FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PEANUTS
70TH
ANNIVERSARY
HOLIDAY
COLLECTION LIMITED EDITION
AVAILABLE
OCTOBER 1, 2019
FROM
WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT
FEATURES
THREE ICONIC HOLIDAY SPECIALS
PLUS
SIX ADDITIONAL SPECIALS
AND
BRAND-NEW BONUS CONTENT ON BLU-RAY™
Four-Disc
Collection Includes Nine Television Specials Packaged in a
Limited
Edition Collectible Snoopy Doghouse Giftset
that
Features Brand-New Bonus Content Plus Collectible Memorabilia
Including
an Exclusive Snoopy Figurine and Charlie Brown Holiday Book!
BURBANK, CA (July
31, 2019) -- Good grief! The legendary Peanuts comic strip
turns 70 and to celebrate the occasion, Warner Bros. Home
Entertainment will release a gorgeous, collectible Blu-ray™ giftset
comprised of three iconic animated holiday specials packaged in a
limited edition Snoopy doghouse giftset! Titled Peanuts 70th
Anniversary Holiday Collection Limited Edition, this
collection will be released on October 1, 2019 and will include It’s
the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
and A Charlie Brown Christmas, as well as six additional
Peanuts specials that are re-mastered/restored, plus brand-new
special features. All nine specials will be released on Blu-ray™
with a digital copy. This must-own box set comes with two additional,
keepsake collectibles, including an exclusive Snoopy figurine and a
Charlie Brown holiday book. This is a numbered, limited edition set
with only 25,000 total sets available. It’s the perfect idea for
seasonal gift-giving! Peanuts 70th
Anniversary Holiday Collection Limited Edition will retail
for $99.99 SRP ($141.00 in Canada).
Celebrate the holidays
with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Sally, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty and
the rest of your favorite Peanuts characters with this
must-own, all-new collectors’ set. For 70 years, Peanuts
have entertained fans with their heartwarming adventures. The first
Peanuts holiday special, A Charlie Brown Christmas,
which was produced by Lee Mendelson, directed by Bill Melendez and
featured a catchy jazzy score by pianist Vince Guaraldi, won an Emmy®
Award and served as the springboard for dozens of enormously
successful television specials, which followed in subsequent years.
Created by Charles M.
Schulz, one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, Peanuts,
which focused on the lives of a group of young children, premiered in
seven newspapers in 1950 and went on to become one of the most
popular and longest running comic strips. At the peak of its
popularity, Peanuts was published in over 75 countries and was
translated into 21 languages. Peanuts became one of the most
powerful brands in entertainment, after taking a leap from the pages
of newspapers onto television, film, books, music, merchandise, theme
parks and much more. (more…)
“Peanuts is an
enduring classic. After 70 years, it continues to be a favorite with
fans of all ages due to its timeless messages and appeal,” said
Mary Ellen Thomas, Vice President Family & Animation Marketing.
She added, “Peanuts characters are recognized globally. They
have influenced pop culture and continue to captivate the hearts of
viewers of all ages. To commemorate Peanuts’ milestone, 70th
anniversary, we created this unique collector’s item, which pays
tribute to the beloved cartoon with three of its most widely-
recognized television specials which are available fully remastered
and restored on Blu-ray™, in this new, beautiful limited edition
set.”
Peanuts 70th
Anniversary Holiday Collection Limited Edition features the
acclaimed, legendary holiday-inspired It’s the Great Pumpkin,
Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A
Charlie Brown Christmas. The festivities continue with six
additional, delightful seasonal specials including It’s Magic,
Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown’s All-Stars, The
Mayflower Voyagers, Play it Again, Charlie Brown, It’s
Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown and It’s
Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown. This year, the holidays will be merry
and bright with the Peanuts gang joining in the celebration!
Peanuts 70th
Anniversary Holiday Collection Limited Edition Featured
Specials:
* It’s the Great
Pumpkin, Charlie Brown – This Emmy®
Award-nominated special, finds the Peanuts gang
outfitted in costumes, ready for trick or treating and crashing
Violet’s Halloween party. Charlie Brown is in a ghost costume (with
more eyeholes cut out than needed), Lucy dressed as a witch and
Snoopy in a World War I flying ace costume. Linus decides to
steadfastly hold vigil in the pumpkin patch as he awaits the Great
Pumpkin.
* It’s Magic,
Charlie Brown – This special finds Snoopy putting on a show
after he checks out a book on magic tricks from the library. With
Marcie and Sally as his assistants, he performs many tricks (some
that work and some that don’t) before an audience. The grand finale
features the biggest trick of all, making Charlie Brown disappear.
