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The Great Outdoors (1988)

The Great Outdoors (1988)

Comedy

This is no holiday… this is war!

Release Date: 1988, June 17
Directors: Howard Deutch
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
Cast: Annette Bening, Zoaunne LeRoy, Lewis Arquette, Nancy Lenehan, John Bloom, Dan Aykroyd, Andy Prosky, Bart the Bear, John Candy, Robert Prosky, Stephanie Faracy, Cliff Bemis

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.

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