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Griswolds roll again in 'Vegas Vacation'
February 13, 1997
Web posted at: 6:20 a.m. ESTFrom Correspondent Dennis Michael
HOLLYWOOD (CNN) -- America's fourth tour with the Griswold family heads for that self-proclaimed family vacation spot for the '90s: Las Vegas.
Fourteen years after Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo hit the road in search of Wally World in "Vacation," the Griswolds are taking their kids to the Strip in "Vegas Vacation."
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In the intervening years, they've been to the Old Country in "European Vacation" (1985) and invited their obnoxious relatives for a bit of holiday joy in "Christmas Vacation" (1989).
By now, Chase and D'Angelo tickle the funny bone with the ease of a smooth-running comedy team working its favorite crowd. D'Angelo says the pairing works onscreen because the two actors accept each other.
"We found a way to work together that's really wonderful," said D'Angelo. "I've been married to him onscreen as long as his real wife has been married to him in real life."
'A doofus, a dork'
As Ellen Griswold, D'Angelo finds herself courted in "Vegas Vacation" by none other than Las Vegas legend Wayne Newton. Not to be outdone, Chase's character, Clark Griswold, reprises a rendezvous with a mysterious blond in a Ferrari from the first movie, played again by model Christy Brinkley.
"She's gonna look so great," Chase said, laughing. "And I've aged 16 years."
Success for Clark and the Griswolds is a result of the character's good intentions coupled with human weakness, says Chase.
"People screw up. But when people have bad intentions, you can feel that. When they have good intentions, that counts for a lot," said Chase.
"Clark is a well-intended person. He's just a bit of a doofus, a dork."
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