The Great Outdoors - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Great Outdoors or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Great Outdoors

[kenzi]

The name for a gigantic steak at restaurant Paul Bunyon's Cupboard was "The Old '96'er".

[ken]

Several times throughout the movie, characters are seen drinking Point Beer. Point is an actual beer made in Stevens Point, in central Wisconsin, and is very popular throughout central and northern Wisconsin, where the movie takes place. A Point Beer sign is also seen in one of the restaurants in the film.

[fred]

Right before John Candy's character Chet Ripley orders the 'Ole 96er', his wife is seen ordering the Royal Canadian Mounted Beef Barley soup. In Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) John Candy's character Del Griffith is seen reading an adult-themed book titled, "The Canadian Mounted".

[javier]

The lakeside restaurant used in this movie was Ducey's Bar and Grill in Bass Lake, California, which burned to the ground shortly after filming, due to a gas fire. The rebuilt restaurant today has posters and memorabilia from the film hanging on its walls, as a reminder of the old restaurant.

[alyssa]

The twenty-fifth biggest film at the American box office for the year of 1988.

[gerald]

Dennis Benda, a greensman in this movie, spread redwood bark for Bart the Bear to walk on and wired leaves on the trees, so the setting would look like summer, not fall.

[sandra]

The production shoot for this picture ran for about three weeks.

[fred]

John Hughes had intended to direct the picture himself, but scheduling conflicts did not allow it.

[albert]

This movie was originally titled "Big Country".

[willard]

Was heavily panned by critics and failed to make a profit at the box office. However, once it hit the home video market it garnered a huge following, and has since become one of the most popular summer vacation movies.

[ken]

While talking to Chet (John Candy), Roman (Dan Aykroyd) says that Chet will probably outlive him, and that Roman will likely die of a heart attack. In 1994, Candy sadly died of a heart attack, and Aykroyd outlived him.

[eli]

Debut feature film of Annette Bening.

[claude]

Trailer narrated by Percy Rodrigues.

[sandra]

When Chet is telling the bear story he's wearing a Grateful Dead T-shirt. The shirt features the cover of the Grateful Dead's "Blues For Allah" album.

[wesley]

One of two 1988 cinema movie produced screenplays of John Hughes which debuted in that year. The pictures are "The Great Outdoors (1988)" and "She's Having a Baby (1988)."