14-year-old Ralph and his All-American family head off on their annual trek to summer resort Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.14-year-old Ralph and his All-American family head off on their annual trek to summer resort Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.14-year-old Ralph and his All-American family head off on their annual trek to summer resort Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
James Sikking
- Old Man
- (as James B. Sikking)
Robert J. Colonna
- John
- (as Robert T. Colonna)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe same fridge that Ralphie and his friends carry up flight after flight of stairs is seen again later in the movie, abandoned by the side of a road in the woods.
- GoofsModern cars can be seen throughout the film.
- Quotes
Ralph's Mother: [the family is finishing loading the car] OK, we have the box of canned goods... did you get the bath mat?
Old Man: The what?
Ralph's Mother: The bath mat!
Old Man: A bath mat? What do we need a bath mat for?
Ralph's Mother: Well, you never know! It might be nice.
- Alternate versionsThe version shown on the Disney Channel edits out the part where the man at the junk store talks about starting his business with a Mexican made out of bread dough.
- ConnectionsFeatures Metropolis (1927)
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Loved it!
This is a great movie. I am surprised, given how popular the Christmas Story is, that they have not released this to DVD as a sequel. I wish I could get a copy to show my kids, but have never been able to find it. Many favorite lines that we can relate to, e.g. when the family kinds a junky gift shop, "somehow, things that you would never buy at home, when you are on vacation, they make sense!" The movie has the same slow-paced, Garrison-Keillor-type wry humor that the Christmas Story has. It has the same nostalgic sense that times of blue-collar kitsch were silly, but also there was something noble about the attempt of the working man to create beauty.
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988) officially released in Canada in English?
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