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Cast
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| Chevy Chase | ... | ||
| Beverly D'Angelo | ... | ||
| Imogene Coca | ... | ||
| Randy Quaid | ... | ||
| Anthony Michael Hall | ... | ||
| Dana Barron | ... | ||
| Eddie Bracken | ... | ||
| Brian Doyle-Murray | ... | ||
| Miriam Flynn | ... | ||
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| Eugene Levy | ... | ||
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| Jane Krakowski | ... | ||
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The Griswold family are on a quest. A quest to a Walley World theme park for a family vacation, but things aren't going to go exactly as planned, especially when Clark Griswold is losing all thought towards a mysterious blonde in a red Ferrari. Written by FilmFanUK
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Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
29 July 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
National Lampoon's Vacation See more »Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$61,400,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Rusty: What happened?
Lasky: I threw up.
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Music by Bruce Belland and Roy M. Rogosin
Lyrics by John Hughes, Bruce Belland and Roy M. Rogosin
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This is Jane Krakowski's first film role. See more »Goofs
During the St. Louis part, they show the Griswolds crossing the bridge into Missouri and *then* getting lost in what they title "East St. Louis." East St. Louis is actually in Illinois, so they would have encountered it before crossing the bridge. This has apparently been corrected in the video version. See more »Quotes
Lasky: Rusty, may I call you Rusty? I had a bad experience on this ride once.Rusty: What happened?
Lasky: I threw up.
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Crazy Credits
In the credits the title of the Ramones song "Blitzkrieg Bop" is misspelled as "Blitzkreig Bop" See more »Soundtracks
Walley World National AnthemMusic by Bruce Belland and Roy M. Rogosin
Lyrics by John Hughes, Bruce Belland and Roy M. Rogosin
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Clark Griswold ignores his family's pleas to go to Hawaii for their summer vacation and opts for the Walley World resort in California instead. His long-suffering wife Ellen wants to fly, but Clark would rather drive and spend time with the kids he hardly ever sees.
Sounds like a simple journey from A to B right? Wrong! The Griswolds are a gene pool of absolute disaster and nothing...NOTHING goes right...ever. The fun begins with Clark being forced to accept a disgusting metallic pea-green family truckster instead of a cool-blue sports model with CB and optional fun pack. It's literally the most hideous car in the history of automobiles (and that includes the car that Homer Simpson made for his brother Herb).
As the lengthy days on the road pass, Clark is ripped-off by street hustlers, guilt-tripped out of $500 from his hick cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid in what is, begrudgingly, his most popular role), ripped-off by a hick sheriff/mechanic, and tempted by gorgeous blonde in a Ferrari. Though Ellen doesn't take kindly to anyone with an eye on her Sparky (actually D'Angelo's pet name for Chevy Chase and not something that was scripted).
Based on John Hughes' ill-fated trip to Disneyworld when he was five-years-old, Vacation brought us Chevy Chase's most famous character (sorry Fletch) and most successful series. He has absolutely perfect chemistry with Beverly D'Angelo, who, with her large eyeballs and perfect timing, is an under-rated comic actress in her own right.
While I absolutely love the first and third movies in the Vacation series, and both definitely score 10/10, I have to say the original is the best as it has a really dark edge that none of the others have. There's virtually nothing in Vacation that isn't funny. Harold Ramis, fresh off the absolute anarchy of Caddyshack, keeps a tight, sadistic reign on the disastrous road trip. If you have a dark sense of humor and enjoy evil comedy then you'll love Vacation. It was one of the first movies I ever saw and it helped turn me into the misanthropic, dysfunctional, ghoulish misfit that I am today.
Thank you, Vacation! Thank you!