National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Date: 1989
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Production Company: Warner Brothers, Hughes Entertainment
Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis
Location(s): California, Colorado, Illinois, USA.
Region(s): N. America
Storyline:
The Griswold family plan for a big family Christmas but, predictably, it turns into a huge disaster.
Additional Information:
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Also known as ‘Christmas Vacation’ (Original US Title).
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The film opens with the Griswold family kicking off their fun old fashion Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols.
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Clark (Chevy Chase), Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and Rusty (Johnny Galecki) look in awe at the chosen tree. Frame included for sake of completeness.
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The Christmas tree is loaded onto the station wagon and driven back to town.
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The Griswold's arrive home. IMDB advises that this is Blondie Street on the Warner Brothers Ranch, North Hollywood Way in Burbank, California.
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A Christmas tree stands outside the office block where Clark works. West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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The camera pans and tilts up to reveal more of the edifice as, inside, Clark asks a colleague if he has received a Christmas bonus.
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More Christmas decorations adorn the city as Clark shops in a nearby department store. Steve Randall explains that this is a view of the south side of the Chicago Water Tower from East Chicago Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
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North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois with the Chicago Water Tower to the right of centre.
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Outside Macy's store at the corner of North State Street and Washington Street in Chicago.
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"Is your house on fire, Clark?", "No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights."
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Inside his office, Clark leaves a gift for his boss Frank Shirley but there's still no sign of the bonus that he has already spent! The John Hancock Center at 875 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
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Clark speeds towards a supermarket whilst sledging with his family. The Walmart store on Summit Boulevard, Frisco, Colorado.
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Eddie (Randy Quaid) empties his RV's sewage tank into the storm drain outside Clark's house.
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After Clark's Christmas bonus turns out to be membership to the 'Jelly of the Month Club', Eddie goes over to Frank Shirley's house. IMDB identifies this as West Kenneth Road in Glendale, California.
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The police and a SWAT team arrive at the Griswold's after Frank Shirley's wife reports that he has been kidnapped.