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

Art Direction:
Beala Neel

Assistant Camera:
Kirk Bales
Ann Lukacs

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Mike Amorelli

Assistant Editor:
Kathryn Camp
Carlyn Montes De Oca

Assistant Location Manager:
Stephen Andrzejewski

Assistant Property Master:
David P. Newell

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

Best Boy Grip:
Charles John Bukey

Boom Operator:
Greg Agalsoff

Cableman:
John Agalsoff Jr.

Camera Operator:
Douglas Knapp

Casting:
Risa Bramon Garcia
Billy Hopkins
Heidi Levitt

Casting Assistant:
Juel Bestrop

Chief Lighting Technician:
Kevin Kelley
Bill Silic

Conductor:
Shirley Walker

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

Costume Design:
Michael Kaplan

Costume Supervisor:
Mari Grimaud
Eddie Marks

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:
Matty Simmons
Daniel Grodnik

Extras Casting:
Franklyn Warren

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

First Assistant Director:
Matt Earl Beesley

First Assistant Sound Editor:
Karen Baker Landers

Foley Artist:
Gary A. Hecker
Edward M. 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:
Thomas J. Busch
Robert C. Decker

Makeup Artist:
Lee Harman

Music Editor:
Jim Harrison

Music Supervisor:
Ron Payne

Orchestrator:
Angelo Badalamenti
Andrew Barrett
Charles Samek

Original Music Composer:
Angelo Badalamenti

Producer:
John Hughes
Tom Jacobson

Production Design:
Stephen Marsh

Production Illustrator:
David J. Negrón Jr.

Property Master:
Barbara Adamski
Timothy W. Tiedje

Scoring Mixer:
Robert Fernandez
Franklin Jones Jr.

Screenplay:
John Hughes

Script Supervisor:
Marcia 'Mavis' Girard

Second Assistant Camera:
Craig Asato
John Wagner

Second Assistant Director:
Frank Capra III

Second Second Assistant Director:
Bryan Denegal
Vicki Jackson-Lemay

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

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

Sound Mixer:
James R. Alexander

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

Special Effects:
Allen Hall
Gary L. Karas
Dieter Sturm

Standby Painter:
Glen Cooper

Steadicam Operator:
Randy Nolen

Still Photographer:
Ron Phillips

Stunt Coordinator:
Charlie Picerni

Stunt Double:
Leslie Hoffman

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

Supervising ADR Editor:
Stan Gilbert

Supervising Sound Editor:
Larry Kemp
Wylie Stateman

Transportation Coordinator:
Dan Marrow

Unit Production Manager:
William S. Beasley

Unit Publicist:
Eileen Peterson

Video Assist Operator:
Richmond G. Cogswell

Visual Effects:
Chris Buchinsky
Justin Klarenbeck
David McCullough
Hoyt Yeatman

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