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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Scott on December 24, 2003, 12:06 AM
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This movie deserves its own thread, me and Mrs OCB watched this tonight and I can't help but notice how absolutely perfect this movie is on all levels
(http://www.chesapeake.net/patpress/patpress%20images/xmasstry.gif)
(http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/christmasstorybully.jpg)
I'm sure TBS will be running its marathon again this year...have a laugh or two. A true Christmas Classic
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Man, what a coincidence. I watched it tonight too! Definately one of the best Christmas movies ever made.
And I though TNT did the 24 hour marathon? ??? Oh well, I'm sure at least one of the Turner stations will be showing it this year. You should watch it at least once!
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Got it on DVD, watched it at least 3 x this season. Love that movie!
"You'll shoot your eye out!"
Scott :D
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Yep it would not be X-Mas without at least 1 viewing of this fine film.
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Red Ryder BB gun! ;D
There it is! The Holy grail of Christmas gifts! (http://funwavs.com/wavfile.php?quote=1760&sound=357)
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The marathon is on TNT right now! ;D
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Just as no Christmas could be complete without a viewing of A Christmas Story, no Christmas Story thread could be complete without this:
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/8-03/ralphie2.jpg)
And, of course, the warm glow of electric sex:
(http://acs.flicklives.com/images/onelegup.jpg)
A Google search for "leg lamp" eventually led me to this site:
A Christmas Story: 20th Anniversary: 1983-2003 (http://acs.flicklives.com/)
Looks like a one-stop shop for all of your Christmas Story needs. . .
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My entire family loves this movie. We seem to watch it every year on Christmas Eve.
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I'm sorry to have to report this sad news:
Director of 'A Christmas Story,' son killed in PCH crash (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-ex-crash4mar04,1,1890450.story?coll=chi-news-hed)
By Andrew Blankstein and Daryl Strickland
Times Staff Writers
Published April 4, 2007, 3:38 PM CDT
Film director Bob Clark and his son Ariel were killed in an early morning collision along a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades, authorities said.
Clark directed the classic holiday film "A Christmas Story" in 1983 and was the producer of the "Porky's" films, along with about two dozen other features.
The crash was reported about 2:20 a.m. on PCH just south of Bay Club Drive. Police said Clark, 67, of Pacific Palisades, and his son, who was 22 and lived in Santa Monica, were pronounced dead at the scene.
LAPD investigators said Clark was driving a 1997 Infiniti Q-30 sedan southbound on PCH when the driver of a GMC Yukon, Hector Velazquez-Nava, 24, of Los Angeles swerved and hit the Clark vehicle head-on.
The road was closed until about 10:40 while authorities investigated.
Nava and a 29-year-old Azusa woman were transported to a local hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries, said LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon.
Nava was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. After treatment, he was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and gross vehicular manslaughter, Vernon said.
Clark produced, directed and co-wrote "A Christmas Story."
Set in the 1940s and adapted from humorist Jean Shepherd's novel "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash," "A Christmas Story" stars Peter Billingsly as Ralphie, a young boy determined to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas.
The film was not an immediate box office bonanza, but it has grown in popularity over the years.
In a 1997 interview with The Times, Clark said the movie has struck a chord with audiences because it deals with a "special time and special feeling. Shepherd's material had the truth and heart in it."
The "Porky's" franchise was also a surprise hit and took years to get off the ground. At first, Hollywood studios rejected the pitches for the film. The franchise went on to earn more than $150 million domestically, according to boxofficemojo.com
The films were based on Clark's experiences during the '50s a with his high school buddies in Florida.
In a 1985 interview with The Times, co-writer Roger Swaybill talked about how Clark dictated the outline for the movie into a cassette recorder while sick.
"I was weeping with laughter," Swaybill said then. "I became convinced that I was sharing in the birth of a major moment in movie history. It was the funniest film story I had ever heard."
