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The Great Outdoors
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
1988 · Directed by Howard Deutch · 91 min · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
This is no holiday… this is war!
Crew
- Written by: John Hughes
- Cinematography: Ric Waite, Robert C. Thomas
- Edited by: Seth Flaum, William D. Gordean, Tom Rolf
- Music: Thomas Newman
- Production design: John W. Corso
- Produced by: Arne Schmidt
Cast
- Dan Aykroyd as Roman Craig
- John Candy as Chet Ripley
- Stephanie Faracy as Connie Ripley
- Annette Bening as Kate Craig
- Chris Young as Buck Ripley
- Lucy Deakins as Cammie
- Robert Prosky as Wally
- Ian Giatti as Ben Ripley
- Hilary Gordon as Cara Craig
- Rebecca Gordon as Mara Craig
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
- Budget: $24,000,000
- Box office: $43,455,230
- Themes: attachment to nature, holiday, roommates, wisconsin, grizzly bear, cabin, best friend, family holiday
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