A Christmas Story
Christmas, Comedy, Family
Warner Bros.  (1983) 98 mins PG

8.0 (45,656 votes) Top 250: #241
Peace. Harmony. Comfort and Joy...Maybe Next Year.

The Christmas spirit isn't served up with more heartfelt warmth or observant hilarity than in this beloved adaptation of Jean Shepherd's holiday story. 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. We triple-dog-dare you to unwrap a more comical Yuletide classic!...

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Cast and Crew
Melinda Dillon  ......  Mrs. Parker
Darren McGavin  ......  The Old Man - Mr. Parker
Peter Billingsley  ......  Ralphie Parker
Ian Petrella  ......  Randy Parker
Scott Schwartz  ......  Flick
R.D. Robb  ......  Schwartz
Director  .....  Bob Clark
Producer  .....  Rene Dupont; Bob Clark; René Dupont
Writer  .....  Bob Clark; Jean Shepherd
Notes
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Black Bart is escaping from Ralphie's backyard, the trampoline that he uses to jump over the fence is clearly visible (it was not there in the previous backyard shots, so it's not part of the "furniture"). This is only visible in the Full Frame version; it gets cropped out of the original Wide Screen movie and the Wide Screen DVD version. (more)

Trivia:
The Parker's Oldsmobile is a 1937 Model 6, four-door sedan with Indiana license plate 56 498. (more)

Filming Locations:
3159 W. 11th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (more)

Quotes:
[in a Chinese restaurant]
Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: [singing] Deck the halls with boughs of horry, ra ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra.
Chop Suey Palace Owner: No, no, not 'ra ra ra ra', 'la la la la'! Try again.
Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: Deck the halls with boughs of horry, ra ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra.
Chop Suey Palace Owner: No, no! Sing something else.
Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sreigh!
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Awards:
2 wins & 11 nominations (more)