Snoopy Come Home

Snoopy Come Home
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBill Melendez
Written byCharles M. Schulz
Based onPeanuts
by Charles M. Schulz
Produced by
Starring
Edited by
Music byDon Ralke
Production
companies
Distributed byNational General Pictures
Release date
  • August 9, 1972 (1972-08-09)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million
Box office$245,037

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. 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). While not a commercial success, it received largely positive reviews, and fared far more successfully on home video.