...I'm not the only one! [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] One of these days my sister and I will make that pilgrimage to Cleveland.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Fans of the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" are celebrating the film's 25th anniversary with a convention and trips to the house where the movie was made.
The 1983 film, an adaptation of Jean Shepard's memoir of a boy in the 1940s, was set in Indiana but largely filmed in Ohio. The movie starred Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker, a young boy determined to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas.
The film was a modest theatrical success, but critics loved it. It eventually joined "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street" as a Christmas cult classic.
"It's a film about being a kid and looking back," said Brian Jones, who owns the house where the movie was shot and the neighboring museum dedicated to the film.
About 4,000 fans are attending the convention at Cleveland's Renaissance Hotel, where they'll meet some of the film's actors, watch three documentaries made about the film and see the original 1938 fire truck from a famous scene in the movie involving a child's tongue stuck to a frozen pole.
"It is unbelievable that a movie has touched the lives of millions of families," said Phil Gillen, son of the late actor Jeff Gillen who played the movie's worn-out Santa Claus. He traveled from Miami with his family to attend the convention.
Avid fans Mark and Becky Tompkins also traveled to the meetup with their children, Madison, 9, and Brandon, 5.
"It's a Christmas movie that you can watch and relate to," Mark Tompkins said. "Everyone, whether they want to admit it or not, really wanted a special gift one holiday."
You'll shoot your eye out.
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I went down and restocked my antique booths today, one of the items I put in the showcase was a Little Orphan Annie decoder badge from 1938, I couldn't help but think of that movie.
Of course 38 would have been earlier that the setting for the movie. My wife is a fan of the movie, we usually see it several times each year. It's grown on me too.
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LOL, I need to come down that way and see what all you have in there.
crack is whack
My wife told me that they were selling a "Leg Lamp" at Rite-Aid. Might be a nice conversation piece.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 82abn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My wife told me that they were selling a "Leg Lamp"
at Rite-Aid. Might be a nice conversation piece.</div></div>
f.y.e. sold a really nice one last year - don't know if they're selling it this year too, haven't been out there. And you can buy it here: http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/
You'll shoot your eye out.
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We've got some pretty good stuff down there, but the best stuff I have is at the house. We use the resale booths as a way to pay for my "addiction".
There are 8 booths, the 2nd on the left going in and the one at the extreme back are both mine, if you go down.
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Have you guys seen the little boy from A Christmas Story lately?
he is Vince Vaughns bestfriend, and boy does he have a mouth.. haha, he's hilarious
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: steer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Have you guys seen the little boy from A Christmas Story lately?
he is Vince Vaughns bestfriend, and boy does he have a mouth.. haha, he's hilarious </div></div>
You're talking about "The Break Up"? Yeah, he was in that. He also was listed as one of the producers....Peter Billingsley.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mik_Mo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: steer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Have you guys seen the little boy from A Christmas Story lately?
he is Vince Vaughns bestfriend, and boy does he have a mouth.. haha, he's hilarious </div></div>
You're talking about "The Break Up"? Yeah, he was in that. He also was listed as one of the producers....Peter Billingsley. </div></div>
No, No, I'm talking about him being a producer on "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show".. haha.. he's hilarious
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gotch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">We've got some pretty good stuff down there, but the best stuff I have is at the house. We use the resale booths as a way to pay for my "addiction".
There are 8 booths, the 2nd on the left going in and the one at the extreme back are both mine, if you go down.
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where is this at?
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