Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1983-11-18) |
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| Awards: | 4 wins & 11 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $20,778,141 |
| Screen: | Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark |
| Productions: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 4778: Melinda Dillon - Mother
- 7333: Darren McGavin - The Old Man
- 12708: Peter Billingsley - Ralphie
- 12699: Jean Shepherd - Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
- 12709: Ian Petrella - Randy
- 12710: Scott Schwartz - Flick
- 12711: R.D. Robb - Schwartz
Crews
- 12698: Bob Clark - Director - Directing
- 12699: Jean Shepherd - Novel - Writing
- 12700: Paul Zaza - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 12701: Carl Zittrer - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 12702: Reginald H. Morris - Director of Photography - Camera
- 12703: Stan Cole - Editor - Editing
- 12704: Reuben Freed - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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Okay, I know this isn’t a perfect movie, perhaps not close to it. We just watched it again and I teasingly pointed out small plot or action gaffes here or there. But for me it is my all time favorite Christmas movie. Partly I suppose because it feeds into my memories of growing up ....
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**Without no doubt, a good film, where things work very well in a very simple way.** When we talk about Christmas-themed films, the choice is so huge that the difficult part has been showing things that are substantially different or original. What this film does is simply tell us ....
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