[BIC-announce] FW: [NEURO] Reminder - Neuro Holiday film showing of 'A Christmas Story' - TODAY at 12:00

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

TODAY, the Neuro Film series brings to the screen and the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre of the Neuro, A Christmas Story. It is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd. Shepherd's wry, deadly accurate, and gently nostalgic comic sensibility shines through in this kid's-eye view of an all-American Christmas in the 1940s.

All little Ralphie wants under the tree on Christmas morning is a Daisy Brand Red-Ryder BB rifle. He not only wants it, he's consumed with an aching desire for it. Unfortunately, his mother repeatedly crushes his dreams with the familiar, harsh mantra: "You'll shoot your eye out!" Among the movie's highlights are a surrealistic visit with little brother Randy to a department store Santa, and the childlike mixture of delight, pride, and awe with which Ralphie's dad takes possession of a spectacularly gaudy prize he's won in a radio contest. Darren McGavin playing Ralphie's dad gives us a terrific performance of his splendid comic work as a middle-aged-kid-turned-patriarch who alternates between grown-up temper tantrums and unabashed juvenile joy.

The movie is free and snacks including wraps & popcorn are available for purchase.

We hope you'll join us to see A Christmas Story which has become an annual holiday classic. Everyone is welcome!

All films take place at: The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 3801 University Street, Jeanne Timmins amphitheatre.

For more information contact: debbie.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca<mailto:debbie.rashcovsky at mcgill.ca> or 514-398-6047 or go to www.neuroevents.mcgill.ca<http://www.neuroevents.mcgill.ca>

We look forward to seeing you there!



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