The Great Outdoors

This is no holiday… this is war!

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.

Director

Howard Deutch

Writer

John Hughes

Producer

Arne Schmidt

Original Music Composer

Thomas Newman

Director of Photography

Ric Waite

Director of Photography

Robert C. Thomas