{"id":17181,"date":"2022-11-13T16:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T16:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/did-you-know-the-movie-already-has-its-own-cinematic-universe\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T16:53:23","slug":"did-you-know-the-movie-already-has-its-own-cinematic-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/did-you-know-the-movie-already-has-its-own-cinematic-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know the Movie Already Has Its Own Cinematic Universe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Some Christmas tales are timeless classics. Ebenezer Scrooge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/a-christmas-carol-1984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learns the which means of the vacation<\/a> by the use of ghastly guests. The Grinch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goes from Christmas thief to hero of Whoville<\/a>. Buddy the Elf spreads Christmas cheer by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/elf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">singing loud for all to listen to<\/a>. And Ralphie Parker yearns for an official Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the 1983 film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/a-christmas-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Christmas Story<\/a><\/em> is a necessary entry within the Christmastime cinematic canon. It\u2019s additionally a vacation custom, particularly as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/tnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TNT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/tbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TBS<\/a> have proven the film in 24-hour marathons commonly on Christmas Eve for years \u2014 with tens of millions of TV viewers rooting for Ralphie (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/peter-billingsley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Billingsley<\/a>), youthful brother Randy (Ian Petrella), and oldsters Mrs. Parker (Melinda Dillon) and \u201cOld Man\u201d Parker (Darren McGavin).<\/p>\n<p>But you is likely to be stunned to know that <em>A Christmas Story<\/em> wasn\u2019t the primary time that Ralphie was seen onscreen, and it actually gained\u2019t be the final: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/hbo-max\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> is continuous the household saga with the November 17 film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/a-christmas-story-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Christmas Story Christmas<\/a><\/em>, with the now-adult Billingsley returning to his childhood position.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"EIaYVohZJuY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Christmas Story: Meeting Santa (Clip) | TBS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIaYVohZJuY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Christmas Story<\/em> buffs may know by now, the 1983 film relies on the semi-autobiographical tales of radio persona Jean Shepherd, which he shared by way of broadcasts from Manhattan\u2019s WOR radio station between 1955 and 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd\u2019s pal Donald Fagen wrote for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2015\/12\/jean-shepherd-the-man-who-told-a-christmas-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slate<\/a><\/em> in 2015 that the tales fell into 4 classes: Depression-era tales primarily based on Shepherd\u2019s childhood in Hammond, IN; tales from his service with the Signal Corps throughout World War II; anecdotes from his post-war profession in radio and TV; and at last, reflections on fashionable life.<\/p>\n<p>And it was the primary class\u2019s tales that may be most acquainted to <em>Christmas Story<\/em> followers, Fagen wrote. \u201cThese stories featured his manic father (\u2018the old man\u2019); his mother (always standing over the sink in \u2018a yellow rump-sprung chenille bathrobe with bits of dried egg on the lapel\u2019); his kid brother, Randy, and assorted pals, bullies, beauties, and other neighborhood types,\u201d the Steely Dan singer added.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"uIsgSQvsRj8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Christmas Story: Triple Dog Dare (Clip) | TBS\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uIsgSQvsRj8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>(The web site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flicklives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flick Lives<\/a>, run by Shepherd historian Jim Clavin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flicklives.com\/index.php?pg=350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catalogs the real-life inspirations<\/a> for characters from <em>A Christmas Story<\/em> and different Shepherd tales. According to the web site, Flick was impressed by Shepherd\u2019s greatest pal Jack Flickinger; Schwartz was an analog for the humorist\u2019s pal Paul L. R. Schwarz; Shepherd did certainly have a trainer named Miss Shields.)<\/p>\n<p>As <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2016\/11\/how-a-christmas-story-became-an-american-tradition?redirectURL=https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2016\/11\/how-a-christmas-story-became-an-american-tradition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a><\/em> reported, Shepherd ultimately put his tales to paper after being urged to take action by Shel Silverstein, the kids\u2019s poet and <em>Playboy<\/em> cartoonist, and Lois Nettleton, an actress who was Shepherd\u2019s second spouse. As a consequence, almost two dozen of Shepherd\u2019s tales ran in <em>Playboy<\/em>, and in 1966, the radio host launched his best-selling assortment of tales <em>In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Then got here <em>A Christmas Story<\/em>. Filmmaker Bob Clark bought the concept for the film in 1968, when he heard certainly one of Shepherd\u2019s monologues on the radio, a narrative a few boy who places his tongue on a frozen steel pole on a dare. (Sound acquainted?)