The holiday classic ‘A Christmas Story’ is now being considered historically significant and will be preserved in the Library of Congress.
Bob Clark’s classic ‘A Christmas Story’ is one of 25 new films selected for preservation into the National Film Registry. The registry was created in 1989 by Congress to memorialize films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
‘A Christmas Story’ will join other notable favorites like ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, ‘Dirty Harry’, ‘A League of Their Own’ and ‘Slacker’.
The 25 selected films brings the number of inducted movies in the registry up to 600 films.
Be sure to catch ‘A Christmas Story’ marathon on TBS starting Dec. 24th at 8/7c.
Below is the full list of films added to the National Film Registry in 2012:
‘3:10 to Yuma’ (1957)
‘Anatomy of a Murder’ (1959)
‘The Augustas’ (1930s-1950s)
‘Born Yesterday’ (1950)
‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ (1961)
‘A Christmas Story’ (1983)
‘The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight’ (1897)
‘Dirty Harry’ (1971)
‘Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2″ (1980-82)
‘The Kidnappers Foil’ (1930s-1950s)
‘Kodachrome Color Motion Picture Tests’ (1922)
‘A League of Their Own’ (1992)
‘The Matrix’ (1999)
‘The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair’ (1939)
‘One Survivor Remembers’ (1995)
‘Parable’ (1964)
‘Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia’ (1990)
‘Slacker’ (1991)
‘Sons of the Desert’ (1933)
‘The Spook Who Sat by the Door’ (1973)
‘They Call It Pro Football’ (1967)
‘The Times of Harvey Milk’ (1984)
‘Two-Lane Blacktop’ (1971)
‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ (1914)
‘The Wishing Ring; An Idyll of Old England’ (1914)
