![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The new Daisy BB guns have a muzzle velocity higher than that of some police revolvers, and are not to be sold to anyone under 16. The innocence of kids' radio programs has been replaced by slick, ironic children's programming on TV. Kids are no longer left unattended in the line for Santa. Ebert followed up his original 1983 review with a 2000 retrospective in which he wrote, “In a poignant way, "A Christmas Story" records a world that no longer quite exists in America. In the years since, the film has gained an immense following (thanks to repeated showings on television), quickly becoming a family tradition for many and earning the top spot on many publications’ “Best Christmas Movie” lists. It was originally released in the holiday season of 1983 and, despite the praises of Roger Ebert, underperformed at the box office. ![]() Additionally, somewhere in the middle of all that, he directed everyone’s favorite Christmas Eve background film - the perpetually looped-on-TBS classic, A Christmas Story. Sure, he made the Baby Genius flicks and he was guilty of putting Rhinestone on celluloid, but he made the best holiday horror of all time (Black Christmas), one of the definitive teen sex comedies of all time (Porky’s). Bob Clark had a rollercoaster career directing films. ![]()
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