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It Runs in the Family is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Bob Clark released in USA on 23 september 1994 with Charles Grodin
It Runs in the Family (1994)
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Add to a movie listMy Summer Story, originally released in theaters as It Runs in the Family, is a 1994 film that follows the further adventures of Ralphie Parker and his family from the holiday hit A Christmas Story. Like the previous film, it is based on semi-autobiographical stories by Jean Shepherd, primarily from his book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.
The opening of It Runs in the Family makes direct reference to the events of A Christmas Story, and the ending narration strongly parallels that of the earlier film. However, because the cast of the original film had aged to the point where they no longer fit their roles, the sequel was entirely recast, with the exception of Tedde Moore, who returns as Ralphie's teacher, Miss Shields. Charles Grodin stars as the Old Man (Ralphie's father), Mary Steenburgen plays Ralphie's mother, and Kieran Culkin plays Ralphie. Shepherd provided the narration, just as he had done for A Christmas Story.
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The film has several plot lines, one each for Ralphie, his father and his mother, followed by one involving Ralphie and his dad on a fishing trip. Ralphie's quest for most of the movie is to find a top tough enough to knock a bully's top out of a chalk circle in a game of "Kill". Meanwhile, Ralphie's dad has a series of skirmishes with his hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpuses, and all forty-three Bloodhounds named Big Red. The Old Man calls in Barkley, the family dog, to distract the Bumpuses' hounds when the Old Man comes home from work; when he gets out of the car, he accidentally steps in dog poop. Ralphie's mom would like to finally get something other than a Ronald Colman gravy boat on dish night at the local cinema. Scut, the main bully, is demoted, with a new head bully ruling over him.Actors
Charles Grodin
(Mr. Parker (The Old Man))
Kieran Culkin
(Ralph "Ralphie" Parker)
Mary Steenburgen
(Mrs. Parker (Mother))
Glenn Shadix
(Leopold Doppler)
Troy Evans
(The Old Man's fishing buddy)
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