National Lampoon's Vacation

Buy This Item National Lampoon's Vacation by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  $14.98  on 11-25-2008     <i>Vacation</i> paved the way for the John Hughes movie dynasty of the 1980s. Written by Hughes (who would go on to write, direct, and/or produce <i>The Breakfast Club</i>, <i>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</i>, <i>Uncle Buck</i>, <i>Home Alone</i>, and so on) and directed by Harold Ramis (<i>Caddyshack</i>, <i>Groundhog Day</i>, <i>Stuart Saves His Family</i>), the first <i>Vacation</i> movie introduces us to the all-American Griswold family: father Clark (Chevy Chase), mother Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), son Rusty (future Hughes staple Anthony Michael Hall), and daughter Audrey (Dana Barron). They all pile into the car for a cross-country road trip to Walley World, stopping along the way to view the world's biggest ball of twine. John Candy, Imogene Coca, and Randy Quaid (as yokel Cousin Eddie) pop up along the way. The movie was a big hit, and was followed by several sequels--<i>National Lampoon's European Vacation</i>, <i>National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation</i>, and <i>National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation</i>--but this one is still probably the freshest and funniest of the bunch. <i>--Jim Emerson</i> Reader Reviews I think this was one of Chevy Chase's best flick of them all and that this is surely the best and funniest Vacation saga of them all, because European Vacation, X-Mas Vacation, and Vegas Vacation weren't nearly as funny and European Vacation is where the Vacation installments started losing their touch, so this original Vacation, which was also the 1st installment of the Vacation series is clearly and evidently by far the best one and funniest of them all.

National Lampoon's Vacation Available from Amazon Price: $14.98 Updated on 11-25-2008.

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