Flashback Cinema: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is determined to have a "good old-fashioned family Christmas," but Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) and a house full of wacky relatives don't make it easy. Chase and Quaid are joined by fellow Saturday Night Live alumni Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brian Doyle-Murray. Beverly D'Angelo is Clark's always supportive wife, Ellen. ("We checked every bulb, didn't we?"). Rated PG-13
GENRE: Comedy
MPAA RATING:
PG-13
RUN TIME: 1h 37m
RELEASE DATE: December 01, 1989
STARRING: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, John Randolph
DIRECTOR(S): Jeremiah S. Chechik
PRODUCER(S): John Hughes, Tom Jacobson
WRITER(S): John Hughes
STUDIO: Warner Bros.