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National Lampoon's Vacation
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
1983 · Directed by Harold Ramis · 99 min · Comedy · Adventure · 19 frames
Tagline
Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Hughes
- Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
- Edited by: Pembroke J. Herring
- Music: Ralph Burns
- Production design: Jack T. Collis
- Produced by: Matty Simmons
Cast
- Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold
- Beverly D'Angelo as Ellen Griswold
- Anthony Michael Hall as Rusty Griswold
- Imogene Coca as Aunt Edna
- Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie
- Dana Barron as Audrey Griswold
- Eddie Bracken as Roy Walley
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Kamp Komfort Clerk
- Miriam Flynn as Cousin Catherine
- James Keach as Motorcycle Cop
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $61,418,063
- Themes: holiday, vacation, relatives, road trip, domestic life, family vacation, family holiday, amusement park, theme park, duringcreditsstinger
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