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A Christmas Story – Behind the Scenes
Both “It’s A Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Story” tie for the first place on favorite Christmas Movies of all time. Air1 mentioned about these two Christmas movies on the air in 2018.
“A Christmas Story” follows a 1940’s Indiana family anchored by Ralphie, the cynical but lovable schoolboy played by actor Peter Billingsley. The movie was based on autobiographical tales penned by author and radio personality Jean Shepherd, who narrates the film.
- The movie was a low-budget film that used virtually no special effects. It also used tracking shots instead of Steadicam.
- The setting for the movie is based on Shepherd’s hometown of Hammond, Indiana. Shepherd grew up on Cleveland Street and went to Warren G. Harding Elementary School. However, the movie was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The house from the movie still stands in Cleveland. Part of the decision to film in Cleveland stems from the willingness of Higbee’s department store to allow crews to film inside the store.
- Darren McGavin played Ralphie’s father, a role he won over Jack Nicholson. McGavin might have won the role because of Nicholson’s typically large salary demands.
- For the scene in which “Flick’s” tongue sticks to the flagpole, a hidden suction tube was used to safely create the illusion that his tongue had frozen to the metal.
- Three leg lamps were made for the movie, and all three broke during filming.
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First published December 11, 2018. Last updated or republished December 17, 2019.
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