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National Lampoon's Vacation

1983 film directed by Harold Ramis
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Summary

National Lampoon's Vacation is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,807 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: city[3]
  • Director: Harold Ramis[4]
  • Screenwriter: John Hughes[5]
  • Composer: Ralph Burns[6]
  • Genre: comedy film[7]
  • Followed by: National Lampoon's European Vacation[8]
  • Cast member: Chevy Chase[9], Beverly D'Angelo[10], Anthony Michael Hall[11], Dana Barron[12], Randy Quaid[13], Imogene Coca[14], John Candy[15], Eddie Bracken[16], Brian Doyle-Murray[17], Miriam Flynn[18], James Keach[19], Eugene Levy[20], Frank McRae[21], Christie Brinkley[22]
  • Producer: Matty Simmons[23]
  • Part of the series: National Lampoon's Vacation[24]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[25]
  • Director of photography: Victor J. Kemper[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 93%[29], 7.3/10[30], 55/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: July 29, 1983[34], October 28, 1983[35], June 8, 1984[36]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[37], Netflix[38]
  • Narrative location: Kansas[39], Arizona[40], Missouri[41], Colorado[42], Chicago[43]
  • Filming location: Chicago[44], Colorado[45], Arizona[46]
  • Film editor: Pembroke J. Herring[47]
  • Title: National Lampoon's Vacation[48]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[49]
  • Duration: 98[50], 96[51]
  • Capital cost: 15,000,000[52]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[53]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[54]

  • First release date: 1983[55]

  • Genre(s): ballad, country rock, new wave, pop, punk, rock, soft rock[56]

  • Community tags: alternative and punk, ballad, country rock, new wave, pop, punk, rock, soft rock, soundtrack[57]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 741ef6a4-346a-3061-87e6-4452db1d8d47[58]

Why It Matters

National Lampoon's Vacation has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Related Entities

Anthony Michael Hall Arizona Beverly D'Angelo Chevy Chase Christie Brinkley Colorado Eugene Levy film Harold Ramis Jane Krakowski John Candy John Hughes Kansas Missouri Netflix Randy Quaid United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [58] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 85995
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 2121
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  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film, city
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  4. 18w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmiroda rating → Category II
    Classind rating → 12
    Derivative work → Vacation
    Filming location → Chicago, Colorado, Arizona
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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