Chicagoan Chester "Chet" Ripley (John Candy), his wife Connie (Stephanie Faracy), and their two sons, Buckley "Buck" and Ben, are vacationing at a lake resort in Pechoggin, Wisconsin, for the summer. All goes as planned until Connie's sister, Kate (Annette Bening), her investment broker husband, Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd), and their mostly-silent twin daughters, Mara and Cara, unexpectedly arrive uninvited.
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Comedy |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | John Hughes, Tom Jacobson, Arne Schmidt, Stephen Lim, Sean Daniel, Elena Spiotta |
Directed By: | Howard Deutch |
Written By: | John Hughes |
Cast: | Robert Prosky, Paul Hansen, Shirley Harris, Lewis Arquette, John Candy, Annette Bening, Bart The Bear, Raleigh Bond, Sierra Somerville, Nancy Lenehan, Chris Young, Rebecca Gordon, Stephanie Faracy, Britt Leach, Andy Prosky, Lucy Deakins, John Bloom, Ian Giatti, Dan Aykroyd, Zoaunne LeRoy, Christine Spiotta, Hilary Gordon, Jerry Maren, Debra Lee Ortega, Cliff Bemis |
In Theaters: | Jun 17, 1988 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 31 minutes |
Production: | Universal Pictures, Hughes Entertainment |
Budget: | $24,000,000 |
Box Office: | $41,455,230 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |