates 2 stars at best. Surely a program that's so loved by so many deserves the TLC of a proper remastering, and it's hard to understand why it hasn't happened.
This year I bought my three favorite Christmas classics on DVD: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Charlie Brown. The first two were recently remastered and the results were stunning--better in every way than I've ever seen them look and sound on television. And I'm not talking about a "modernizing" of these shows that turned them into something different in character than they were--no, these remasters are loving and faithful restorations of these classics to their original glory. By comparison, A Charlie Brown Christmas was a huge disappointment. The video is passable, but having seen what restoration did for the Grinch animation, I'm also aware of how much better the Charlie Brown video could be. The audio, however, is atrocious--an embarrassment, really, especially considering all the great Charles Schulz dialogue and the incomparable Vince Guaraldi score. It's hissy, it's muddy, it's mixed poorly and sound levels can vary widely.
The size of the fan base for this show would virtually guarantee financial success for a remastered DVD-I'm not sure who owns the rights to do something like that, but I hope they're reading this review!
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22 minutes of Christmas joy!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-24
Hard to believe this special has stood the test of time and it will for many more Christmases to come! "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a classic for families that share the real meaning of Christmas for which I can agree with! If you have never seen it,maybe you will get something out of it! I enjoyed this!!
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-03
This is a keepsake. I've enjoyed "A Charlie Brown Christmas" for many years, tried not to miss is on TV, finally recored it on VHS, wore out that copy. Wanted a DVD to watch with my grandkids, hopefully in the near future.
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It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown.
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-12
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I enjoy Méhdi"Christmas Treasures",Josh Groban ,Mannheim Steamroller etc.and this a magnificent production that I also enjoy just as much.The first prime-time Peanuts special introduced Charles M. Schulz's timeless gang to the world of television and was awarded both an Emmy and a Peabody award. Originally broadcast December 9, 1965, on CBS -- years before Seasonal Affective Disorder entered our lexicon -- the story is driven by Charlie Brown, sort of a tyro Scrooge made even more miserable by the increasingly crass commercialism of holiday cheer. Charlie agrees to direct the school Christmas pageant and in the process tries to discover the true meaning of the holiday. Although its animation is dated and its evangelism is unsubtle, A Charlie Brown Christmas -- like all the Peanuts holiday specials -- is so good-hearted that it's very easy to overlook its flaws. Linus wrapping his blanket around the tiny, stunted tree remains among the most endearing images ever produced for network television. For grown-ups, this is how Charlie Brown and Snoopy and Sally will always be remembered, stumbling and dancing around the school stage in a childish torrent of goodwill. For kids, the simple charm of the white beagle with black ears and his friends will likely beguile them from here to next Tuesday. The new DVD is unedited and includes footage that was shorn after the initial broadcast, as well as the more recent special, It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown.
Also Recommended:Méhdi Christmas Treasures ,A True Gem.
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