Film
A Christmas Story
1983· PG· 1h 33m· Comedy· Family
“A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.”
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.
1983-11-18
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Key Crew
DirectorBob Clark
ScreenplayBob Clark
ProducerBob Clark
Director of PhotographyReginald H. Morris
Original Music ComposerCarl Zittrer
EditorStan Cole
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 49 crew)
Details
Released1983-11-18
Runtime1h 33m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget$3M
Box office$21M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.2/10 · 1428 votes
Original languageen
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