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The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written and produced by John Hughes, and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy with supporting roles done by Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening (in her film debut), Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, and Robert Prosky. The film is about two families spending a vacation at a lake resort in the fictional town of Pechoggin, Wisconsin. Aykroyd, Candy, and Young reprise their roles from Hughes' previous film, She's Having a Baby.

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1988 · 1h 31m · Comedy

TMDB 6.4/10 (627 votes)

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.

Directed by Howard Deutch

Box office $43M worldwide

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Cast & crew

Howard DeutchDirector

Dan Aykroydas Roman Craig

John Candyas Chet Ripley

Stephanie Faracyas Connie Ripley

Annette Bening