For other uses, see A Christmas Story (disambiguation).
A Christmas Story
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Bob Clark
Screenplay by
Jean Shepherd
Leigh Brown
Bob Clark
Based on
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
Produced by
René Dupont
Bob Clark
Starring
Melinda Dillon
Darren McGavin
Peter Billingsley
Cinematography
Reginald H. Morris
Edited by
Stan Cole
Music by
Paul Zaza
Carl Zittrer
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by
MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
Release date
November 18, 1983 (1983-11-18)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
Countries
United States
Canada
Language
English
Budget
$3.3 million[1]
Box office
$19.2 million[2]
A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, 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 Christmas time in the 1940s. It is the third installment in the Parker Family Saga.
A Christmas Story was released on November 18, 1983, and received positive reviews from critics. Filmed partly in Canada, the film earned two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. Widely considered a holiday classic in the United States and Canada, it has been shown in a marathon annually on TNT since 1997 and on TBS since 2004 titled "24 Hours of A Christmas Story", consisting of 12 consecutive airings of the film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day.[3] In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5][6]
The film spawned three sequels. The first, entitled My Summer Story (originally released as It Runs in the Family), also directed by Clark, was released in 1994. The second, entitled A Christmas Story 2, was released straight to DVD in 2012. A third sequel, entitled A Christmas Story Christmas, was released on HBO Max in 2022 and features most of the original cast returning.
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^Cooper, Matt (December 22, 2017). "TV This Week, Dec. 24-30: A Christmas Story marathon and more". Los Angeles Times – via latimes.com.
^King, Susan (December 19, 2012). "National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation". Los Angeles Times – via latimes.com..
^"2012 National Film Registry Picks in A League of Their Own". loc.gov. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^"Complete National Film Registry Listing". www.loc.gov. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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