"Benjamin "Bob" Clark" was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the 1983 Christmas film A Christmas Story. Although he worked primarily in the United States, from 1973 to 1983 he worked in Canada and was responsible for some of most successful films in Canadian history such as Black Christmas (1974 film)/Black Christmas (1974), Murder by Decree (1979), Tribute (1980 film)/Tribute (1980), and Porky's (1982).

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[The Economist wrote,] Then there is Lewis and Clark, always a trump card in Montana. ... 'almost a slap in the face' for this year's bicentennial celebration.

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I wanted to start with the Hollywood part, a la 'Sunset Boulevard,' ... We needed to know something about these people. ... Then let's go back and see how she got to this state.

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It did $20 million.

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It's only two games. We know where we are at in the world.

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We've been doing a lot of outings. Attendance has been great.

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Another 200 people showed up; 200 people came out of the blue just because they'd heard about it. There was a standing ovation at the end of the movie.

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[The film was completed by 2002 and screened at several festivals, winning awards in Atlantic City and Palm Springs, Calif. It had distribution offers, including one from one of the] classic ... simply had not had a good track record.

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Clearly it was the first film to treat the sexual coming of age of young men. It horrified some people, but it also had some very strong supporters.

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We challenged them. We said, 'Let's build on it and keep the intensity up' and they did.

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