The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors (1988)

The wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law in unbearable.

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1988-06-17
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 497 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Universal Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director:
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From 497 Ratings
6.6 24 40%

Summary

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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    Sound Thomas Newman Original Music Composer
    Editing Tom Rolf Editor
    Camera Ric Waite Director of Photography
    Crew John Frazier Special Effects Coordinator
    Costume & Make-Up Marilyn Vance Costume Design
    Production Arne Schmidt Producer
    Production John Hughes Executive Producer
    Writing John Hughes Writer
    Production Charles Newirth Production Manager
    Art John H. Anderson Set Decoration
    Crew Walter Scott Stunt Coordinator
    Directing Walter Scott Second Unit Director
    Art John W. Corso Production Design
    Directing Howard Deutch Director
    Editing Seth Flaum Editor
    Production Judith Weiner Casting Director
    Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Jr. Makeup Artist
    Editing William D. Gordean Editor
    Production Tom Jacobson Executive Producer
    Crew Kenny Ortega Choreographer
    Sound C. Darin Knight Sound Mixer
    Costume & Make-Up Carol A. O'Connell Hairstylist
    Costume & Make-Up Dione Taylor Hairstylist
    Crew Rob Bottin Makeup Effects
    Costume & Make-Up Alan Friedman Makeup Artist
    Sound Tom Kramer Music Editor
    Production Stephen Lim Associate Producer
    Sound Tom C. McCarthy Supervising Sound Editor
    Production Elena Spiotta Associate Producer