Celebrate Christmas in August!
2007 Rolling Roadshow Tour - A Christmas Story
Rated PG; 94min; Director:Bob Clark 
Location: Rolling Roadshow
This show is a part of the The 2007 Rolling Roadshow Tour Signature Series, Click to See More
UPDATE 8/5: We are going forward with the screening tonight, rain or shine. The weather is expected to break before showtime, but bring a rain poncho just in case! The snowmaking, however, has been cancelled due to the rain.
PLEASE NOTE: WE DO NOT PROVIDE CHAIRS FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN FOLDING/CAMPING CHAIRS FOR THE SCREENING!
The Film:
A Tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas...
A Christmas Story has become an annual holiday classic, one to revisit along with It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Deftly directed by the late Bob Clark and based on the childhood memoirs of humorist Jean Shepherd, A Christmas Story is filled with wry, deadly accurate and gently nostalgic comic sensibility that shines through in this kid's-eye-view of an all-American Christmas in the 1940s. All little Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) wants under the tree on Christmas morning is an Official Red Ryder 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. He not only wants it, he's consumed with an aching desire for it. Unfortunately, his mother (Melinda Dillon) repeatedly crushes his dreams with the familiar, harsh mantra: "You'll put your eye out!" The comic performance by the late, great Darren McGavin as Ralphie's "old man" is just one of the countless charms of this paragon of family comedy.
2007 Marked the untimely death of director Bob Clark, and we are dedicating this screening to his memory.
The Event:
In November of 2006, the Christmas Story House was renovated back to it's original movie glory and is now open for tours. To celebrate the opening of this slice of movie-geek heaven, we are co-presenting a "Christmas in August" celebration at the house.
Schedule:
Daytime - paid tours of the Christmas story House (note, this is an additional fee)
1:00 PM Optional autograph session with the stars
6:00-7:00 Red Ryder BB Gun shooting in the backyard
8:15 PM Lifebuoy competition (in front of the screen)
8:30 PM Introductions by cast members
8:45 PM Trailer reel
9:05 PM Movie begins
10:40 PM Movie Ends
10:40 PM Q&A begins
11:00 PM Q&A ends
11:15 PM After-Party begins
1:00 AM After-Party ends
Before the film we will feature a series of trailers for other vintage Christmas films and then on to the feature presentation. After the movie, stick around for a Q&A with cast members Zack Ward (Scut Farkus), Scotty Schwartz (Flick), Yano Anaya (Grover Dill) and Ian Petrella (Ralphie's little brother Randy). .
Following the screenings, select attendees will be invited to join the cast for roast Duck and cocktails at the Dewar's Christmas Story after-party at C&Y Chinese Restaurant, the Chinese Restaurant from the movie. Scroll down to purchase a VIP ticket which includes admission to the after-party.
Screening Address:
The Christmas Story House
1103 Rowley
Cleveland, OH
Sponsored by:
The Christmas Story House
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, offering special Christmas Story accommodation packages. The Renaissance is the official hotel of the Christmas Story House and shares the block with another Christmas Story shooting location, Higbee's Department Store. The special Renaissance accomodation package includes a Christmas Story goodie bag and shuttle transportation to and from the screening. Click here for more details
Dewar's White Label, sponsors of the after-party.
Check out our incredible, limited edition silkscreened Roadshow Tour 2007 posters HERE!
Rolling Roadshow Tour FAQ
A CHRISTMAS STORY event article in The Cleveland Plains Dealer
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Show Specials:
- VIP Reserved Seat: Admission to this show is free, but seating is limited. We are offering a small number of VIP seats to this event. VIPs will receive a limited edition hand-silkscreened Christmas Story event poster, a reserved prime-seating spot at the screening and an invitation to the after-party. The Christmas Story poster is being designed by Jay Ryan, who created the 2005 Close Encounters poster. View the Christmas Story poster here. Note: hard tickets will not be mailed, your name will be on a will-call list at the event.
Purchase VIP Reserved Seat
Kid Policy: All Ages will be allowed at all screenings of this show.
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