Movie
The Great Outdoors
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-06-17
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Zoaunne LeRoy as Juanita
- Nancy Lenehan as Waitress
Crew
- Howard Deutch - Director
- John Hughes - Writer
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