National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Yule crack up!
97 min
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
- Release date
- December 1, 1989
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Budget
- $27,000,000
- Box office
- $74,542,088
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Christmas Vacation (SFX) · Mavis Staples2:54
- Movie Dialogue 'Take it Russ' · Chevy Chase & Beverly D'Angelo0:29
- Hey, Santa Claus · The Moonglows2:26
- Movie Dialogue 'Clark's Asskiss Remark' · Chevy Chase & Brian Doyle Murray0:26
- That Spirit of Christmas · Ray Charles5:06
- Movie Dialogue 'Shitter was full'/Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer · Randy Quaid & Angelo Badalamenti0:41
- Christmas Vacation Suite · Angelo Badalamenti5:03
- Movie Dialogue 'Aunt Bethany's Arrival' · Movie Cast2:16
- Halleluiah Chorus (from Handel's Messiah) · Oratorio Society of New York3:37
- Movie Dialogue 'Feeding the dog at the table' · Movie Cast0:39
- Mele Kalikimaka · Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters2:55
- Movie Dialogue 'Clark explodes' · Movie Cast1:36
Cast
- Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold
- Beverly D'Angelo as Ellen Griswold
- Juliette Lewis as Audrey Griswold
- Johnny Galecki as Rusty Griswold
- John Randolph as Clark Griswold Sr.
- Diane Ladd as Nora Griswold
- E.G. Marshall as Art Smith
- Doris Roberts as Frances Smith
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Margo Chester
- Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie Johnson
- Miriam Flynn as Cousin Catherine Johnson
- Mae Questel as Aunt Bethany
- Nicholas Guest as Todd Chester
- Cody Burger as Rocky
- Ellen Latzen as Ruby Sue
- William Hickey as Uncle Lewis
- Sam McMurray as Bill
- Nicolette Scorsese as Mary
- Keith MacKechnie as Delivery Boy
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Frank Shirley
- Natalija Nogulich as Helen Shirley
- Tony Epper as Bozo #1
- Alexander Folk as SWAT Officer
- Jeremy Roberts as Cop
Crew
- Jeremiah S. Chechik · Director
- John Hughes · Writer
- John Hughes · Producer
- Tom Jacobson · Producer
- Angelo Badalamenti · Composer
- Thomas E. Ackerman · Cinematographer
- Gerald B. Greenberg · Editor
- Michael A. Stevenson · Editor
- Risa Bramon Garcia · Casting director
- Billy Hopkins · Casting director
- Heidi Levitt · Casting director
- Stephen Marsh · Production designer