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Writer:
Jean Shepherd (writer)
Release Date:
6 August 1988 (USA) more
Plot:
It's summertime in Holman, Indiana, and 14-year-old Ralph Parker can't wait to get his first job. His friends Schwartz and Flick are less enthusiastic... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Loved it! more (10 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Jason Clarke Adams | ... | Randy Parker |
| Dorothy Chiesa | ... | Animal Shelter Assistant |
| Robert J. Colonna | ... | John |
| Arnie Cox | ... | Ace |
| Craig Dawson | ... | Lennie |
| Desmond Dhooge | ... | Ollie Hopnoodle |
| Ross Eldridge | ... | Schwartz |
| John William Galt | ... | Grannie of Grannie's Old Log Cabins |
| Peter Gerety | ... | Gertz |
| Leslie Harrell | ... | Mrs. Kissel |
| Cameron Johann | ... | Flick |
| Edward Logan | ... | Johnson |
 | Dorothy Lyman | ... | Ralph's Mother |
| Bill McDonald | ... | Cop |
| W. Clapham Murray | ... | Archie |
 | Jerry O'Connell | ... | Ralph Parker |
 | Marjorie O'Neill-Butler | ... | Clerk |
| Peyton E. Park | ... | Gas Station Attendant |
| Martin Rayner | ... | Chauffeur |
| Jean Shepherd | ... | Mr. Scott (the Boss) / Narrator |
| James Sikking | ... | Ralph's Old Man |
| Annabelle Weenick | ... | Colette |
| Frank T. Wells | ... | Zudoc |
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USA:89 min
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The dog Fuzzhead was portrayed by Jean Shepherd's real-life dog Daphne. more
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Anachronisms: Near the end when the family is stopped at a railroad crossing, the caboose on the train is Burlington Northern, which wasn't formed until 1971. more
Quotes:
[the family just stopped for Ralph's mother to look at house rugs]
Old Man:
[to himself] Just once, I'd like to get to Ollie's before dark. Just once!
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Follows The Phantom of the Open Hearth (1976) (TV) more
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This is a great movie. I am surprised, given how popular the Christmas Story is, that they have not released this to DVD as a sequel. I wish I could get a copy to show my kids, but have never been able to find it. Many favorite lines that we can relate to, e.g. when the family kinds a junky gift shop, "somehow, things that you would never buy at home, when you are on vacation, they make sense!" The movie has the same slow-paced, Garrison-Keillor-type wry humor that the Christmas Story has. It has the same nostalgic sense that times of blue-collar kitsch were silly, but also there was something noble about the attempt of the working man to create beauty.