Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003) (TV)

Director:

Nick Marck

Writer (WGA):

Matty Simmons (written by)

Release Date:

20 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

What could go wrong in paradise? Just about anything!

Plot:

Though Eddie's fired right at Christmastime, his boss sends him and his family on a South Pacific vacation...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Christmas | National Lampoon Series

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Randy Quaid	...	Edward 'Eddie' Johnson
Miriam Flynn	...	Catherine Johnson
Dana Barron	...	Audrey Griswold
Jake Thomas	...	Clark 'Third' Johnson
Sung Hi Lee	...	Muka Laka Miki
Julian Stone	...	Melbourne Jack
Beverly Garland	...	Aunt Jessica
Stephen Furst	...	Doctor
Rodger Bumpass	...	Air Controller (voice)
Eric Idle	...	British Man on Plane
Fred Willard	...	Professor Doornitz
Edward Asner	...	Uncle Nick (as Ed Asner)
Kate Bradley	...	Paige
Jay Greenberg	...	Santa Claus Security Guard
Caroline Walker	...	Air Traffic Controller's Wife

Also Known As:

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie (USA) (promotional title)
Cousin Eddie's Christmas Vacation (USA) (working title)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (USA) (DVD title)
National Lampoon's Cousin Eddie's Christmas Vacation Lost (USA) (working title)
National Lampoon's Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

83 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | Germany:o.Al. | USA:TV-14

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

Dana Barron is the first (and to-date only) actress to reprise her role as Audrey Griswold, from Vacation (1983). In all the "Vacation" movies, the Griswold children are played by different actors/actresses in each movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the family is boarding the boat, the bow and stern of the boat are tied to the dock. Cousin Eddie unties the line from the stern. In the next shot the boat takes off, and the bow line has disappeared.

Quotes:

[Eddie looks out his window while sitting in an airplane]
Edward 'Eddie' Johnson: Hey, Third. All those people down there look like ants.
Clark 'Third' Johnson: [looks out the window] Dad, those *are* ants. We haven't taken off yet.
Edward 'Eddie' Johnson: You mean... we're gonna go higher?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.14)" (2004)

Hall Of Shame!!!!

This movie was a disaster. Why do movie producers insist on tarnishing the name of something that was truly great? They did not HAVE to use the "vacation" name to make a story out of this piece of crap, but that is the ONLY way anyone would have EVER watched I suppose. First off, what is Vacation without Chevy Chase? He WAS the movie. The original vacation was hilarious and I still laugh when I see it. The second was not as good, but still pretty decent. The Christmas one,....hmmmm, not crazy about, but not horrid. This one basically found the long lost Audrey and put her together with her trailer trash cousins, which if you had seen the first movie know would NEVER happen. So it was her, cousin eddie, and his wife and the grandfather, played by Ed Asner. All these characters were morally depraved, and just disgusting all together. The story was rediculous and not the least bit funny, but really sad.

They did the same thing to such greats as "Jaws", "Crocodile Dundee", "Superman" and so many others. They milked these stories for all they were worth. They took the original piece of work and dragged it through the mud!!!! Why? So Sad!