National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a 1989 American Christmas slapstick comedy film and the third installment in National Lampoon magazine's Vacation film series. Christmas Vacation was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, written and co-produced by John Hughes, and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Randy Quaid with supporting roles by Miriam Flynn, William Hickey, Mae Questel (in her final film role before her death in 1998), Diane Ladd, John Randolph, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Juliette Lewis, and Johnny Galecki.
Plot
Chicago-area resident Clark Griswold intends to have a great Christmas with his entire family. He drives his wife Ellen and children Audrey and Rusty out to the country to find a tree, ultimately choosing the largest one they can find. Realizing too late that they did not bring any tools to cut down the tree, they are forced to uproot it instead. Clark's holiday plans inadvertently cause steadily escalating chaos for the family's yuppie neighbors, Todd and Margo Chester (Nicholas Guest and Julia Louis Dreyfus).
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| author | John Hughes |
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| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| editor | Gerald B. Greenberg Michael A. Stevenson |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | bicker bonus bonus payment brownout change of heart christmas bonus christmas eve christmas star christmas tree cigar electrocute electrocution escalate force gas explosion power shortage recreational vehicle rottweiler rv santa claus senile sewage treatment plant sing star of bethlehem storm drain swat swat team swimming pool the star-spangled banner yuppie |
| musicBy | Angelo Badalamenti |
| producer | John Hughes Tom Jacobson |
| productionCompany | Hughes Entertainment |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Long Beach |
| theme | black comedy sequel slapstick urban |