The 1988 John Hughes penned film, “The Great Outdoors,” was on the big screen last month at Central Park in the village of Elmwood Park, with families bundled in blankets for the &#8220… ...

But when it came to her big-screen debut in The Great Outdoors (released in theaters 35 years ago, on June 17, 1988), you’d never even know Bening was in the movie — and least from looking at ...

A trailer for ‘Cliffhanger’ (via Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers on YouTube). What better ambassador for the Great Outdoors than the famed Rocky Mountains of Colorado? Well, they never looked better ...

The Great Outdoors Released: 1988 Rated: PG Director: Howard Deutch In The Great Outdoors, Chicagoan Chet Ripley takes his family for some rustic R&R in fictional Pechoggin, Wisconsin.