National Lampoon's vacation

Resource Information

The work National Lampoon's vacation represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

National Lampoon's vacation

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Matty Simmons production ; a Harold Ramis film ; produced by Matty Simmons ; directed by Harold Ramis ; screenplay by John Hughes

Title variation

Vacation

Contributor

• Hall, Anthony Michael
• Herring, Pembroke J., 1930-2020
• Hughes, John, 1950-2009
• Keach, James
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Kemper, Victor J., 1927-
• Krakowski, Jane
• Levy, Eugene, 1946-
• McRae, Frank, 1952-
• Navin, John P., Jr., 1968-
• Quaid, Randy, 1950-
• Ramis, Harold
• Burns, Ralph
• Simmons, Matty
• Candy, John
• Chase, Chevy
• Buckingham, Lindsey
• Coca, Imogene
• Brinkley, Christie
• Collis, Jack T., 1923-1998
• D'Angelo, Beverly
• Bracken, Eddie, 1915-2002
• Doyle-Murray, Brian
• Barron, Dana, 1966-
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Flynn, Miriam

Actor

• Quaid, Randy, 1950-
• Navin, John P., Jr., 1968-
• McRae, Frank, 1952-
• Levy, Eugene, 1946-
• Krakowski, Jane
• Chase, Chevy
• Keach, James
• Coca, Imogene
• D'Angelo, Beverly
• Brinkley, Christie
• Candy, John
• Hall, Anthony Michael
• Flynn, Miriam
• Doyle-Murray, Brian
• Barron, Dana, 1966-
• Bracken, Eddie, 1915-2002

Cinematographer

• Kemper, Victor J., 1927-

Composer

• Buckingham, Lindsey
• Burns, Ralph

Editor of moving image work

• Herring, Pembroke J., 1930-2020

Film director

• Ramis, Harold

Film distributor

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Film producer

• Simmons, Matty

Performer

• Buckingham, Lindsey

Presenter

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )

Production designer

• Collis, Jack T., 1923-1998

Screenwriter

• Hughes, John, 1950-2009

Subject

• Vacaciones -- Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Voyages and travels -- Drama
• Amusement parks
• Voyages and travels
• Amusement parks -- Drama
• Automobile travel
• Automobile travel -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Domestic comedy films
• Domestic comedy films
• Drama
• Familias -- Teatro
• Families
• Families -- Drama
• Family vacations
• Family vacations -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Parques de diversiones -- Teatro
• Road films
• Road films

Genre

• Feature films
• Road films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Domestic comedy films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

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

Cataloging source

GL9

Characteristic

videorecording

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

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

• In English, French, or Spanish with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles
• Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.N38 2010

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

99

Technique

live action