European Vacation is a 1985 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

. The second film in National Lampoon's Vacation film series, it was directed by Amy Heckerling

Amy Heckerling

Amy Heckerling is an American film director, one of the few female directors to have produced multiple box-office hits.-Early life:...

 and stars Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor, born into a prominent entertainment industry family. Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before moving into comedy acting with National Lampoon...

 and Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly Heather D'Angelo is an American actress and singer.-Early life:D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla , a violinist, and Gene D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager. She is of part Italian ancestry...

. Dana Hill

Dana Hill

Dana Hill was an American actress and voice actor with a raspy voice and childlike appearance, which allowed her to play adolescent roles into her 30s...

 and Jason Lively

Jason Lively

-Career:Jason Lively started his career by appearing in the pilot episode of The Dukes of Hazzard when he was 10 years old. His first film appearance was four years later in the 1983 film Brainstorm...

 replace Dana Barron

Dana Barron

Dana Barron is an American actress who has starred in film and on television. Barron is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation which she reprised in 2003's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure for NBC television.-Early...

 and Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall

Michael Anthony Hall , known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, film producer and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980...

 as Griswold children Audrey and Rusty. After Hall declined to reprise his role (he decided to star in Weird Science

Weird Science (film)

Weird Science is a 1985 American teen comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock...

instead), producers decided to recast both children.

This, along with Hotel Hell Vacation

Hotel Hell Vacation

Hotel Hell Vacation is an American online comedy short film. It was released on February 7, 2010 on HomeAway, Inc.'s website. Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo reprise their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold. It is the first time Clark and Ellen have been seen in a Vacation film since 1997's Vegas...

, was the only Vacation film that did not feature Randy Quaid

Randy Quaid

Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid is an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as well as his numerous supporting roles in films, including his Oscar nominated performance in The Last Detail, Independence Day, Kingpin and Brokeback Mountain...

's "Cousin Eddie" character.