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The Great Outdoors (1988) [PG]

Release Date:
June 17, 1988

Original Title:
The Great Outdoors

Alternate Titles:
As Grandes Férias
Big Country
Báječná dovolenka
Dos Cuñados Desenfrenados
Tranquille le fleuve
Wielka wyprawa

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Hughes Entertainment
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  BR: 12  DE: 6  US: PG 

Runtime: 91

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Associate Producer:
Stephen Lim
Elena Spiotta

Casting Director:
Judith Weiner

Choreographer:
Kenny Ortega

Costume Design:
Marilyn Vance

Director:
Howard Deutch

Director of Photography:
Ric Waite

Editor:
Seth Flaum
William D. Gordean
Tom Rolf

Executive Producer:
Tom Jacobson
John Hughes

Hairstylist:
Dione Taylor
Carol A. O'Connell

Makeup Artist:
Ben Nye Jr.
Alan Friedman

Makeup Effects:
Rob Bottin

Music Editor:
Tom Kramer

Original Music Composer:
Thomas Newman

Producer:
Arne Schmidt

Production Design:
John W. Corso

Production Manager:
Charles Newirth

Second Unit Director:
Walter Scott

Set Decoration:
John H. Anderson

Sound Mixer:
C. Darin Knight

Special Effects Coordinator:
John Frazier

Stunt Coordinator:
Walter Scott

Supervising Sound Editor:
Tom C. McCarthy

Writer:
John Hughes

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