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Aug 21, 2023 · Here's the untold tale of America's favorite Christmas movie, from Scut Farkus' anachronistic braces, to the present state of Ralphie Parker's boyhood home.
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Dec 20, 2023 · While Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story isn't a totally biographical film, there are many things about the classic that actually happened. Here they are.
- Bob Clark
- Melinda Dillon
- He Didn’T Say Fudge
- Ad-Libbed Profanity
- They Gave Billingsley Stuff They Really Shouldn't Have
- The Film Was Mainly Filmed in Cleveland and Toronto
- The House Was Turned Into A Museum
- Ralphie Teamed Up with Flash Gordon in A Deleted Scene
- A Christmas Story Is Based on A Book
- The Infamous Tongue Scene Was Fake
- Jack Nicholson Almost Played Ralphie’s Dad
- The Leg Lamp Was Inspired by A Soda Ad
There are many iconic moments in A Christmas Story, but among the most popular scenes is when Ralphie says fudge. Well, Ralphie didn’t actually say fudge. He said: “The queen mother of [bad] words.” As it turns out, actor Peter Billingsley didn’t say fudge either. RELATED: A Christmas Story's 10 Best Characters, Ranked By Likability In an interview...
One of the funniest aspects of The Old Man, and one that might be relatable to a lot of people, is his profanity tirade against the family's malfunctioning furnace. Actor Darren McGavin improvised all of his gibberish swear words in these scenes. Proving they are one of the best father-son duos in movies, Ralphie takes after his father and also has...
While many child actors are forced to grow up too fast, Billingsley had to do something on the set of A Christmas Story that no actor should ever have to do. During the scene where Ralphie is firing at the bandits in his backyard, Billingsley was actually chewing on the real tobacco. Most actors chew on black licorice to make it seem like they are ...
Most movies film in several different cities to get the desired scenery for shots, and A Christmas Story was no exception. The film is supposed to take place in Northern Indiana in a town called Holman, but the film was mainly filmed in Cleveland, Ohio and Toronto, Ontario. The Parker residence was filmed at 3159 W. 11th St., Cleveland, OH 44109 ne...
Even with its less-than-impressive box office numbers, the legacy of A Christmas Storycannot be denied. In fact, along with becoming a traditional viewing for that holiday season among many fans, it has lived on in some more surprising ways. RELATED: 10 Unpopular Opinions About A Christmas Story Movies, According To Reddit Following its revived suc...
When a film goes through the editing process, many scenes are cut down or even taken out completely to fulfill a certain runtime. This means that sometimes, the filmmakers' full vision doesn’t make it to the big screen, but will show up in deleted scenes instead. One deleted scene for A Christmas Story was another fantasy sequence where Ralphie joi...
Lots of times, movies aren’t technically original stories, since many of them are based on books. Much like superhero movies use comic book narratives to adapt popular characters, Bob Clark based A Christmas Story on a book written by Jean Shepherd. The movie was based on a book called In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, which was a collection of...
Among the most iconic scenes in A Christmas Story is a moment when Flick, played by Scott Schwartz, is dared to stick his tongue to a frozen flag pole. Only it wasn’t just a dare, it was a triple dog dare, so of course, Flick had no choice but to do it. As it turns out, the child actor didn’t actually use his tongue because a human tongue can actua...
Many talented actors were part of A Christmas Story, including Darren McGavin. The actor had been acting for nearly 40 years by the time A Christmas Story was released, but his role of the “Old Man” almost went to a much younger actor. RELATED: 12 Best Christmas Movies On Disney+, Ranked (According To Rotten Tomatoes) Jack Nicholson almost played R...
Of all the images that A Christmas Story provided to fans, the Leg Lamp is arguably the most iconic symbol from the movie. The lamp was won by the “Old Man” in the original movie, but the design for the lamp was inspired by an illuminated Nehi Soda advertisement. The lamp was first described in detail for the short story “My Old Man and the Lascivi...
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- Although Set In Indiana, A Christmas Story Was Filmed In Cleveland And Toronto. The events of A Christmas Story all take place in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, but the movie was actually filmed in two different cities, neither of which were in the Hoosier State.
- All Of The Snow In A Christmas Story Had To Be Made For The Production. Practically every exterior scene in A Christmas Story features snow-covered ground (or snow falling like in the final sequence), but there was one problem, there was no snow in the forecast in Cleveland.
- Bob Clark Initially Passed On Peter Billingsley Because He Thought The Actor Was Too Obvious Of A Choice For Ralphie. It is hard to imagine anyone but Peter Billingsley taking on the role of Ralphie in A Christmas Story, but that was almost the case.
- The Hilarious Flagpole Scene Was Pulled Off Thanks To A Hole And A Vacuum Tube. The triple-dog dare flagpole scene is not only one of the most memorable scenes from A Christmas Story, it’s also one of the most iconic moments in the history of cinema.
Dec 7, 2017 · A hard lesson, to be sure. But then, A Christmas Story is chock full of such barbed, hard-earned wisdom. Far from sugar-coating its seasonal truths, a franker consideration of this heartwarmingly nostalgic, Middle American Christmas reveals deliciously bittersweet depths to its chortling cheer.
A Christmas Story is a 1983 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.
Nov 30, 2016 · It brought a bracing blast of satire and realism, wrapped up in a hilarious, pitch-perfect tale of a middle-class family negotiating the perils of Christmas, recalled through the eyes of a...
