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All of the productions in the saga center around Ralphie Parker, a child in the 1930s and 1940s in suburban Indiana, and his friends and family. Ralphie Parker was loosely based upon Shepherd's childhood. For the rest of his life, Shepherd was the first-person narrator for all productions involving the character.
Set during the late-1940s to early-1950s America, high school-aged Ralph Parker prepares himself for the perceived date of his life, with his friend's attractive cousin named Pamela. While he plans the event with precision, his mother and father each respectively prepare to celebrate the nation 's Independence Day .
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.
It's pretty hard to believe that A Christmas Story wasn't an instant sensation.Still more unbelievable is that it's been nearly 40 years since the adorable Ralphie Parker first stole our hearts.
The man who so famously played Ralphie Parker, the air rifle-seeking, Hammond, Ind., pre-teen in the 1940s-set holiday staple A Christmas Story, didn’t at all disappear into anonymity. He just ...
The film takes place in the summer of 1941, after the events of A Christmas Story, which took place in December 1940.It has several plotlines, one each for 10-year-old Ralphie, his father, and his mother, followed by a recurring subplot involving him and his dad on a fishing trip, that proves frequently fruitless until a single night when all fish are caught.
The all-grown-up actor talks about returning the iconic role of Ralphie Parker in the long-in-the-works sequel "A Christmas Story Christmas."
Over the past 20 years, Peter Billingsley has served as a producer on such hit movies as Elf (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Iron Man (2008) and Couples Retreat (2009), which he also directed ...