A Christmas Story DVD 1983 20th Anniversary - Two disc special edition / Directed by Bob Clark / Starring: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Bilingsley / Disc Two - 20th Anniversary Extras!

UPC 012569576421

ISBN-10 0790779676 / 9780790779676  / 978-0790779676

MADE IN THE USA

REGION 1 NTSC DVD

AUDIO: English mono, French mono

SUBTITLES: English

TOTAL RUNTIME: 93 MINUTES

English Summary:

A Christmas Story is a 1983 American 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 is a seasonal classic in North America. It is shown numerous times on television, usually on the networks owned by WarnerMedia, and a marathon of the film has aired annually on TNT or TBS since 1997 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^. It is often ranked as one of the best Christmas films. 

The film is presented in a series of vignettes, with narration provided by the adult Ralphie Parker reminiscing on one particular Christmas when he was nine years old. Ralphie wanted only one thing that Christmas: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Ralphie's desire is rejected by his mother, his teacher Miss Shields, and even a Santa Claus at Higbee's department store, all giving him the same warning: "You'll shoot your eye out."

Christmas morning arrives and Ralphie dives into his presents. He does receive some presents that he enjoys, but he is disappointed that he did not receive the one thing that he wanted more than anything. It appears that all of the presents have been opened when father directs him to look at one last present that he had hidden. Ralphie opens it to reveal the Red Ryder gun.

Cast

• Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker
• Jean Shepherd as adult Ralphie (voice) / man standing on the Santa Claus line at Higbee's
• Ian Petrella as Randy Parker
• Melinda Dillon as Mrs. Parker
• Darren McGavin as Mr. Parker (The Old Man)
• Scott Schwartz as Flick
• R. D. Robb as Schwartz
• Zack Ward as Scut Farkus
• Yano Anaya as Grover Dill
• Tedde Moore as Miss Shields
• Jeff Gillen as Santa Claus
• Patty Johnson as Lead Elf
• Drew Hocevar as Male Elf
• Leslie Carlson as Christmas Tree Salesman