Peter Billingsley spoke to the media about his time in Cleveland filming the iconic 1983 movie, “A Christmas Story.” He and other cast members are set to return in a few weeks for an expo to commemorate the film’s 40th anniversary.
Peter Billingsley spoke to Cleveland media about his time in Cleveland filming the iconic 1983 movie, “A Christmas Story.” He and other cast members are set to return in a few weeks for an expo to commemorate the film’s 40th anniversary. He spoke on a Zoom interview Thursday.CLEVELAND, Ohio – Next month, Ralphie is coming back to Cleveland. But he won’t need an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot range model air rifle.
He also remembered it was really cold, but there wasn’t much snow. That posed a challenge for director Bob Clark. So local fire departments brought a fire-deterrent foam substance, clearly visible in many of the scenes outside of the Parker home on Cleveland Street, Billingsley said. For the opening sequence of a vibrant downtown near Higbee’s – one of Billingsley’s favorite memories of the filming - Clark called car clubs. He needed old cars – classic, expensive and hard to get. And it was cold.They came together, as did city and state officials, extras and other supporters.
“I saw a standee - a cardboard cutout - of me,” he said. “I was, ‘What is this?’ I went up to the video guy – ‘This was a movie I did almost 10 years ago.’Looking back, it’s more than the film’s cult status that Billingsley remembers. Clark, he said, “was the greatest mentor I had.” It’s not the only artifact he has from the film. Fortunately, Billingsley said, his mom was good about gathering mementos. He has the original bunny suit and BB gun locked in a vault. He also owns the cowboy suit Ralphie wore in one of the film’s creative dream sequences.
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