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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 20 reviews)
Sales Rank: 40343
Category: DVD
Actors: Yano Anaya, Peter Billingsley, Les Carlson, Melinda Dillon, Colin Fox
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 93 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.6
MPN: D65764D
ISBN: 0790779676
UPC: 012569576421
EAN: 9780790779676
ASIN: B0000AYJUW
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 1983
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Watch Ralphie Shoot His Eye Out January 10, 2008
It's 1940's Indiana, and all Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB Gun. He knows he needs to drop subtle hints to his parents (Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon). But when his mother expresses concern that it might not be safe, he has to develop some back up plans.
Meanwhile, there is plenty else going on in the family. Ralphie has to face the neighborhood bully to defend his brother Randy (Ian Petrella). His father wins a hideous lamp. And Ralphie finally gets his Little Orphan Annie decoder. But through it all, Ralphie plots and schemes to get his BB gun. Will it be under the tree Christmas morning?
This movie is based on a collection of short stories, and it shows. While the multiple stories weave in and out of each other much like real life, they never truly form a cohesive whole. And ultimately, that's my problem with the film. It felt uneven to me. There were several laughs along the way, and the acting was good. But the movie seemed to be wandering with little focus, and that proved to be too much of a distraction.
I'm sure if I had grown up with this film, I'd feel differently about it because this isn't a bad film. But it isn't one that I will add to my Christmas traditions.
 When, when, when??? November 23, 2007
A great film ... but when is it going to be released on region 2 DVD please?
 Useless to most amazon.co.uk customers November 22, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great film. But since its an American disc it wont play on most dvd players here.
A Story about Christmas November 10, 2007
This is the spank. 100% no CGI and the odd real character to boot. Being childless makes me unideal for this mutter but let me shout the truth.
It's all there in buckets. White=snow so winter it is. Ralphie wants a gun - this may have parallels with Bush's policy but since the film was made years before Iraq I cannot verify the connection. Food for thought though.
But back to the film. Ralphies dad wins a leg and is subject to his son's dreams made all the more real by being filmed in sequence. So when Ralphie sleeps the audience is with him every step of the way.
There is a bully and a horrific scene with a tongue accident that left this reviewer belching for air. After some mild peril and a bloody nose the innocence returns until the kid shoots his own glasses.
Without spoiling the ending the hilarity continues until the last frame with a very good mis-pronounced carol and an unusual Christmas meal for the family.
With all this warmth I was able to turn down the heating and forget my own spiteful family christmases and, for a brief period join Ralphie and co for a cozy yuletide.
My only criticism is - WHERE IS THE SEQUEL?
A seasonal Christmas classic October 21, 2007
This is a collection of tales as they are recollected by a person thinking back on their childhood one Christmas. It has all the exudations with its ups and downs.
Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) spots a "Daisy Brand Red-Ryder BB" 200-shot Carbine with compass, in the window of a story and fantasizes on how to get it for Christmas. Will he succeed? And if so will he shoot his eye out?
I had one of those Davie Crocket hats when I was a kid. There were lots of other items and actions that I could relate to. However my wife likes the watering method used by Melinda Dillon (mother) around the trophy. And she likes the way the mother conserved electricity by turning it off. I could see her snickering through the corner of my eye. I am not sure I should have bought this one. It may prove fatal to any window plans.
A not on aspect ratio:
There are several aspect ratios and the term wide screen vs. full screen does not begin to address the various widths. And the width is important in many cases however it has no bearing on the number of stars given for the content of the movie. Most sources say that this product was released with 1.85:1 ratio.
There was a remake of "A Christmas Story" floating around but it lacks a lot of the originality of this one.
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