Vegas Vacation (2003, DVD)

This movie comes nearly 20 years after the original National Lampoons Family Vacation (a classic!) and I loved every minute. I've watched Vegas Vacation so many times I've memorized every line. If you love the Griswold Family, Chevy Chase or the Vegas, you'll love Vegas Vacation. It pokes fun at the gambling, vegas, the Griswolds, Chevy Chase and many others... making for a belly-aching, laugh-out-loud movie that is plenty of fun.

Vegas Vacation Cast:
Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase, Christie Brinkley, Randy Quaid, Wallace Shawn
Cast overview, first billed only:
Chevy Chase .... Clark Wilhelm Griswold, Jr.
Beverly D'Angelo .... Ellen Priscilla Ruth Smith Griswold
Randy Quaid .... Cousin Eddie
Ethan Embry .... Russell 'Rusty' Griswold
Marisol Nichols .... Audrey Griswold
Miriam Flynn .... Cousin Catherine
Shae D'Lyn .... Cousin Vicki
Wayne Newton .... Himself
Siegfried Fischbacher .... Himself (as Siegfried)
Roy Horn .... Himself (as Roy)
Wallace Shawn .... Marty
Sid Caesar .... Mr. Ellis
Julio Oscar Mechoso .... Limo Driver
Sly Smith .... Mirage Security Guard
Julia Sweeney .... Mirage Reception Person

Great Vegas Vacation Quotes:

Rusty: I put a dollar in, I got a car. I put a dollar in, I got a car. I put a dollar in, I got a car. I put a dollar in, I got a car.

Clark Griswold: How did you win four cars?
Rusty: You know, put in a dollar, win a car. Put in another dollar, win another car...
Clark Griswold: Give me the keys. Audrey, you drive the white one; Ellen, the red one
[a Ferrari]
Clark Griswold: , Rusty, you drive the Mustang, and I'll drive the big, black one
[a Hummer]
Clark Griswold: . After you, Mr. Papagiorgio.

Ellen Griswold: [Clark and Ellen have found Rusty] Russell Griswold! You get out of that hot tub right now!
Girl in Hot Tub: I'm sorry, you have the wrong person. This is Mr. Papagiorgio.
Ellen Griswold: His name's not Papagiorgio! It's Rusty Griswold and he's a C+ student!

Clark Griswold: [Clark and Ellen have found Audrey dancing at the Club Aereola] Audrey! What are you doing? Ten years of tap dancing lessons and this is the way you repay us?
Audrey Griswold: What? You told me to get a summer job!

Rusty: Isn't there legalized prostitution in Vegas?

Cousin Eddie: I haven't seen a beatin' like that since somebody stuck a banana in my pants and turned a monkey loose.
Clark Griswold: Thanks for the pick me up Eddie
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Rusty: Holy crap, Wayne Newton's hittin' on Mom!
Clark Griswold: It's all part of the act, Russ.

Wayne Newton: You got a lovely wife, Clark.
Clark Griswold: Yes, that's why I entered into the sacred bonds of marriage with her.

Cousin Eddie: It is a blazer out there. You're lucky you got air conditioning in here like mother nature intended.

Clark Griswold: Eddie, has anyone ever told you you're bad luck?
Cousin Eddie: Those were my mother's dying words. But I guess if your body's covered in third degree burns, and your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start talkin' crazy.

My mother and I really enjoyed this movie. She wanted to buy it after seeing parts of it on cable television. She really wanted to own it after visiting Las Vegas last fall. It was a really funny movie that showed many highlights of Vegas.