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The Great Outdoors

1988 | PG | 87 min | Comedy

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Synopsis

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 by Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, and Robert Prosky. The film is about two families spending a vacation at a fictional resort town in northern Wisconsin. Before The Great Outdoors appeared in theaters, Aykroyd, Candy, and Young portrayed their roles during the end credits of She's Having a Baby where they are among the people that pitch the idea names for the baby son of Jake and Kristy.

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Credits

Director
Howard Deutch
Screenplay
John Hughes
Director of Photography
Ric Waite
Original Music Composer
Thomas Newman
Country
United States
Studios
Universal Pictures

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Budget
$24.0M

Cast · 10

LD

Lucy Deakins

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

John Candy

John Candy

JB

John Bloom

Chris Young

Chris Young

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