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Snoopy Come Home

Snoopy Come Home is a 1972 American animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Bill Melendez and written by Charles M. Schulz, based on the Peanuts comic strip. Marking the on-screen debut of Woodstock, who had first appeared in the strip in 1967, the main plot was based on a storyline from August 1968 (which was the only Cinema Center Films production to feature the Peanuts character Woodstock). The only Peanuts film during composer Vince Guaraldi’s lifetime without a score composed by him, its music was composed by the Sherman Brothers, who composed the music for various Disney films like Mary Poppins (1964), The Jungle Book (1967), and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).

Snoopy Come Home was released on August 9, 1972, by National General Corporation, produced by Lee Mendelson Films, Bill Melendez Productions and Cinema Center Films (in the latter's final production). Despite only grossing less than a quarter of its $1 million dollar budget commercially, it received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and fared much more successfully on home video.

Snoopy receives a letter and, upon reading it, departs with Woodstock without explanation to Charlie Brown or his friends. Charlie Brown discovers the letter is from a girl named Lila, who has been hospitalized for three weeks and has requested Snoopy’s company. Charlie Brown and his friends are puzzled, unaware of Lila’s identity or connection to Snoopy. They begin to miss Snoopy.

Snoopy and Woodstock encounter multiple obstacles, including repeated “No Dogs Allowed” signs on their journey to Lila. Clara, a young girl who's permitted to keep Snoopy, briefly captures and keeps them as pets. Snoopy and Woodstock escape and go camping, play football, and make music while preparing their meals.

When they arrive at the hospital, they find that neither dogs nor birds are permitted. After an initial failed attempt, Snoopy evades security and sneaks into Lila's room. He provides her companionship and comfort, and she credits his visit with helping her recover.

Linus inquires at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm about Snoopy's origins and learns that Lila was Snoopy's original owner before Charlie Brown. Lila's family had returned Snoopy to the puppy farm while preparing to relocate. Charlie Brown faints upon hearing this.

Lila asks Snoopy to return home with her, but he initially decides to return to Charlie Brown. As he departs, he sees Lila watching tearfully from her hospital window. He rushes back and embraces her, which she interprets as wishing to live with her. Snoopy determines that he must first return to bid farewell to his friends.

Snoopy writes a letter to Charlie Brown to inform him of his impending departure and distributes some of his possessions to his friends. The children organize a farewell party for Snoopy, each presenting him with a parting gift—most of which are bones. Some of the party's attendants attempt somewhat to maintain a civil and upbeat demeanor, but even Lucy is unable to hold herself together for long. Several friends deliver speeches in Snoopy's honor. Though Charlie Brown is invited to make one as well, he is too emotional to speak or even make eye contact with Snoopy as he hands him his gift, and is only capable of emitting a pained, sorrowful wail. After Snoopy departs, Charlie Brown is too upset to eat or sleep.

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