This vignette-laden, nostalgic view of Christmastime in 1940s Indiana follows nine-year-old Ralphie, who desperately wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas--and is waging an all-out campaign to convince his reluctant parents that the toy will be safe in his hands. By turns warped and winsome, the comedy follows Ralphie as he prepares for the big day with his rather idiosyncratic family. Based on the novel by humorist Jean Shepherd (who also narrates the film), A CHRISTMAS STORY gained popularity long after its theatrical run, through frequent holiday broadcasts that turned its schoolyard "triple-dog" dares, family neuroses, and childhood indignities into a Yuletide tradition.
Color by Medallion.
Additional cast: Ian Petrella (Randy), R.D. Robb (Schwartz), and Tedde Moore (Miss Shields).
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Director of Photography
Reginald Morris:
Narrator
Jean Shepard:
Production Designer
Reuben Freed:
Story
Jean Shepherd:
Costume Designer
Mary E. McLeod: Costume Designer, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (2004)
Review 1:
"...A version of Christmas as it exists only in the imagination....Shepherd has always been best at evoking the texture of life as it used to be in his midwest childhood..."
Source: Variety
11/16/1983
Review 2:
"...There are many small but perfect moment in A CHRISTMAS STORY....There is a real knowledge of human nature beneath the comedy..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.3 12/24/2000
Review 3:
"...Think of it as IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE for post-Reagan generations as it morphs from cult to classic 20 years down the road..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.107 10/10/2003
Review 4:
"...[A] modern-classic telling of Jean Shepard's '40s-based Midwest yarn..."
Source: USA Today
p.6E 10/10/2003
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