We lost Darren "The Old Man" McGavin last year, and now Bob Clark this year.
Look out, Billingsley.
Hope the drunk-driving murderer gets a swift kick in the balls, every hour, on the hour, every day, for the rest of his life.
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(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/8-03/ralphie2.jpg)
Somehow...this seems like an apt response
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Man, that really sucks. Here's to hoping for some serious jail time and some serious ass raping for that doochebag...
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RIP. Hopefully the DA will raise the charges to murder and just not manslaughter for the idiot who caused this
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The drunk bass-turd who did that to the director of one of the funnier films (that was meant to be funny) ever made deserves a good ass-whoopin'. RIP Bob Clark. :(
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Watched Ralphie for the first time this year...Doppleganger Sassafrass!
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I haven't seen this in a long time, but we're doing a gift exchange with the wife's extended family, so I picked up ACS and Gran Torino on DVD for him. I'll have to try to catch the movie sometime over the break - it's still one of my holiday favorites.
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The marathon is on TNT right now! ;D
I can litteraly watch this movie over and over and over again - provided it's in Nov/Dec that is and I only make 1 day out of it. Still remember when I got my first bb gun. Good times, thankfully I didn't shoot my eye out :)
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TBS is running a marathon of this classic on the 24th at 8pm till the 25th at 6pm. Whoot! ;D
Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra. :D
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I ate dinner at a Chinese restaurant tonight... I couldn't help but to think of this movie. :)
No one sang to us though... :'(
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I see that Spike is running a Bad Santa marathon. I enjoyed that movie - uncensored of course, but it doesn't compare to A Christmas Story. I've lost count of how many times I've watched today off and on.
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Oh my God, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (http://movies.yahoo.com/video/ymovies-6393699/christmas-story-2-trailer-30507222.html)
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Man, I was thinking about Home Alone for some reason when I read that and then I see that Daniel Stern is in it.
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Ehhhh...That kinda sucks. I hate it when Hollywood dips their fingers back in on these classics, but at least it's a direct to consumer sequel and not a remake.
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Oh my God, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (http://movies.yahoo.com/video/ymovies-6393699/christmas-story-2-trailer-30507222.html)
Burn in hell! That movie is the devil!
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Oh for the love of...my childhood is being raped all over again! >:(
Everyone involved with this movie should be ashamed of themselves.
Hopefully there is no cameo by the kid who went on to do porn...
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That seriously looks more like a bad spoof than some sort of sequel. At least they aren't attempting to glorify it with a theatrical release.
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Hopefully there is no cameo by the kid who went on to do porn...
Actually he looks so much like he did as a kid, he probably could play himself as a teenager... And I'm guessing he'd probably jump at the chance. I'd respect him more than any other person involved in that, at this point.
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Someone who shall remain nameless posted on my Facebook page..."It's the most beloved Christmas story of all time... and we're gonna ruin it for everyone." ::)
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"It's the most beloved Christmas story of all time... and we're gonna ruin it for everyone." ::)
Just like almost ever other sequel known to man.
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"It's the most beloved Christmas story of all time... and we're gonna ruin it for everyone." ::)
Just like almost ever other sequel known to man.
TESB is the only exception to that rule.
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And Godfather II.
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And the latest "thing I will pretend doesn't exist" is...
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This is right there with Christmas Vacation 2. Stay as far away from it as possible and maybe they will stop doing this to everyone....yuck
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I believe this travasty arrived at retail today....
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Thought I felt cold and uneasy today.
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I will probably watch this at least once...sad but true :-[
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I will probably watch this at least once...sad but true :-[
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no joke, my wife wanted me to rush out and buy this because she loves the first one so much. I told her I will get it in time via other methods...
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Huge display with this playing on big screen tv displays at my Walmart. I couldn't avoid it. Looks like it was filmed with a hand held video camera.
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Honestly, this thing would be a waste of a free code from Redbox. Simply horrendous.