High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vacation, sometimes referred as National Lampoon`s Vacation, is a 1983 comedy film 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.