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The Great Outdoors

Cast

Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening View All

Crew

John Hughes (Writer), Howard Deutch (Director) View All

Release: Jun. 17th, 1988

Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes

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.

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The Great Outdoors (1988) Director: Howard Deutch Writer: John Hughes Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening Genre: Comed.

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Gideon58
With names like John Hughes behind the camera and John Candy and Aykroyd in front of it, one expects a comedy with non-stop laughs and plenty of physical comedy.