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National Lampoon's Vacation (20th Anniversary Special Edition)
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen See more |
| Contributor | Imogene Coca, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron, Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Miriam Flynn, James Keach, Anthony Michael Hall, Eugene Levy, John Hughes, Chevy Chase, Eddie Bracken, Frank McRae See more |
| Language | English, French |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 38 minutes |
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Everything is planned, packed - and about to go hilariously wrong. The Griswolds are going on vacation. In the driver's seat is Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase), an Everyman eager to share the open road and the wonders of family togetherness. Myriad mishaps, crude kin (Randy Quaid), encounters with a temptress (Christie Brinkley), financial woes, Aunt Edna (Imogene Coca) on the roof, one security guard (John Candy) and 2,460 miles later, it's a wonder the Griswolds are together. There's never been a family vacation like it. Except maybe yours. And that helps explain why National Lampoon's Vacation remains so popular...and so very funny.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.52 x 5.58 x 7.58 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 1000001167
- Director : Harold Ramis
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 38 minutes
- Release date : July 20, 2004
- Actors : Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall
- Dubbed: : Portuguese, Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Studio : Warner Home Video
- ASIN : B00009NHC9
- Writers : John Hughes
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #45,773 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #5,575 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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As Clark Griswold, Chase is the embodiment of an 'average American dad', none too bright, but anxious to take his family on a bonding cross-country 'dream vacation' to 'Disneyland' caricature, Wally World. From the opening moments, when he is conned by a smooth-talking salesman (a wickedly deadpan Eugene Levy) into buying a truly hideous station wagon for the trek, you know that this family outing is in for serious trouble! Nevertheless, his devoted wife, Ellen (sweet and sexy Beverly D'Angelo), and less-than-devoted kids, Rusty and Audrey (the terrific Anthony Michael Hall and Dana Barron) are sucked into Clark's dream, and soon the family is bouncing across the U.S.A., to the tune of Lindsey Buckingham's 'Holiday Road'.
The journey is a series of slapstick vignettes, ranging from hilarious (Chase's spectacular arrival at a motel, after falling asleep behind the wheel), to silly (the running appearances of supermodel Christie Brinkley, and Chase's attempts to look like a 'swinger' to impress her), to questionable (asking for directions in a Black ghetto of St. Louis, offering a variety of racial stereotypes that director Ramis himself says was in poor taste). A comic highpoint comes when the family visits unemployed cousin Eddie (the irrepressible Randy Quaid) and his 'trailer trash' family. While Eddie offers Clark 'used' beer and tries to hit him up for a 'small' loan to help put him 'back on his feet' ($52,000!), his wife serves up Hamburger Helper without hamburger, his son turns Rusty on to his pornographic magazine collection, and his oldest daughter shares with Audrey her expertise in 'French kissing' ("Daddy says I'm the best...") and stash of marijuana. As a final insult, acerbic Aunt Edna (the legendary Imogene Coca) and her psycho dog are dumped on the Griswalds...with ultimately calamitous results!
Finally, the family reaches Wally World...only to find it closed for annual cleaning and maintenance! In the original climax of the film, Chase then tracked down the home address of Walt Disney-based 'Roy Wally' (screen legend Eddie Bracken), and got revenge by trashing his mansion. This ending played disastrously with preview audiences, however, and the cast was reassembled (Hall had grown several inches...check it out!) and a hasty rewrite was shot, with Clark buying a BB gun, and forcing his way into the closed park, getting a security guard (the wonderful John Candy, in a cameo) to turn on the rides, and show them the '(bleep)in good time' he'd promised his family. An army of police and S.W.A.T. converge on the park, and Roy Wally arrives to decide their fate. The new ending got very positive feedback from audiences, and is the version seen in the final cut of the film.
VACATION was a major commercial hit when released, spawning three sequels (the second, CHRISTMAS VACATION, has become a holiday favorite, and is the best of the series). While the first film is certainly not a classic, it is a better film than some critics have implied, and has a loyal following.
Next time you plan a family vacation, check it out...and remember, don't tie your dog's leash on the rear bumper of the car!
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