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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) [PG-13]

Release Date:
November 30, 1989

Original Title:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Alternate Titles:
Christmas Vacation
Christmas Vacation 1
Hilfe, es Weihnachtet sehr
Hjelp, det er juleferie!
Le sapin a les boules
National Lampoon Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Schöne Bescherung
National Lampoon's Vacation 3: Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Winter Holiday
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
S.O.S. Ya es Navidad
Un Natale esplosivo
Vacaciones de invierno
Vacaciones de navidad
Vacances de Nadal d'una boja família americana
Різдвяний відпочинок

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Hughes Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 14  CA: PG  DE: 6  DK: A  GB: 12  IE: PG  NL: 6  PL: 16  SE: 7  SK: 12  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 97

Yule crack up!

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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.

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Production

ADR Editor:
Joe Gilbert

Animation:
Ralph Eggleston
Tony Fucile
Dave Woodman
Bill Kroyer
Mark M. Pompian
Bob Scott
Dennis Venizelos

Art Direction:
Beala Neel

Assistant Camera:
Kirk Bales
Ann Lukacs

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Mike Amorelli

Assistant Editor:
Carlyn Montes De Oca
Kathryn Camp

Assistant Location Manager:
Stephen Andrzejewski

Assistant Property Master:
David P. Newell

Associate Producer:
Ramey E. Ward
William S. Beasley
Mauri Syd Gayton

Best Boy Grip:
Charles John Bukey

Boom Operator:
Greg Agalsoff

Cableman:
John Agalsoff Jr.

Camera Operator:
Douglas Knapp

Casting:
Billy Hopkins
Risa Bramon Garcia
Heidi Levitt

Casting Assistant:
Juel Bestrop

Chief Lighting Technician:
Kevin Kelley
Bill Silic

Conductor:
Shirley Walker

Construction Coordinator:
Richard Dean Rankin
S. Bruce Wineinger
Kenneth J. Gagnon Sr.

Costume Design:
Michael Kaplan

Costume Supervisor:
Eddie Marks
Mari Grimaud

Director:
Jeremiah S. Chechik

Director of Photography:
Thomas E. Ackerman

Dolly Grip:
Kurt Young

Editor:
Gerald B. Greenberg
Michael A. Stevenson

Electrician:
Albert Hood

Executive Producer:
Daniel Grodnik
Matty Simmons

Extras Casting:
Franklyn Warren

First Assistant Camera:
Tama Takahashi
David L. Parrish
William Coss

First Assistant Director:
Matt Earl Beesley

First Assistant Sound Editor:
Karen Baker Landers

Foley Artist:
Gary A. Hecker
Edward Steidele

Gaffer:
Bill Silic

Greensman:
Neil David Pontecorvo

Hairstylist:
Kaye Pownall
Stephen Robinette

Key Grip:
Ted Rhodes
Scott M. Robinson

Leadman:
John Rozman

Location Manager:
Robert C. Decker
Thomas J. Busch

Makeup Artist:
Lee Harman

Music Editor:
Jim Harrison

Music Supervisor:
Ron Payne

Orchestrator:
Andrew Barrett
Angelo Badalamenti
Charles Samek

Original Music Composer:
Angelo Badalamenti

Producer:
John Hughes
Tom Jacobson

Production Design:
Stephen Marsh

Production Illustrator:
David J. Negrón Jr.

Property Master:
Timothy W. Tiedje
Barbara Adamski

Scoring Mixer:
Franklin Jones Jr.
Robert Fernandez

Screenplay:
John Hughes

Script Supervisor:
Marcia 'Mavis' Girard

Second Assistant Camera:
John Wagner
Craig Asato

Second Assistant Director:
Frank Capra III

Second Second Assistant Director:
Vicki Jackson-Lemay
Bryan Denegal

Second Unit Director:
Charlie Picerni

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Eric Engler

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Eric Jewett

Set Costumer:
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell

Set Decoration:
Lisa Fischer

Sound Editor:
Lou Kleinman
Neal Burger
George H. Anderson
Glenn T. Morgan
Victoria Sampson
Mark P. Stoeckinger
David Baldwin
Dan Hegeman

Sound Effects Editor:
Rickley W. Dumm
Dino DiMuro
Mark A. Lanza

Sound Mixer:
James R. Alexander

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Doug Hemphill
Chris Jenkins
Mark Smith

Special Effects:
Gary L. Karas
Dieter Sturm
Allen Hall

Standby Painter:
Glen Cooper

Steadicam Operator:
Randy Nolen

Still Photographer:
Ron Phillips

Stunt Coordinator:
Charlie Picerni

Stunt Double:
Leslie Hoffman

Stunts:
Dick Ziker
Tim A. Davison
Cheryl Wheeler Duncan
Philip Romano
Tommy J. Huff
Gregory J. Barnett
Jeannie Epper
Scott Wilder
Bill McIntosh
John Robotham
William H. Burton Jr.
John C. Meier
Steve Picerni
Jason White
Kenny Bates
Noon Orsatti
Steve Kelso
Chad Randall
Sammy Thurman
Annie Ellis
Erik Cord
Harold Jones
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Janet Brady

Supervising ADR Editor:
Stan Gilbert

Supervising Sound Editor:
Wylie Stateman
Larry Kemp

Transportation Coordinator:
Dan Marrow

Unit Production Manager:
William S. Beasley

Unit Publicist:
Eileen Peterson

Video Assist Operator:
Richmond G. Cogswell

Visual Effects:
David McCullough
Hoyt Yeatman
Chris Buchinsky
Justin Klarenbeck

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