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Overview

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Director:
Stephen Kessler
Writers (WGA):
Elisa Bell (story) &
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Release Date:
14 February 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
This time the Griswolds are on a roll.
Plot:
The Griswolds head off for Las Vegas, as Clark got an extra bonus for developing a food preservative... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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The Griswalds Parade In Vegas more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
National Lampoon's Las Vegas Vacation (USA) (working title)
National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
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MPAA:
Rated PG for sensuality, language and thematic elements.
Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Finland:K-7 (2006) (DVD) | Finland:S (1997) (VHS) | Netherlands:AL | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Germany:6 | UK:PG | USA:PG

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Trivia:
We learn in this Vacation film, from the scene where Clark proposes to Ellen, that Ellen's has two middle names: Pricilla and Ruth, and that her maiden name is Smith. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Clark is missing during the Siegfried and Roy show, Rusty and Ellen have a brief exchange where neither one's lips move. more
Quotes:
Wayne Newton: [to Clark, about Ellen] Very special lady.
Clark Griswold: That's why I entered into the sacred bond of marriage with her.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pale Blue Balloons (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Ain't That A Kick In The Head more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
The Griswalds Parade In Vegas, 14 November 2004
Author: CurtMan@LVCM.com from Las Vegas, NV

"Vegas Vacation" makes no pretenses to be a good, hearty, intelligent piece of cinema: it features many critical, inexcusable flaws, such as: trafficking in mindless frivolity, some occasionally cheesy dialogue, and even wavers constantly from scene to scene without any means of resolution or connection. Yet, if you can ignore its many irksome qualities, the latest outing with the Griswalds is simply an outrageous, hilarious, and pleasurable romp of a movie. If you laugh at something senseless and absurd, such as Cousing Eddie babbling on about his worthless, pathetic existence, or Clark Griswald finding himself at the edge of the Hoover Dam, or even a busload of tourists crashing into the estate of "Mr. Las Vegas", Wayne Newton, so what? Where logic and reasoning are scarce behind the odds of the scenarios the Griswalds encounter, laughs are aplenty to make this one gleeful, jovial outing full of some really effective comedy. The idea of the dysfunctional Griswalds venturing to Vegas for yet another "family vacation" and finding themselves experiencing the whims of the city of entertainment in their own individual ways, with Clark being a hapless, compulsive gambler, Ellen having somewhat of an affair with Wayne Newton, Rusty hitting it rich at the casinos and masquerading as a "playboy", and Audrey aspiring to be an exotic dancer, how hilarious can it get? Couple this with the outrageous imbecilic likes of Cousin Eddie continuing to plague Clark's existence, and "Vegas Vacation" succeeds in delivering a royal flush of laughs. If it's silly and inane, if scenarios are too illogical for words, and if not everything really comes together by the end, at least you have plenty of funny material to laugh away at, and that makes for a jolly good outing, when you find yourself laughing consistently throughout the film, which warrants a solid recommendation for "Vegas Vacation". Hilarious! *** out of ****

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