Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 12/01/1989(USA)
Release Date: 10/30/2007
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DDS/DD1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Chevy Chase, star of National Lampoon's Vacation and its sequel, is back as the paterfamilias of the Griswold family (including Beverly D'Angelo as his missus) to skewer the Yuletide season. Chevy mugs, trips, falls, mashes his fingers and stubs his toes as he prepares to invite numerous dysfunctional relatives to his household to celebrate Christmas. Amidst the more outrageous sight gags (including the electrocution of a cat as the Christmas tree is lit) the film betrays a sentimental streak, with old wounds healing and long-estranged relatives reuniting in the Griswold living room. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was still capable of attracting an audience five years after its release: It was one of the top-rated seasonal TV specials of 1994, outrating even the first network telecast of It's a Wonderful Life.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Chevy Chase - Clark W. Griswold, Jr.
Beverly D'Angelo - Ellen Griswold
Randy Quaid - Cousin Eddie
Diane Ladd - Nora Griswold
John Randolph - Clark W. Griswold Sr.
E.G. Marshall - Art, Ellen's Father
Doris Roberts - Francis
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Margo Chester
Mae Questel - Aunt Bethany
William Hickey - Uncle Lewis
Brian Doyle-Murray - Frank Shirley
Juliette Lewis - Audrey Griswold
Johnny Galecki - Rusty Griswold
Nicholas Guest - Todd Chester
Miriam Flynn - Catherine, Eddie's Wife
Ellen Hamilton Latzen - Ruby Sue

Production:
Jeremiah S. Chechik - Director
John Hughes Tom Jacobson - Co Producer
Angelo Badalamenti - Composer
Jerry Greenberg Michael A. Stevenson - Editor
John Hughes - Screen Writer
Lisa Fischer - Set Designer
Beala Neel - Art Director
Mauri Syd Gayton - Associate Producer
William S. Beasley - Associate Producer
Douglas H. Knapp - Camera Operator
Billy Hopkins - Casting
Heidi Levitt - Casting
Thomas E. Ackerman - Cinematographer
Michael Kaplan - Costume Designer
Matty Simmons - Executive Producer
Lee C. Harman - Makeup
Stephen Marsh - Production Designer
James R. Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer
Allen Hall - Special Effects
Risa Bramon - Casting

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