Flashback Cinema
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION
1989 • PG-13
Sunday, December 10 & Wednesday, December 13
Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is determined to have a “good old-fashioned family Christmas,” but Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) and a house full of wacky relatives don’t make it easy. Chase and Quaid are joined by fellow Saturday Night Live alumni Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brian Doyle-Murray. Beverly D’Angelo is Clark’s always supportive wife, Ellen. (“We checked every bulb, didn’t we?”)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
1946 • PG
Sunday, December 17, Wednesday, December 20 & Sunday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
Frank Capra’s classic is a cherished Christmas tradition for countless families. Building & Loan owner George Bailey (James Stewart) is all that stands between the good people of Bedford Falls and the wicked miser Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore). When misfortune strikes on Christmas Eve, George realizes, with the help of an angel, that he truly has a “wonderful life.” (“No man is a failure who has friends.”)