A Christmas Story (1983)

198343mdir. Bob ClarkUnited States, Canadacomedy filmChristmas film

Note: this print runs 43 minutes against a recorded 93 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Zack Ward, Bob Clark, Ian Petrella

Directed by Bob Clark

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A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on the 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd, with some elements from his 1971 book Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters. It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley, and follows a young boy and his family's misadventures during Christmastime in 1940. It is the first installment in the Parker Family Saga.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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