Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy Drama
Release Date: 11/04/2008
Flags: Excellent For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Nine years after the Yuletide slasher flick Black Christmas, Porky's director Bob Clark once again took on the holiday genre, switching from gasps to laughs with A Christmas Story. Adapted from a memoir by humorist Jean Shepherd (who narrates), the film centers on Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley), a young boy living in 1940s Indiana, desperately yearning for a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas. Despite protests from his mother (Melinda Dillon) that he'll shoot his eye out, Ralphie persists, unsuccessfully trying to enlist the assistance of both his teacher and Santa Claus. All the while, Ralphie finds himself dealing with the constant taunts of a pair of bullies and trying to not get in the middle of a feud between his mother and father (Darren McGavin) regarding a sexy lamp.

~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Melinda Dillon - Mother
Darren McGavin - The Old Man
Peter Billingsley - Ralphie
Ian Petrella - Randy
Scott Schwartz - Flick
R.D. Robb - Schwartz
Tedde Moore - Miss Shields
Zack Ward - Scut Farkus
Yano Anaya - Grover Dill

Production:
Bob Clark - Director
Bob Clark Rene Dupont - Producer
Don Carmody - Co Producer
Paul Zaza Carl Zittrer Carl Ziffrer - Composer
Stan Cole - Editor
Bob Clark Jean Shepherd Leigh Brown - Screen Writer
Mark Freeborn - Set Designer
Gavin Mitchell - Art Director
Gary Goch - Associate Producer
Jean Shepherd - Book Author
Jane Feinberg - Casting
Marci Liroff - Casting
Mike Fenton - Casting
Reginald Morris - Cinematographer
Mary E. McLeod - Costume Designer
Alan Bernard - Musical Direction/Supervision
Reuben Freed - Production Designer
David Evans - Sound Editor
Ken Heeley-Ray - Sound Editor
Steven Cole - Sound Editor
Alan Bernard - Sound Mixer
Dave Appleby - Sound/Sound Designer
Dino Pigat - Sound/Sound Designer
Ken Heeley-Ray - Sound/Sound Designer
Wayne Griffin - Sound Editor

Prancer
    Sam Elliott / G / 1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [Special Edition]
    Chevy Chase / PG13 / 1989
The Sandlot [Bonus On-Pack Kids Safety DVD]
    Tom Guiry / PG / 1993
Jingle All the Way [Family Fun Edition]
    Arnold Schwarzenegger / PG / 1996
Home for the Holidays
    Holly Hunter / PG13 / 1995

1984 Genie Awards