HD DVD - The Look and Sound of Perfect

• Commentary

  By Peter Billingsley and director/co-writer Bob Clark

• Daisy Red Ryder: A History

  A look at this popular Christmas gift, its origin, how it is made and why it is still popular today.

• Another Christmas Story

  Peter Billingsley narrates this 20th anniversary documentary about how a low-budget movie became a king-size yuletide classic.

• Script Pages

  Not all of the scenes made the final cut of this film. Here is a scripted peek at one of them.

• Get a Leg Up

  A humorous peek at the making of the leg lamp.

• Radio

  Radio readings by Jean Shepherd, from his book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.

• Trailers

  Theatrical Trailer, Leg Lamp Spot

“Charming. Consistently funny. Full of delightful, recognizable episodes.” -Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic
The Christmas spirit isn’t served up with more heartfelt warmth or observant hilarity than in this beloved adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s holiday story. In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle. But when gruff dad (Darren McGavin) and doting mom (Melinda Dillon) regularly respond with “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Ralphie mounts a full-scale, hint-dropping, Santa-begging campaign. He also endures a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the yellow-eyed Scotty Farkus affair to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit. We triple-dog-dare you to unwrap a this Yuletide classic!