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A Christmas Story: Bob Clark
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Initially overlooked as a sleeper film, A Christmas Story was released a week before Thanksgiving 1983 to moderate success, earning about $2 million in its first weekend.[6] Critics generally supported the film. Leonard Maltin proclaimed it a "Top screen comedy,"[7] while Roger Ebert proclaimed it "Funny and satirical...a sort of Norman Rockwell crossed with MAD magazine."[7] The film would go on to win two Genie Awards, for Bob Clark's screenplay and direction.[8] Years later, Ebert would re-evaluate the film, this time more favorably, writing that "some of the movie sequences stand as classic."[8] On December 24, 2007, AOL ranked the film their #1 Christmas movie of all time.[9]
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Whoever gets the credit, A Christmas Story was a surprise hit, grossing $18 million in the U.S. on a budget of only $4 million. It ... brought Clark Genie Awards (the Canadian version of the Oscar) for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
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From the AP wire:Film director Robert Clark, 67, best known for the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Story, was killed, as was his 22-year-old son, in a Wednesday car accident in Pacific Palisades. The two men were in an Infiniti that collided head-on with a GMC Yukon around 2:30 am/PT. The driver of the other car, Hector Velazquez-Nava, 24 — who was under the influence of alcohol and was driving without a license — was hospitalized and will be booked for investigation of gross vehicular manslaughter. A female passenger of Velazquez-Nava's was treated for minor injuries and released. read more
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A CHRISTMAS STORY (Warner Home Entertainment) Here's a wonderful early holiday gift, the 1983 comedy based on the writings of Jean Shepherd that has become a Yuletime viewing favorite. ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at Bob Bloom
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A Mexican national accused of causing the crash that killed ”A Christmas Story” director Bob Clark and his son will face deportation proceedings once the charges against him are resolved, officials said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put an immigration hold Wednesday on Hector Velazquez-Nava, a 24-year-old illegal immigrant living in
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Somehow usually tasteless director Bob Clark, whose specialty was fairly vile exploitation movies (PORKY'S and the even worse PORKY'S II: THE NEXT DAY), managed to make a totally charming and lovable Christmas film. ...read the complete Christmas Story movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
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