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A Christmas Story (1983)

Movie"A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas."
Audience Score
72
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PG 1 hr 33 minNov 18th, 1983Comedy, FamilyA Christmas Story Collection PosterPart of A Christmas Story Collection
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The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
StarringMelinda DillonDarren McGavinPeter Billingsley
DirectorBob Clark

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 18th, 1983 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:October 29th, 1997 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$3,300,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$20,700,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A Christmas Story on the Web:Facebook, Official Website
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A Christmas Story Collection

A Christmas Story is a classic Christmas film about a young boy who wants an air rifle for Christmas yet his parents won't allow it saying “you’ll shoot your eye out.” The film illustrates the comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph in the winter in a small town in America in the 1940s.