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A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983)

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WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    The funniest thing about Christmas, according to Jean Shepherd's over-the-top holiday comedy, is spending it with your own family. In 1940s Indiana. nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle. But when his gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale, hint-dropping, Santa-begging campaign. In this tale you'll be caught up in all kinds of childhood calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the yellow-eyed Scotty Farkus affair to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit.

STARRING:

Melinda Dillon: Mrs. Parker
Darren McGavin: The Old Man - Mr. Parker
Peter Billingsley: Ralphie Parker

SCREENWRITER: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark

DIRECTOR: Bob Clark

RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes

STUDIO: Warner Brothers

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B +

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AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This movie is based primarily on the book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash which is a collection of short stories that Jean Shepherd wrote for Playboy Magazine. Shepherd also adapted the works himself into this film's screenplay along with his wife Leigh Brown and the film's director. Shepherd and his wife Brown also have a cameo in the movie as well, the play the couple at the department store who tell Ralphie he needs to go to the back of the line for Santa.
• Although the film takes place in Indiana, the majority of the filming took place in Cleveland, OH with the exception of the school yard scenes and the Christmas tree lot scene which were filmed in Ontario, Canada.
• The shot of Flick's tongue stuck to the pole looks realistic thanks to a hidden suction tube that used air to keep his tongue on the pole without injuring or damaging the boys tongue.
• In 2005 the house that was used in this movie was sold on Ebay for $150,000 by Brian Jones, a die-hard fan of the movie. Jones sunk an additional $500,000 restoring the house to look exactly as it did in the movie. In 2006 he opened the house up for tours and used the next door house as a gift shop.

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