Christmas Story (Collector's Edition Blu-ray) (1984)

Editor's Note This vignette-laden, nostalgic view of Christmastime in 1940s Indiana follows nine-year-old Ralphie, who desperately wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas--and is waging an all-out campaign to convince his reluctant parents that the toy will be safe in his hands. By turns warped and winsome, the comedy follows Ralphie as he prepares for the big day with his rather idiosyncratic family. Based on the novel by humorist Jean Shepherd (who also narrates the film), A CHRISTMAS STORY gained popularity long after its theatrical run, through frequent holiday broadcasts that turned its schoolyard "triple-dog" dares, family neuroses, and childhood indignities into a Yuletide tradition.

	Jeff Gillen
	Tedde Moore
	Zack Ward
	Darren McGavin
	Yano Anaya
	R.D. Robb
	Melinda Dillon
	Peter Billingsley
	Scott Schwartz
	Ian Petrella
	Jean Shepherd - Screenwriter
	Rene Dupont - Producer
	Jean Shepard - Narrator
	Paul J. Zaza - Composer
	Jean Shepherd - Story
	Stan Cole - Editor
	Mary E. McLeod - Costume Designer
	Reginald Morris - Director of Photography
	Reuben Freed - Production Designer
	Leigh Brown - Screenwriter
	Carl Zittrer - Composer
	Bob Clark - Producer
	Bob Clark - Screenwriter
	Bob Clark - Director

Variety
"...A version of Christmas as it exists only in the imagination....Shepherd has always been best at evoking the texture of life as it used to be in his midwest childhood..." 11/16/1983

Chicago Sun-Times
"...There are many small but perfect moment in A CHRISTMAS STORY....There is a real knowledge of human nature beneath the comedy..." 12/24/2000 p.3

Entertainment Weekly
"...Think of it as IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE for post-Reagan generations as it morphs from cult to classic 20 years down the road..." 10/10/2003 p.107

USA Today
"...[A] modern-classic telling of Jean Shepard's '40s-based Midwest yarn..." 10/10/2003 p.6E