Fox aired a live production of the musical starring Matthew Broderick, Maya Rudolph and Jane Krakowski in 2017.īased on Jean Shepherd's autobiographical novel In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, A Christmas Story follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker's quest to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, against his mother's protestation, 'You'll shoot your eye out.' Along the way, numerous vignettes showcase Ralphie's life in 1940s Indiana. The marathon has since become an annual tradition on TBS and TNT. The film also earned glowing retrospective reviews from such critics as Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin and spawned a Broadway musical adaptation in 2012.

TNT aired a 24-hour marathon of A Christmas Story in 1997, with 12 back-to-back showings beginning Christmas Eve and ending Christmas Day. In the years since, however, its popularity has grown immensely, and the film is now a Christmas staple. The film ranked third at the box office its opening weekend and grossed only $55 million domestically during its theatrical run (number adjusted for inflation), though it won two Genie Awards (the Canadian equivalent of Oscars from 1980 to 2012) for best screenplay and best director (Bob Clark, known at the time for the raunchy comedy Porky's). Now a perennial holiday favorite, A Christmas Story was only a moderate success on its release the week before Thanksgiving, 35 years ago, on Nov.

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