June 2014 Movie of the month

[luludou]

A Christmas vacation


THE Classic Christmas movie for me. When I see that movie it announces the start of the Christmas season

Ideas for dinner and a movie :

Jello mold
Turkey
Eggnog (and if you can, get the Moose cups!)

Enjoy!

 

[luludou]

Little known facts
Frank Capra III, the grandson of It's a Wonderful Life director, Frank Capra, was the Assistant Director of Christmas Vacation.
The Griswold's neighbor's house is the same house Murtaugh and his family lived in all the Lethal Weapon movies. The houses on this street are on the Warner Brothers Studios back lot.
The house front from Bewitched and The New Gidget appears in the home movie that Clark is watching in the attic.
After Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) unsuccessfully attempts to demonstrate his handiwork with the house Christmas lights to his family, he asks his son, Rusty (Johnny Galecki), to help him check all the light bulbs again. Rusty looks at his bare wrist, pretending to have a watch, and excuses himself. Looking at a bare wrist and pretending to have a watch is one of Chevy Chase's trademark gags.
The old Dodge pickup that tailgates Clark and the family in the opening scenes of the movie was previously used as 'Kurt Russell''s work truck in the movie Overboard.
Chevy Chase appears in some scenes wearing a black Chicago Bears ball cap. He wears the same Chicago Bears cap throughout all four Vacation movies.
In the scene when the police storm into the Griswold's house, the song "Here Comes Santa Claus" sung by Gene Autry is used for the background music. Randy Quaid (cousin Eddie) is the third cousin of Gene Autry.
The scene where the cat bites on the Christmas lights cord and gets electrocuted was nearly cut from the movie. Prior to the first test screening. the studio execs wanted the scene taken out, fearing that it might offend some viewers, but producer Matty Simmons begged them to leave the scene in, and they eventually gave in to his request. After the first test screening, the test audience had scored the cat electrocution scene as the No. 1 favorite scene throughout the entire movie.
Clark and Eddie drink from "Marty Moose" glasses, the theme-park character from the first Vacation film, Vacation (1983).
Mae Questel, who played senile old Aunt Bethany in the movie, is best known as another famous lady -- Betty Boop! Mae was the voice of the character from 1931 until she passed away in 1998. She was also the voice of Olive Oyl!

 

[luludou]

69 mistakes in the film if you are interested : http://www.moviemistakes.com/film875

 

[luludou]

Christmas vacation game

A “Christmas Vacation” party is the perfect setting for a “white elephant” gift exchange. Have everyone bring a wrapped gift that doesn’t cost more than $5, and use any variation of this gift trading/stealing game you can find, or make your own rules. Just be sure no one “wraps up their darn cat.”

 

[luludou]

Host a Christmas-Vacation party

https://thelovelybee.wordpress.com/tag/christmas-vacation-party/

and this one :
http://www.designdazzle.com/2013/12/christmas-vacation-party-griswold-style/


Great ideas!

 

[luludou]

The Cast of Christmas Vacation:


Clark Griswold - Chevy Chase
Ellen Griswold - Beverly d'Angelo
Rusty Griswold - Johnny Galecki
Audrey Griswold - Juliette Lewis
Cousin Eddie - Randy Quaid
Cousin Catherine - Miriam Flynn
Grandpa Griswold - John Randolph
Grandma Griswold - Diane Ladd
Grandpa Smith - E.G. Marshall
Grandma Smith - Doris Roberts
Mr. Frank Shirley, Clark's Boss - Brian Doyle-Murray (Brother of Bill Murray from Caddie Shack)

 

[luludou]

Quiz
1. What Christmas carol are Clark and Ellen singing at the beginning of the film, as they head to the woods to cut down a tree?
2. Which sports team’s cap does Clark wear at various points throughout the film?
3. What integral item does Clark forget to bring on the tree-hunting expedition, after trudging out into the middle of nowhere?
4. What does Clark plan to do with his Christmas bonus?
5. What product that Clark is working on earns him praise from his boss, Frank Shirley, even though Shirley can’t remember Clark’s name?
6. What classic holiday movie is Clark’s son Rusty watching on television as the arguing in-laws arrive?
7. Which future sitcom star plays Rusty in this Vacation film?
8. Name one of the other three actors who have portrayed Rusty in the Vacation series.
9. What causes an icicle to rocket through hipster neighbors Todd and Margot’s window?
10. Which national clothing chain is currently parodying the film in its television commercials, using some original cast members?
11. How many “imported, Italian twinkle lights” does Clark claim he stapled to the house?
12. To whom or what does Clark dedicate the house before attempting to plug in the lights?
13. In one of the film’s more sentimental scenes, Clark gets locked in the attic while the rest of the family goes shopping. Why does he go up there in the first place?
14. What does Clark do to amuse himself while he’s stuck in the attic?
15. What does Clark receive instead of money for a Christmas bonus?
16. What is Cousin Eddie’s (Randy Quaid) initial comment on the bonus replacement?
17. From what kind of mugs do Clark and Eddie sip eggnog, hailing back to a previous entry in the Vacation franchise?
18. Clark coats the bottom of his sled with a super-slick, experimental substance on which his company is working, causing him to blast off down a hill, crash through various structures and slide across a busy street. Where does he find himself when the sled finally stops?
19. What’s wrapped inside the first present that senile Aunt Bethany brings?
20. What does Bethany recite when the others ask her to say grace at the dinner table

 

[luludou]

Answers:

1. Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful
2. The Chicago Bears
3. A saw
4. Put a swimming pool in his back yard and fly his relatives in to christen it
5. A non-nutritive cereal varnish to prevent flakes from becoming soggy
6. “It’s A Wonderful Life”
7. “Roseanne” and “The Big Bang Theory” cast member Johnny Galecki.
8. Anthony Michael Hall, “Vacation”; Jason Lively, “European Vacation”; Ethan Embry, “Vegas Vacation”
9. Clark almost falls off his roof and the icicle flies out of the gutter from which he’s hanging when it detaches.
10. Old Navy
11. 250 strands with 100 bulbs each, for a total of 25,000
12. The Griswold family Christmas
13. To hide Christmas presents
14. He watches home movies of his childhood Christmases
15. A one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month club
16. “That’s the gift that keeps on giving, Clark.”
17. Morty Moose mugs from Wally World, the theme park his family visited in “National Lampoon’s Vacation”
18. A Walmart parking lot
19. A live (for the time being) cat
20. The Pledge of Allegiance
Source : http://www.austin360.com/news/enter...iswold-knowledge-in-this-christmas-vac/nTTZH/

 

[housewife2]

love Christmas vacation movie seen it tons of times and never get tired of it. enjoy

 

[HouseElf]

One of my favorites!

 

[Ahorsesoul]

Forgot to order this so I will now.