The Great Outdoors is a 1988 comedy film starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy. Annette Bening and Stephanie Faracy co-star. Robert Prosky and Lewis Arquette have supporting roles. The film was directed by Howard Deutch and was written by John Hughes.
Chicago resident Chester "Chet" Ripley (John Candy), his wife Connie (Stephanie Faracy), and their two sons Buck (Chris Young) and Ben (Ian Giatti) are on vacation at a lake resort in Pechoggin, Wisco...
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The Great Outdoors is a 1988 comedy film starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy. Annette Bening and Stephanie Faracy co-star. Robert Prosky and Lewis Arquette have supporting roles. The film was directed by Howard Deutch and was written by John Hughes.
Chicago resident Chester "Chet" Ripley (John Candy), his wife Connie (Stephanie Faracy), and their two sons Buck (Chris Young) and Ben (Ian Giatti) are on vacation at a lake resort in Pechoggin, Wisconsin.
Then the unexpected happens—Connie's sister Kate (Annette Bening), Kate's know-it-all investment broker husband Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd), and Kate and Roman's twin daughters Mara (Rebecca Gordon) and Cara (Hilary Gordon) crash the vacation, having decided to blow off their own plans to vacation in Europe.
Roman is a typical Mercedes driving, '80s yuppie, and he and Kate live in the posh Chicago suburb of Oak Park. Roman seems to take pleasure in making sure others are well aware of his wealth and (supposed) expertise on many subjects....
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