Title: A Christmas Story
Runtime: 94 Min
Year: 1983
Genres: Comedy - Family - Holiday - Christmas
Cast: Jean Shepherd, Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Scott Schwartz, Tedde Moore, R.D. Robb, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Jeff Gillen
Directed By: Bob Clark
PLOT
It's 1940, in the northern Indiana town of Hohman. 9-year-old Ralph "Ralphie" Parker wants only one thing for Christmas -- an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model BB rifle with a compass in the stock. Between his younger brother Randy and having to handle school bully Scut Farkus, Ralphie doesn't know how he'll ever survive long enough to get the BB gun for Christmas. When Ralph asks his mother for a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, she says, "No, you'll shoot your eye out". When Mrs. Shields, Ralph's teacher at Harding Elementary School, assigns the class to write a theme about what they want for Christmas, Ralph sees a golden opportunity to express his desire to have a Red Ryder BB gun. Ralph gets a C+ on the theme, and Mrs. Shields has written "You'll shoot your eye out" on the theme. Ralph's next plan is to ask Santa Claus for a Red Ryder BB gun, and how does Santa respond? By saying "You'll shoot your eye out, kid." By this time, Ralph has had enough of that. When Scut Farkus and his sidekick Grover Dill start in on Ralph while he's on his way home from school that day, Ralph knocks Grover Dill to the ground, beats Scut's face bloody, and then pounds Scut's head on the snow-covered ground several times. Ralph thinks he'll never get the BB gun for Christmas now. And all of the other kids are going to be getting what they want for Christmas. But someone may have planned a surprise for Ralph.
Country: U.S.A. & Canada
Language: English
Writers: Jean Shepherd (based on the novel "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" by), Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown & Bob Clark (screenplay)
Parental Advisory Certification: Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) / Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) / Portugal:M/6 / Argentina:Atp / Finland:S / Singapore:PG / Sweden:7 / UK:PG / USA:PG (certificate #27113) / Norway:7 (original rating) / Australia:G
Awards:
1984 - Genie Awards (Genie)
-Best Achievement in Direction - Bob Clark (Tied with David Cronenberg for Videodrome -1983-.) (WON)
- Best Screenplay - Leigh Brown, Bob Clark & Jean Shepherd (WON)
- Best Achievement in Cinematography - Reginald H. Morris (NOMINATED)
- Best Achievement in Costume Design - Mary E. McLeod (NOMINATED)
- Best Achievement in Film Editing - Stan Cole (NOMINATED)
- Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Kenneth Heeley-Ray, David Appleby & Dino Pigat (NOMINATED)
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing - David Evans, Steven Cole, Wayne Griffin & Kenneth Heeley-Ray (NOMINATED)
- Best Motion Picture - Bob Clark & René Dupont (NOMINATED)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Tedde Moore (NOMINATED)
1984 - Writers Guild of America, USA (WGA Award (Screen))
- Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium - Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown & Bob Clark (NOMINATED)
1984 - Young Artist Awards (Young Artist Award)
- Best Family Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (NOMINATED)
- Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama - Peter Billingsley (NOMINATED)
- Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama - Ian Petrella (NOMINATED)
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