When a typical American family takes a cross-country vacation, it can only mean one thing: total disaster!

The preternaturally gifted director and choreographer Bob Fosse turned the camera on his own life for this madly imaginative, self-excoriating musical masterpiece. Roy Scheider gives the performance of his career as Joe Gideon, whose exhausting work schedule-mounting a Broadway production by day and editing his latest movie at night; and routine of amphetamines, booze, and sex are putting his health at serious risk.

"Everything is planned, everything is packed, and everything is about to go hilariously wrong. The Griswolds are going on vacation. In the driver's seat is Clark Griswold, an everymay eager to share the open road and the wonders of family togetherness with his wife and kids. Myriad mishaps, crude kin, encounters with a temptress, financial woes, Aunt Edna on the roof, one security guard and 2460 miles later, it is indeed a wonder the Griswolds are...

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