Rebecca Gordon

The Great Outdoors (1988)

It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  John Candy  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  Annette Bening  •  Stephanie Faracy

It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  John Candy  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  Annette Bening  •  Stephanie Faracy

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Helen Mirren  •  River Phoenix  •  Conrad Roberts

Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Helen Mirren  •  River Phoenix  •  Conrad Roberts