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7.3/10   22,260 votes
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Director:
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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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
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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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)
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The gas station and sporting goods store were located at the intersection of Ocean Ave and Santa Monica Blvd in Santa Monica and have since been torn down and replaced by hi-rises. more
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Continuity: When Clark and Ellen get off the vibrating bed, Ellen was previously seen wearing only a blouse after she got out of the shower, but when the kids come in the room and Clark tells them to go away, he is pointing with a bra on his finger, one that Ellen was not wearing. more
Quotes:
Ellen Griswold: [after the bartender shoots at Clark] Clark, I don't think that was funny. A loud noise like that could damage the kids' hearing.
Clark Griswald: C'mon, Ellen. It looked real. Hell - I thought it was a real gun. Didn't you think it was real, honey?
Audrey Griswold: What?
Clark Griswald: I said didn't you think it was real?
Audrey Griswold: What?
Ellen Griswold: Oh are you happy now Clark? She's deaf.
Clark Griswald: Oh what the hell - it was fun anyway.
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Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
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11 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
One fine movie, 22 March 1999
10/10
Author: John Connor (lezpaul78@aol.com) from Waco, Texas

One of my all time favorite movies I own. One of Chevy Chase's finest movie besides The 3 Amigos. It seems that Chevy Chase lost his humor after 3 Amigos. But this movie here had everything you could ask for a comedy, and I've seen a number of them. I'd also like to see Dana Barron (Audrey Griswald) in more movies, cause what a hottie she is. And the rest of the cast did a superb job in making this early '80s movie a box office hit; and I would highly recommend anybody to watch this movie, even if it is for the first time.

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Does anyone else think Clark is a pig? Laurenlgz
Walley World seems like a pretty lame 'fun park' cryptical70
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The car salesman probably knew the Griswolds' car did not come in cryptical70
Clark and Ellen reunited.... braden80
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