Rating: PG
Genre: Children's/Family
Release Date: 08/01/2006
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: 2
Run Time: 85 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM

My Summer Story is the video title for It Runs in the Family. Based on the writings of humorist/raconteur Jean Shepherd, the film was the long-awaited sequel to the 1984 "sleeper" A Christmas Story. Set in the 1940s, the story is told from the point-of-view of Ralphie Parker (Kieran Culkin), who watches in bemusement as "The Old Man" (Charles Grodin) carries on a long-running feud with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus family. Mary Steenburgen is cast as Ralphie's ditsy mom. Also appearing is yet another celebrity sibling, Christian Culkin. Jean Shepherd himself narrates, as he did in the earlier film, while the direction is in the hands of A Christmas Story's Bob Clark.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Charles Grodin - The Old Man
Mary Steenburgen - Mom
Kieran Culkin - Ralphie Parker
Christian Culkin -
Al Mancini - Zudoc
Troy Evans - Gertz

Production:
Bob Clark - Director
Rene Dupont - Producer
Paul Zaza - Composer
Stan Cole - Editor
Bob Clark Jean Shepherd Leigh Brown - Screen Writer
Stephen M. Katz - Cinematographer
Betty Pecha Madden - Costume Designer
Harry Pottle - Production Designer
John Myhre - Production Designer
Marci Liroff - Casting

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