Taglines: Sometimes Christmas is about getting what you really want.
A Christmas Story movie storyline. Christmas is approaching and 9-year-old Ralphie Parker wants only one thing: a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun. When he mentions it at the dinner table, his mother’s immediate reaction is that he’ll shoot his eye out. He then decides on a perfect theme for his teacher, but her reaction is like his mother’s. He fantasizes about what it would be like to be Red Ryder and catch the bad guys. When the big day arrives, he gets lots of presents including a lovely one from his aunt that his mother just adores. But what about the BB gun?
A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd’s semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, with some elements from his 1971 book Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters. Ik stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R. D. Robb, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Jeff Gillen, Patty Johnson, Leslie Carlson.
It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley. Widely considered a holiday classic in the United States and Canada, it has been shown in a marathon annually on TNT since 1997 and on TBS since 2004 titled “24 Hours of A Christmas Story”, consisting of 12 consecutive airings of the film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day annually. It is the third installment in the Parker Family Saga.
The film was released on November 18, 1983, and received positive reviews from critics. Filmed partly in Canada, it earned two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
A Christmas Story (2023)
Directed by: Bob Clark
Starring: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Scott Schwartz, R. D. Robb, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Jeff Gillen, Patty Johnson, Leslie Carlson
Screenplay by: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
Production Design by: Reuben Freed
Cinematography by: Reginald H. Morris
Film Editing by: Stan Cole
Costume Design by: Mary E. McLeod
Set Decoration by: Mark S. Freeborn
Art Direction by: Gavin Mitchell
Music by: Paul Zaza, Carl Zittrer
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, United Artists
Release Date: December 10, 2023
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