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Enlarge cover image for National Lampoon's vacation / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Matty Simmons production ; a Harold Ramis film ; produced by Matty Simmons ; directed by Harold Ramis ; screenplay by John Hughes. DVD

National Lampoon's vacation / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Matty Simmons production ; a Harold Ramis film ; produced by Matty Simmons ; directed by Harold Ramis ; screenplay by John Hughes.

Summary:

A suburban Chicago family travels across the United States on a comic trek to an amusement park, and encounters a series of disasters along the way.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0780665392
  • ISBN: 9780780665392
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: 20th anniversary special edition.
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
Special features: introduction by Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, Matty Simmons; Griswold family commentary by Chase, Quaid, Simmons, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron and Harold Ramis; family truckster featurette gallery; theatrical trailer.
Warner Home Video: 27535 (on container: 3000033347).
Restrictions on Access Note:
For private home use only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Ralph Burns ; film editor, Pem Herring ; production designer, Jack Collis ; director of photography, Victor J. Kemper ; "Holiday Road" and "Dancin' 'Cross the U.S.A." written and performed by Lindsey Buckingham.
Participant or Performer Note:
Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Eddie Bracken, Brian Doyle-Murray, Miriam Flynn, James Keach, Eugene Levy, Frank McRae, Jane Krakowski, John Navin.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
In English, French, or Spanish with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Subject:
Families > Drama.
Family vacations > Drama.
Automobile travel > Drama.
Voyages and travels > Drama.
Amusement parks > Drama.
Amusement parks.
Automobile travel.
Families.
Family vacations.
Voyages and travels.
Genre:
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Domestic comedy films.
Drama.
Road films.
Domestic comedy films.
Road films.