The Great Outdoors
1988/06/17 (US) | Comedy
The wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law in unbearable.
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.
Howard Deutch
Director
Lead Cast
Dan Aykroyd
Roman Craig
John Candy
Chet Ripley
Stephanie Faracy
Connie Ripley
Annette Bening
Kate Craig
Chris Young
Buck Ripley
Lucy Deakins
Cammie
Robert Prosky
Wally
Budget
$ 24,000,000
Revenue
$ 43,455,230
Status
Released
Production Company
- Universal Pictures
- Hughes Entertainment
Crews
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
John Hughes
Writer
Arne Schmidt
Producer
John Hughes
Executive Producer
Tom Jacobson
Executive Producer
Ric Waite
Director of Photography
Seth Flaum
Editor