CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1988
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THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1988 1h 31m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Chicagoan Chester "Chet" Ripley (John Candy), his wife, Connie (Stephanie Faracy), and their two sons, Buckley "Buck" and Ben, are on vacation at a lake resort in Pechoggin, Wisconsin during the summer. All is going as planned until Connie's sister, Kate (Annette Bening), her investment broker husband, Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd), and their twin daughters, Mara and Cara, crash the vacation.

02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

John Candy

John Candy

Chet Ripley

Stephanie Faracy

Stephanie Faracy

Connie Ripley

Ian Giatti

Ben Ripley

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Wally

Lucy Deakins

Lucy Deakins

Cammie

Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Roman Craig

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Kate Craig

Chris Young

Chris Young

Buck Ripley