“A Christmas Story” quotes
(1983)
Title A Christmas Story
Year 1983
Director Bob Clark
Genre Comedy, Family
Year 1983
Director Bob Clark
Genre Comedy, Family
Plot – Ralphie Parker is an American nine-year-old boy. When Christmas approaches, he begins to think about the gifts he would like to receive, as all his peers do. His biggest dream is to own a Red Ryder automatic rifle, equiped of 200 shots. Both the mother and the teacher don't agree with his choice because they judge the toy too dangerous. At school and at home, Ralphie often has forbidden dreams about the rifle and he has fun with his friends and with his younger brother Randy. His mother is quite tender and supportive with her two little children, while his father, on the contrary, is a foulmouthed bungler. He has always to deal with the crumbling boiler of his house, with the crazy car and with the neighbors' dogs, that apparently get mad only with him. Christmas is around the corner and everything is getting ready in Ralphie's house: the decisive morning arrives, everyone unwraps their packages and, among the more or less appreciated or ridiculous gifts, Ralphie finally opens the surprise gift from his father just to find out that it is the long-awaited rifle. Our hero gets injured and breaks his glasses while trying it. Anyway, he manages to avoid the inevitable scolding by making up a funny story.
All actors – Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Scott Schwartz, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Tedde Moore, R.D. Robb, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Jeff Gillen, Colin Fox
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- The Old Man Parker: Aaah! "Fra-gee-leh!". It must be Italian!
- Mother Parker: Uh, I think that says fragile, honey.
- The Old Man Parker: Huh? Oh, yeah.“We plunged into the cornucopia quivering with desire and the ecstasy of unbridled avarice.”
“- The Old Man Parker: Get the glue.
- Mother Parker: We're out of glue.
- The Old Man Parker: You used up all the glue on purpose!”“- The Old Man Parker: Don't you touch that! You were always jealous of this lamp.
- Mother Parker: Jealous of a plastic...
- The Old Man Parker: Jealous! Jealous because I won.
- Mother Parker: That's ridiculous. Jealous. Jealous of what? That is... the ugliest lamp I have ever seen in my entire life!”“- The Old Man Parker: Four minutes. Time me.
- Ralphie as an Adult: [narrating] Actually the Old Man loved it. He had always pictured himself in the pits of the Indianapolis Speedway in the 500. My old man's spare tires were actually only tires in the academic sense. They were round, they had once been made of rubber.”“Life is like that. Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.”
“- Miss Shields: I'm sure that the guilt you feel is far worse than any punishment you might receive. Now, don't you feel terrible? Don't you feel remorse for what you have done? Well, that's all I'm going to say about poor Flick.
- Ralphie as an Adult: [narrating] Adults loved to say things like that but kids knew better. We knew darn well it...” (continue)(continue reading)“- Ralphie: I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!
- Mother Parker: No, you'll shoot your eye out.”- Schwartz: I double-dog-dare ya!
- Ralphie as an Adult: [narrating] Now it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare you"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare.“Ralphie, you're lucky it didn't cut your eye! Those icicles have been known to kill people.”
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