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Love 'A Christmas Story'? Visit Cleveland!
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I was one of the dozen people who actually saw A Christmas Story in a movie theater in 1983 when the movie was first released. I was just the right age to have read a bunch of Jean Shepherd's stories and wanted to see the adaptation. I liked the film well enough, but over the years, I've watched everyone go ga-ga over the movie. If you are a big fan of Ralphie and his family -- and I know some of you out there sit through a surprisingly large portion of TNT's annual 24-hour marathon of the film -- perhaps you might want to include Cleveland in your future travel plans.Although A Christmas Story is set in a small Indiana town, the film was shot in Cleveland and Ontario. The Cleveland house that was used as the Parkers' family home is currently being restored to match the 1940s look of the movie as much as possible. The new owner,
According to TMZ, Jones is a big fan of the movie who started a business selling copies of the film's notorious leg lamps, which have helped fund the house's restoration. (My siblings and I have been very tempted to buy one for my parents, but so far we've been restrained by good taste.) The restored house/museum will open on Nov. 25, just in time for the holidays. Actors from the film will be on hand for the grand opening. The Christmas Story House project has its own website if you want more details for your next vacation.
Cleveland Artist's Work to be Featured in Spidey 3
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I think little behind the scenes/human interest stories are fascinating, and in that spirit I share the following story with you, the reader. There's a 64-year-old woman who lives in Cleveland, Ohio named Denise Buckley. Denise is an art teacher at a place called Hawken School; and aside from the always cool occupation of teaching sculpting Denise has another great way of impressing people at cocktail parties -- her artwork has been featured in both of the previous Spider-Man flicks. And she's not done yet; her work has been commissioned for the third film as well. In fact, five copies of four different sculptures created by Ms. Buckley have been requested (made from clay and painted to look bronze), because they're going to get very destroyed by major fight scenes. This will mark the first time her work has been destroyed by a super-hero -- it's only ever been on display in the background of the Osborn residence previously.If I were good enough to sculpt anything, you can bet I'd consider getting my artwork destroyed by Spider-Man reaching the height of my craft. Ms. Buckley is pretty pleased with it, as well. She says her students are always impressed that her artwork appears in cool movies.
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