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A Christmas Story is a 1983 Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on the 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd, 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 follows a young boy and his family's misadventures during Christmas time in December 1940. It is the third installment in the Parker Family Saga.

A Christmas Story was released on November 18, 1983, and received positive reviews from critics. Filmed partly in Canada, the film earned two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. Widely considered a holiday classic in the United States and Canada, it has been shown in a marathon annually on TNT since 1997 and on TBS since 2004 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. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The film spawned three sequels. The first, My Summer Story (originally released as It Runs in the Family), also directed by Clark, was released in 1994. The second, entitled A Christmas Story 2, was released straight to DVD in 2012. A third sequel, entitled A Christmas Story Christmas, was released on HBO Max in 2022 and features most of the original cast returning.


Cast[]

Character Actor
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Ralphie Parker
Peter Billingsley
Jean Shepherd (Adult)
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Randy Parker
Ian Petrella
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Mrs. Parker
Melinda Dillon
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Randy Parker
Darren McGavin
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Flick
Scott Schwartz
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Schwartz
R. D. Robb
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Scut Farkus
Zack Ward
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Grover Dill
Yano Anaya
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Miss Shields
Tedde Moore
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Santa Claus
Jeff Gillen
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Lead Elf
Patty Johnson
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Male Elf
Drew Hocevar
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Christmas Tree Salesman
Leslie Carlson

International versions[]

Language Title
A Christmas Story - logo (French) French (France) Une histoire de Noël[2]
A Christmas Story - logo (German) German Fröhliche Weihnachten[3]
A Christmas Story - logo (Hungarian) Hungarian Karácsonyi történet[4]
A Christmas Story - logo (Italian) Italian Una storia di Natal[5]
File:A Christmas Story - logo (Polish).png Polish Prezent pod choinkę[6]
A Christmas Story - logo (Brazilian Portuguese) Portuguese (Brazil) Uma História de Natal[7]
A Christmas Story - logo (Latin Spanish, Itunes)
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Spanish (Latin America) Una Historia de Navidad
Cuento de Navidad[8]
A Christmas Story - logo (Castilian Spanish) Spanish (Spain) Historias de Navidad[9]
File:A Christmas Story - logo (Turkish).png Turkish Yılbaşı Hikayesi

Language Title
A Christmas Story - logo (Russian) Russian Рождественская история
File:A Christmas Story - logo (Ukrainian).png Ukrainian Різдвяна історія

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