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The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written and produced by John Hughes, and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy with supporting roles by Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening (in her film debut), Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, and Robert Prosky.
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) [1] was a Canadian actor and comedian who is best known for his work in Hollywood films. Candy first rose to national prominence in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its SCTV sketch comedy series .
In 1988, Aykroyd co-starred (with John Candy) in the comedy film The Great Outdoors. Aykroyd appeared in four other films released in 1988 (The Couch Trip, She's Having a Baby, Caddyshack II, and My Stepmother Is an Alien), all of them critical and commercial failures. [citation needed]
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In John Candy: A Life in Comedy, Myers chronicled the life, successes and lasting impact of the Canadian-born star, who died in 1994 at the age of 43. In an exclusive email interview with PEOPLE ...
Candy died in Mexico while shooting the 1994 film “Wagon’s East.” “I was 9. It was a Friday,” Chris said during a conversation with the Hollywood Reporte r in 2016.
Actor John Candy created many memorable roles in films written, directed or produced by Hughes, including National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), The Great Outdoors (1988), Uncle Buck (1989), Home Alone (1990), Career Opportunities and Only the Lonely (both 1991). Over the years, Hughes and Candy developed a ...
FLASHBACKS: As the celebrated bobsled comedy hits its 30th birthday, Simon Bland speaks to its director and stars about John Candy’s on-set struggles, the controversy over the characters ...