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The Great Outdoors
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- How long is The Great Outdoors?
- The Great Outdoors is 1 hr 31 min long.
- Who directed The Great Outdoors?
- Howard Deutch
- Who is Roman Craig in The Great Outdoors?
- Dan Aykroyd plays Roman Craig in the film.
- What is The Great Outdoors about?
- It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley (John Candy), along with his wife, Connie (Stephanie Faracy), and their two kids, Buck (Chris Young) and Ben (Ian Giatti). But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd), his wife, Kate (Annette Bening), and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.