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May 29, 2015 · Anthony Michael Hall, who played Rusty Griswold, was going through puberty during shooting. He grew three inches throughout production, and as a result, is different heights throughout the...
- Clark's Original Scheme
- In Plane Sight
- Christie Brinkley's Actual Character Identity Revealed?
- Both Script and Body Changes
- Lessons Learned
- Unearthing The Lost Treasure
The unseen original final scenes begin after Clark goes to the sporting goods store and purchases a BB gun. But instead of heading back to Walley World, Clark heads straight to the top instead. DANA BARRON: Chevy has his breakdown where he loses it and gets a BB gun. ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL: The original ending was going to be Chevy as Clark Griswold,...
The forced poolside dancing at Roy Walley's house was not the only scene that was cut from the film. The film's actual ending screened for test audiences also showed the Griswolds on a plane — after a trip to the park that is never seen but alluded to. (Fun fact: The only vestige of the original ending that still exists in the film is the very last...
Among the many rumors out there is that in the original ending, the Griswolds are saved from arrest not by Roy Walley, but by his daughter. And that daughter is played by… Christie Brinkley! Credited in the film as "Girl in the red Ferrari," Brinkley pops up throughout the movie as an object of Clark's sandwich-dancing desire, culminating in a mote...
John Hughes wrote a new ending for the film that would be shot months later over four days at Magic Mountain amusement park. But the new ending was not the only noticeable change for the reshoot. BARRON: Anthony Michael Hall shot up like a giant. It's hysterical. He looks completely different. HALL: Puberty kicked in hard for me. They called everyb...
While test screening crowds are often blamed for stifling creativity and risk-taking in favor of safer, blander choices, the director and cast of Vacationall see the feedback from those early audiences as a perfect example of how the process can work and greatly improve a film. HALL: So, Chevy as Clark Griswold does not make it ever to Walley World...
Much like the disappointment of the family learning Walley World was closed, many fans have clamored to see the still unreleased original ending to Vacation. And fans aren't the only ones. Not even the Griswolds themselves have ever watched it — except perhaps Chevy Chase, who claims on that old commentary track that "I have it on a tape. I have th...
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- Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold. Chase was one of the few "Vacation" cast members who was already a known-star before the film's release. He had previously appeared in the hit comedy "Caddyshack" and was also one of the original players on "Saturday Night Live."
- Chevy Chase. More leading roles quickly followed after "Vacation," with starring turns in "Fletch" and "The Three Amigos," but Chase wasn't able to re-capture that same success as a TV talk show host.
- Beverly D'Angelo as Ellen Griswold. Beverly D'Angelo originally got her start as a cartoonist for Hannah Barbara in the early 1970s. Before "Vacation," D'Angelo had appeared in the 1979 film adaptation of "Hair" (directed by D'Angelo's then-beau Milos Forman) and sang all of her own songs as Patsy Cline in "A Coal Miner's Daughter."
- Beverly D'Angelo. D'Angelo has continued to act steadily since the release of "Vacation", but she's been more focused in recent years in her role as a mother.
Showing all 33 items. Jump to: Photos (19) Quotes (14) Photos. Quotes. Clark Griswald : I think you're all fucked in the head. We're ten hours from the fuckin' 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.
Jul 29, 2015 · Anthony Michael Hall. Before he was cast as that geeky blond teen in 1985’s The Breakfast Club, Anthony Michael Hall was the first of four actors to play Russell “Rusty” Griswold....
Hall began acting in commercials at the age of seven, and his breakthrough role was as Rusty Griswold in Vacation (1983) alongside Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo.
Oct 5, 2012 · Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Dana Barron, and Anthony Michael Hall — who played the Griswolds, a quintessential nuclear family whose road trip leads to a meltdown — were all relatively easy...
