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

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

Last film of 'Beverley Garland'.

Goofs:

Factual errors: While Eddie is flying the float plane, shots of the instrument panel show the airspeed as zero, with fixed altitude, even during landing.

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:

References Field of Dreams (1989)

Horrendous Waste of Time...I was Embarrased

I sat through all 2 hours. I do not know what was worse, the awful plot, the lame characters or the hawaiian hottie that Eddie's 11 yearold kid and 80 year old grandpa made sexual advances toward. The money spent on this was just flushed down the throne. Matty Simmons should be ashamed. The original idea for this movie was "A Swiss Family Griswold" and it somehow turned into this mess. The only bright spot is that it's ratings were so bad we will never see this on TV again. AVOID AT ALL COSTS...RENT ERNEST SAVES XMAS or something else.