26 May 2022
National Lampoon’s Collection
Slapstick, inappropriate and totally hilarious, the National Lampoon Vacation comedy film series is a classic. Now available to stream on Showmax, the box set includes National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983), National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989), National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation (1997), and Vacation (2015).
Emmy winner Chevy Chase (Community) and nominee Beverly D’Angelo headline most of the films, with the likes of Eugene Levy, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Jane Krakowski, Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Chris Hemsworth, Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Curry and William Shatner among the casts.
The legendary John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Home Alone) wrote the screenplays for the three films (and the National Lampoon short story that started it all), setting the tone for these perennial crowd-pleasers, with the original film, National Lampoon’s Vacation, cracking the 11th spot among 1983’s blockbusters, and still rated at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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