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

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
Mauri Syd Gayton
William S. Beasley

Best Boy Grip:
Charles John Bukey

Boom Operator:
Greg Agalsoff

Cableman:
John Agalsoff Jr.

Camera Operator:
Douglas Knapp

Casting:
Heidi Levitt
Risa Bramon Garcia
Billy Hopkins

Casting Assistant:
Juel Bestrop

Chief Lighting Technician:
Bill Silic
Kevin Kelley

Conductor:
Shirley Walker

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

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:
Michael A. Stevenson
Gerald B. Greenberg

Electrician:
Albert Hood

Executive Producer:
Daniel Grodnik
Matty Simmons

Extras Casting:
Franklyn Warren

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

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:
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:
Timothy W. Tiedje
Barbara Adamski

Scoring Mixer:
Franklin Jones Jr.
Robert Fernandez

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

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

Sound Mixer:
James R. Alexander

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

Special Effects:
Dieter Sturm
Gary L. Karas
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
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Steve Kelso
Chad Randall
Philip Romano
Harold Jones
Sammy Thurman
Scott Wilder
Kenny Bates
Annie Ellis
Tommy J. Huff
Tim A. Davison
Cheryl Wheeler Duncan
Gregory J. Barnett
Erik Cord
Jeannie Epper
John C. Meier
Steve Picerni
Jason White
William H. Burton Jr.
Bill McIntosh
John Robotham
Noon Orsatti
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
Justin Klarenbeck
Chris Buchinsky

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