Paramount Home Entertainment

Sweeten Valentine's Day This Year With The PEANUTS Classic:

"BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN"

~ Debuting On DVD on January 7 ~

HOLLYWOOD, October 22, 2002 - Paramount Home Entertainment presents the beloved PEANUTS classic, BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN, on DVD on January 7, in time to brighten up the sweetest day of the year. In BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN, love is in the air for the Peanuts gang as Charlie Brown anxiously awaits some mail, hoping someone will send him a Valentine's Day card. The DVD also includes two bonus episodes, "You're In Love Charlie Brown" and "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown," as well as an interactive game teasing the upcoming home video release of CHARLOTTE'S WEB 2. Order cut-off for the DVD is November 26.

In BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN, another Valentine's Day arrives, and everyone decides to do something for that special someone. While Charlie Brown waits eagerly to receive cards, Snoopy puts on a puppet show and Linus buys a box of candy for his beloved teacher. Seeing Linus leave the store, Sally becomes convinced that the chocolates are meant for her, and works with her brother to make an appropriate valentine in return. Meanwhile, Lucy tries to give her affection to Schroeder, but fails, and poor Charlie is waiting by his mailbox for at least one Valentine's card to appear.

The DVD of BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN is presented in full screen format and Dolby Digital English Mono. Each of the three episodes runs approximately 25 minutes. The DVD is closed-captioned and sub-titled in English for the hearing-impaired and is encoded with the Macrovision(tm) AntiCopy process.

BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN is priced to own at $19.95 (S.R.P.) in the U.S. and C$26.95 (S.R.P.) in Canada. It is unrated in the U.S. by the Motion Picture Association of America and is rated G in Canada.

PEANUTS is licensed and syndicated by United Media. United Media (UM) is a worldwide licensing and syndication company that focuses on building brand equity around a wide range of creative content. UM licenses and/or syndicates Precious Moments, the Copyrights at United Media portfolio (The World of Beatrix Potter, Paddington Bear, etc.), Raggedy Ann & Andy, Dilbert, 2GRRRLS, Nancy and Sluggo, MIFFY, and Rainbow Fish. United Media is an E.W. Scripps Company

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