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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   20,708 votes
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Director:
Harold Ramis
Writers:
John Hughes (screenplay)
John Hughes (short story "Vacation '58")
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Release Date:
29 July 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.
Plot:
The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Chevy is, a very funny lad. more
US TV Schedule:
Mon. July 208:00 PMTVLAND   

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
National Lampoon's Vacation (UK) (USA) (complete title)
American Vacation (Europe: English title) (video title)
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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Germany:16 | Finland:K-7 (2006) (DVD) | Finland:S (1983) | Netherlands:AL | Australia:M | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | West Germany:6 | USA:R (certificate number 27018)
Filming Locations:
Alamosa, Colorado, USA more

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Trivia:
Film debut of Christie Brinkley. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Clark pulls up the trip route on the TV screen, the line representing their route is shown on the full US map traveling through the state of Oklahoma, but when Clark zooms in to show Day 1, the route line is shown going through Kansas, which would make more sense, since the Griswolds would be stopping to visit Cousin Eddie and his family in Kansas on their way to Walley World. more
Quotes:
Clark: This is crazy, this is crazy, this is crazy! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Blink 182: Greatest Hits (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
I'M SO EXCITED more

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11 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
Chevy is, a very funny lad., 7 November 2000
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Author: daveisit from Melbourne, Australia

National Lampoons Vacation is an absolute classic Chevy Chase film. Chevy (as Clark) is, a very funny lad. Americans are capable of comedy, although are yet to master the British and their achievements in this genre. Each time I watch this film the delivery in Chevy's lines becomes funnier. The absolute classic for the movie is when Clarke talks about the Mississippi River and then the St Louis Arch.

The cross country adventures are taken to extremes with great characters such as cousin Eddy at times stealing big Chevy's thunder. Don't be fooled, I'm not suggesting anyone deserved an Oscar. However, when you watch a comedy and it is comical then they have to be doing something right. If your a fan of Chevy then you will have seen this film so i suggest you go and watch it again.

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Walley World seems like a pretty lame 'fun park' cryptical70
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