directed by Harold Ramis
and starring Chevy Chase
, Beverly D'Angelo
, Randy Quaid
, Dana Barron
and Anthony Michael Hall
. The film features numerous others, such as comedians John Candy
and Imogene Coca
, model
Christie Brinkley
, and Jane Krakowski
, in smaller roles.
The screenplay was written by John Hughes, based on his short story
in National Lampoon Magazine, Vacation '58 (the screenplay changes the year to 1983).
[the kids are playing Pacman while Clark is designing a map on the computer] Russ, please don't eat the Truckster.
Why aren't we flying? Because getting there is half the fun. You know that.
Oh Ellen, the old west was dirty. Everything isn't like home. If everything were like home, there would be no reason for leaving home. Right, Rusty?
Hey, hey, easy kids. Everybody in the car. Boat leaves in two minutes... or perhaps you don't want to see the second largest ball of twine on the face of the earth, which is only four short hours away?
I don't give a frog's fat ass who went through what. We need money! Hey, Russ, wanna look through Aunt Edna's purse?
I'm making out a check for $1000, all you have to do is give me $300 in cash and keep the $700, all for doing nothing more than acting like a total creep.
When I was a boy, just about every summer we'd take a vacation. And you know, in 18 years, we never had fun.
I think you're all fucked in the head! We're ten hours from fucking fun park and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something, this is no longer a vacation, it's a quest. It's a quest for fun, I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun, we're all gonna have so much fucking fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our goddamn smiles! You'll be whistling Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah out of your assholes! I gotta be crazy; I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose! Praise Marty Moose! Oh, shit!
We watch his program. We buy his toys, we go to his movies, he owes us! Doesn't he owe us, ha? He owes the Griswalds right? Fucking-A right he owes us!
Ahhh! I'd like to propose a toast, if I may? Here's to...a very restful vacation. Here's to...a very relaxing vacation. A renewed love affair. And...a time of joy with our babies.