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/filmeditor-christmas-movies-a-story-xUPOqtMLKm2Nwt2wXS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/xUPOqtMLKm2Nwt2wXS\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"A Christmas Story GIF by filmeditor - Find &amp; Share on GIPHY\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That monologue held Clark rapt, a lot in order that he was 45 minutes late for a date as a result of he needed to listen to the top of the story. \u201cI will do a movie of this man\u2019s work,\u201d Clark thought to himself, per <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Trouble was, studios didn\u2019t need to finance the movie Clark had in thoughts. It was solely after Clark directed the profitable 1981 intercourse comedy <em>Porky\u2019s<\/em> that MGM took a wager on the director\u2019s concept for a nostalgic Christmas film. Clark lastly had a inexperienced mild for <em>A Christmas Story<\/em>, greater than a decade after listening to Shepherd\u2019s monologue on the radio. He wrote the script with Shepherd and Leigh Brown, Shepherd\u2019s third spouse, and the remainder is vacation historical past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/filmeditor-christmas-movies-a-story-3otPoq5NxDmzAFYebK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/3otPoq5NxDmzAFYebK\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Santa Claus GIF by filmeditor - Find &amp; Share on GIPHY\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A Christmas Story<\/em>, nonetheless, is only one installment in what has change into to be referred to as the Parker Family Saga. Shepherd wrote and narrated two TV films that got here earlier than: 1976\u2019s <em>The Phantom of the Open Hearth<\/em> and 1982\u2019s <em>The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters<\/em>, the latter of which had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/matt-dillon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Dillion<\/a> taking part in Ralphie. Shepherd additionally wrote and narrated two TV films that got here after <em>A Christmas Story<\/em>: 1985\u2019s <em>The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski<\/em> and 1988\u2019s <em>Ollie Hopnoodle\u2019s Haven of Bliss<\/em>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jerry-oconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry O\u2019Connell<\/a> taking part in Ralphie within the latter.<\/p>\n<p>And in 1994 got here a big-screen sequel to <em>A Christmas Story<\/em>, one other movie Clark directed and co-wrote with Shepherd and Brown: <em>It Runs within the Family<\/em>, later referred to as <em>My Summer Story<\/em>, that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/kieran-culkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kieran Culkin<\/a> as Ralphie and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/mary-steenburgen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary Steenburgen<\/a> and Charles Grodin as his dad and mom.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Christmas Story<\/em>\u2019s legacy additionally expanded with a stage musical adaptation, which ran on Broadway in 2012 and 2013, and the following 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/fox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox<\/a> particular, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/a-christmas-story-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Christmas Story Live!<\/a><\/em>, which featured the expertise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/maya-rudolph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Rudolph<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/matthew-broderick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Broderick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jane-krakowski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane Krakowski<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/andy-walken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Walken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"e0snO6g1tdY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Christmas Story Christmas | Official Trailer | Max\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e0snO6g1tdY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now comes <em>A Christmas Story Christmas<\/em> \u2014 \u201cand this time, Ralphie is all grown up and must deal with Christmas and all that comes with it\u2026 as a dad,\u201d HBO Max teases. Billingsley as soon as once more portrays Ralphie, alongside different actors reprising their elements from the 1983 unique: Scott Schwartz as Flick, R.D. Robb as Schwartz, Ian Petrella as Randy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/zack-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zack Ward<\/a> as Scut Farkus.<\/p>\n<p>And with <em>A Christmas Story<\/em>\u2019s enduring enchantment, HBO Max will hardly must \u201ctriple-dog dare\u201d followers to observe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Christmas Story Christmas<\/em>, Movie Premiere, Thursday, November 17, HBO Max<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Some Christmas tales are timeless classics. Ebenezer Scrooge learns the which means of the vacation by the use of ghastly guests. The Grinch goes from Christmas thief to hero of Whoville. Buddy the Elf spreads Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to listen to. And Ralphie Parker yearns for an official Red Ryder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}