Yes, this is one of my childhood favorites and I know it's not christmasy but it still is in my list. The child catcher alone is worth watching. And having had the pleasure of riding in the original car while in London, it's even more magical! If you don't know the story, it revolves around a crackpot inventor, Caracticus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) and his 2 kids struggling to keep the windmill running and support Grandpa. He buys an old race car and transforms it into a car that flies, floats, and is coveted by the evil Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria (Gert Frobe). The land does not allow children so the evil Queen (Anna Quayle) Sends out the Child Catcher (Robert Helpmann).
And He is still one of the top ten scariest movie characters to this day!Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes) rounds off the cast
as the love interest. Fun and silly and some memorable music numbers. Look for Benny Hill too!
I also love to watch the now classic A Christmas Story!
This was a quietly ignored film that didn't do well when it came out in 1983 but came to be a standard christmas film every christmas on VHS and now DVD which people are finding and word of mouth is spreading to make the film a top cult favorite.
The time is the 1940's and Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) is trying to hint at his parents to buy him the Red Rider bb gun but all he gets from them and his teacher is "You'll shoot your eye out!"
Darren McGavin and Mellinda Dillon are wonderful as his parents and the supporting cast is really well cast!
There is even a huge cult following that has made props you can buy from the show like the famous leg lamp, or as they call it, a major award! A warm and funny film, this is great viewing for the whole family. The only sad thing about this is the director Bob Clark was tragically killed in a car accident with his son by a drunk driver so I support this film and the following it has brought to the Christmas holidays and throughout the year!
And of course the ultimate classic A Charlie Brown Christmas!
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awsome movie(the christmas storie) It is nice to run across and english blog about something other than mundane cheap homemade clothing, or what is new with the walters family this year. Kool page keep stuff new.
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