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The following year, Hall landed the role of Rusty Griswold, [[Chevy Chase]] and [[Beverly D'Angelo]]'s son, in ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]'', catching the attention of the film's screenwriter [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]], who was about to make the jump to directing. "For [Hall] to upstage Chevy, I thought, was a remarkable accomplishment for a 13-year-old kid," said Hughes.<ref name="16candles"/> The film was a significant box office hit in 1983, grossing over $61 million in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |website=Box Office Mojo |title=National Lampoon's Vacation |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nationallampoonsvacation.htm |access-date=October 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115023100/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nationallampoonsvacation.htm |archive-date=15 November 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> After ''Vacation'', Hall moved on to other projects and declined to reprise his role in the 1985 sequel.<ref>{{cite web |title=''National Lampoon's European Vacation'' Review |last=Lee |first=Russell |url=http://www.dvdbits.com/reviewprint.asp?id=3164 |access-date=November 25, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918033831/http://www.dvdbits.com/reviewprint.asp?id=3164 |archive-date=September 18, 2006}}</ref>
Hall's breakout role came in 1984, when he was cast as Farmer Ted, the scrawny, braces-wearing [[geek]] who pursued Molly Ringwald's character in John Hughes' directing debut ''[[Sixteen Candles]]''. Hall tried to avoid the clichés of geekiness. "I didn't play him with 100 pens sticking out of his pocket," he said. "I just went in there and played it like a real kid. The geek is just a typical freshman."<ref name=autogenerated5>{{cite web |website=People Weekly |date=June 4, 1984 |title=Sixteen Candles' sweet teens graduate to stardom by acting their own ages |last=Jarvis |first=Jeff |url=http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/articles/sweet16teens.html |access-date=September 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022111701/http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/articles/sweet16teens.html |archive-date=22 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Hall landed a spot on the promotional materials along with co-star Ringwald. Reviews of the film were positive for Hall and his co-stars, and one for ''[[People Weekly]]'' even claimed that Hall's performance "pilfer[ed] the film" from Ringwald.<ref>{{cite web |website=People Weekly |date=May 14, 1984 |title=''Sixteen Candles'' |last=Haller |first=Scot |url=http://home.xnet.com/~madman/sc/sc-article3.html |access-date=October 22, 2006 |via="Shermer, Illinois," a John Hughes fansite}}</ref> Despite achieving only moderate<ref>{{
In 1985, Hall starred in two additional teen-oriented films written and directed by Hughes. He was cast as Brian Johnson, "the brain," in ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'', co-starring [[Emilio Estevez]], [[Judd Nelson]], [[Ally Sheedy]], and [[Molly Ringwald]]. Film critic [[Janet Maslin]] praised Hall, stating that the 16-year-old actor and Ringwald were "the movie's standout performers."<ref>{{cite news |work=The New York Times |date=February 15, 1985 |title=John Hughes' The Breakfast Club |last=Maslin |first=Janet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/15/movies/john-hughes-s-breakfast-club.html |access-date=November 24, 2006}}</ref> Hall and fellow co-star [[Molly Ringwald]] dated for a short period after filming ''The Breakfast Club''. Later that year, Hall portrayed Gary Wallace, another likable misfit, in ''[[Weird Science (film)|Weird Science]]''. Critic Sheila Benson from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said Hall was "the role model supreme" for the character, but she also acknowledged that "he [was] outgrowing the role" and "[didn't] need to hold the patent on the bratty bright kid."<ref>{{cite web |website=Los Angeles Times |date=August 2, 1985 |title='Science' Fulfills Teenage Dreams |last=Benson |first=Sheila |url=http://home.xnet.com/~madman/ws/ws-article1.html |access-date=October 22, 2006 |via="Shermer, Illinois", a John Hughes fansite}}</ref> ''Weird Science'' was a moderate success at the box office but was generally well received by critics.<ref>{{cite web |website=Box Office Mojo |title=1985 Domestic Grosses |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1985&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&sort=gross&order=DESC&&p=.htm |access-date=October 13, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115033642/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1985&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&sort=gross&order=DESC&&p=.htm |archive-date=15 November 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> Those roles established him as the 80s "nerd-of-choice," as well as a member of Hollywood's [[Brat Pack]]. Hall, who portrayed Hughes' [[alter ego]]s in ''Sixteen Candles'', ''The Breakfast Club'' and ''Weird Science'',<ref>{{cite web |website=Dallas Observer |date=June 3, 2004 |title=Anthony Michael Hall grows up |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2004-06-03/calendar/calendar3.html |access-date=October 30, 2006}}</ref> credits the director for putting him on the map and giving him those opportunities as a child. "I had the time of my life," he said. "I'd consider [working with Hughes again] any day of the week."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universalstudios.com/unichat.30/newchat/transcripts/anthonyhall.html |title=Hollywood Spotlight chat with Anthony Michael Hall |date=July 15, 1998 |website=Universal Studios |access-date=October 22, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990427075456/http://www.universalstudios.com/unichat.30/newchat/transcripts/anthonyhall.html |archive-date=April 27, 1999}}</ref>
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