To everyone’s amazement, Snoopy makes him invisible but doesn’t
know how to bring Charlie Brown back. Will Snoopy find a way to
reverse the trick?
* Charlie Brown’s
All-Stars – Nominated for two Prime Time Emmys®,
in this delightful special, Charlie Brown is faced with a difficult
moral dilemma; should he accept brand new uniforms and give the rest
of the gang a chance to be part of an official little league baseball
team even if it means that due to policy, Snoopy, Lucy, Patty, Violet
and Frieda must be kicked off?
* A Charlie Brown
Thanksgiving – In this Emmy® Award-winning special, Peppermint
Patty invites herself to Charlie Brown’s house for Thanksgiving
dinner. Marcie and Franklin are soon added as dinner guests. Charlie
Brown admits that his culinary skills are limited to “cold cereal
and maybe toast.” Snoopy and Woodstock transform the ping-pong
table in the backyard into a dinner table. As the guests arrive,
they are each served two slices of buttered toast, some pretzel
sticks, popcorn and jelly beans. Peppermint Patty is outraged at the
meal and berates Charlie Brown until embarrassed and dejected, he
leaves the table and goes back into the house.
* The Mayflower
Voyagers – In this special from the This is America, Charlie
Brown series, the Peanuts kids become pilgrims sailing to
the New World aboard the Mayflower and endure the first hard winter
on Plymouth Plantation.
* Play It Again,
Charlie Brown – Nominated for an Emmy Award ®, this special
focuses on Lucy’s undying and unreciprocated love for the piano
playing child prodigy, Schroeder. In an effort
to win Schroeder’s affection, Lucy, under Peppermint Patty’s
advice, invites him to perform in a concert at an upcoming PTA
meeting. Schroeder accepts and immediately begins rehearsing. Lucy,
delighted with Schroeder’s acceptance, thanks Peppermint Patty.
Peppermint Patty however, mentions she forgot to tell Lucy that only
rock music will be featured in the program and that Schroeder won’t
be able to play Beethoven. Lucy is left in anguish, knowing
Schroeder will refuse to perform anything other than classical music
and tries to find a way to break the news without his dropping out of
the program.
* A Charlie Brown
Christmas – In this Emmy® and Peabody
Award winning classic, Charlie Brown is upset by how commercial the
Christmas holiday has become. To coax him out of his holiday blues,
Lucy suggests he direct the school’s Christmas pageant and decorate
a glorious tree. Charlie Brown concedes. The tree he finds however,
is puny, prompting everyone to ridicule him.
* It’s Christmastime
Again, Charlie Brown – This is the second Christmas-themed
Peanuts special since A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Holiday preparations include Charlie Brown selling wreaths
door-to-door to make extra money, Peppermint Patty sweating out an
important book report and the entire crew appearing in a Christmas
pageant.
* It’s Flashbeagle,
Charlie Brown – Originally broadcast in 1984, this special is
comprised of several clever parodies inspired by popular early ‘80s
dance trends ranging from disco to break dancing as well as a series
of top 40 hit songs from the era. It’s Flashbeagle,
Charlie Brown earned an Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding
Animated Program.
Brand-new
Bonus Content*:
- It’s Not the Holidays without Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown! (Featurette)
- Brand New Audio Commentary for It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas.
*Bonus content may
not be in high definition. Audio and subtitles may vary.
Digital
On
September 3, 2019, Peanuts 70th
Anniversary Holiday Collection will be
available to own in high definition and standard definition from
select digital retailers including Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes,
PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. Also, on September 3, 2019,
Peanuts 70th
Anniversary Holiday Collection will be
made available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and
satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles.
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About
Peanuts:
Charles M. Schulz first introduced the world to
the Peanuts characters in 1950, when the Peanuts
comic strip debuted in seven newspapers. Since then, Charlie Brown,
Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang have made
an indelible mark on popular culture. Peanuts animated
specials and series air on major networks and streaming services,
including ABC, Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the U.S., Family
Channel in Canada, and the WildBrain network on YouTube worldwide.
Fans also enjoy Peanuts through thousands of consumer
products around the world, amusement parks attractions, cultural
events, social media, and a daily comic strip available in all
formats from traditional to digital. In 2018, Peanuts partnered with
NASA on a multi-year Space Act Agreement designed to inspire a
passion for space exploration and STEM among the next generation of
students. The Peanuts characters and related intellectual
property are 41% owned by DHX Media (TSX: DHX, NASDAQ: DHXM), 39%
owned by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and 20% owned by
family of Charles M. Schulz.
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