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Flashback Cinema: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) (PG-13)

Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki

Release Date: December 1, 1989

Runtime: 1 hr. 37 mins.

Genre: Comedy

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

Synopsis

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