Home Alone
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Writer: John Hughes Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
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Macaulay Culkin
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Kevin McCallister
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Joe Pesci
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Harry
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Daniel Stern
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Marv
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John Heard
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Peter McCallister
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Roberts Blossom
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Marley
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Catherine O'Hara
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Kate McCallister
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Angela Goethals
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Linnie
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Devin Ratray
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Buzz
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Gerry Bamman
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Uncle Frank
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Hillary Wolf
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Megan
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John Candy
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Gus Polinski
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Larry Hankin
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Officer Balzak
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Michael C. Maronna
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Jeff (as Michael C. Maronna)
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Kristin Minter
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Heather
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Diana Rein
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Sondra (as Daiana Campeanu)
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Sex & Nudity
Buzz has a small poster of a scantily clad woman on his bedroom wall. He also asks about French women's shaving habits, as well as nude beaches.
Kevin goes through Buzz's private stuff and briefly looks through a "Playboy" magazine, but then tosses it aside after finding it gross. The viewer cannot see the nudity within the magazine, but vague glimpses of scantily clad women on the cover.
In the Family Fun Edition on DVD and Blu-ray, Macaulay Culkin has his pants pulled down in the deleted scenes. ( It just shows his underwear, no nudity. )
Macaulay Culkin appears shirtless a couple of times.
Violence & Gore
There are quite a few scenes where the two burglars get hurt (stepping on a nail and on sharp ornaments, falling down icy stairs, touching a burning doorknob, having a tarantula on their faces, having their head caught on fire and putting it out in the snow, etc...) However, it is portrayed as slapstick humor and is not meant to be frightening. Some blood is shown, though.
Kevin watches a very violent movie called "Angels with Filthy Souls" where a character is shot numerous times. The gunshots are very loud.
Kevin uses the violent movie as a joke when a pizza delivery man comes to his house. Kevin plays the film on full volume to make the man think there's an actual shooting. The man dramatically runs away, scared.
Kevin once again uses the violent movie to scare away a thief trying to break into his home. It scares the thief away and he runs back to his partner, panicking that someone was just "blown away."
The two burglars make many rude and frightening remarks to Kevin, emphasizing that they are going to get him.
Profanity
Mild obscenities are uttered in the movie. Only one use of "shit" is uttered by Marv (Daniel Stern)
The use of "horses's ass" is used once by a child as well as "ass" is used once by a teenager.
Harry (Joe Pesci) is believed to utter obscenities when he's mad, but it's all gibberish.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking
A man dressed as Santa smokes a cigarette.
A little alcohol is drunk. Champagne on the plane.
Frightening/Intense Scenes
A heater scares Kevin in the basement.
The McCallisters' neighbor--an old man--is believed to be a murderer. Kevin's older brother tells him the story, and he spends the majority of the movie being terrified every time he sees the old man while the notable "dun-dun-dun-dun" music plays in the background.
Water from a kitchen faucet floods the basement.
Kevin is treated badly by his family at the beginning of the movie. In particular, his uncle is very rude and obviously dislikes him, and his siblings think of him as pathetic and helpless. His older brother Buzz eats all the cheese pizza (the only kind that Kevin likes) and says that if Kevin wants any, someone will have to barf it up. Then, as a joke, Buzz tells Kevin to get a plate, and he pretends to throw up. Angry, Kevin knocks Buzz down and creates commotion in the kitchen. The uncle calls Kevin a little jerk, and the whole family is mad at him.
Kevin tells his mother that he doesn't want to see her or the rest of the family ever again, and that he wishes they didn't exist.
One of the burglars poses as a police officer and visits the McCallister family before they leave on vacation. As we later find out, he is just pressing them for information and hatching a plan to rob them once they're gone.
This motion picture is best suited to those ages 7+
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Details Country:
USA
Language:
English
Release Date:
7 December 1990 (UK) See more »
Also Known As:
Mi pobre angelito See more »
Filming Locations:
656 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, USA See more »
Box Office Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$17,081,997 (USA) (18 November 1990) (1202 Screens)
Gross:
$533,800,000 (Worldwide)
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Company Credits Production Co:
Hughes Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Camera
Arriflex Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory
DeLuxe
Film length (metres)
2805 m (Sweden)
Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm (Eastman EXR 500T 5296)
Cinematographic process
Spherical
Printed film format
35 mm
Filming locations for
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656 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, USA
(Mitch Murphy's house)
671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, USA
(McCallister home)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Grace Episcopal Church - 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Grand Food Center - 606 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka, Illinois, USA
Haven Middle School - 2417 Prairie Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, USA
(Christmas choir scene)
Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Hubbard Woods Metra Station - 1065 Gage Street, Winnetka, Illinois, USA
(railroad track bridge scene)
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Panera Bread Company--formerly Hubbard Woods Pharmacy - 940 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka, Illinois, USA
(pharmacy scene)
Paris, France
Trinity Methodist Church - 1024 W. Lake Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Winnetka, Illinois, USA
"Somewhere in My Memory"
Music by John Williams
Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
"Star of Bethlehem"
Music by John Williams
Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Produced by John Williams
Performed by Mel Tormé (as Mel Torme)
Courtesy of Concord Records
"Please Come Home for Christmas"
Written by Charles Brown and Gene Redd
Produced and Performed by Southside Johnny Lyon
Courtesy of Cypress Records
"White Christmas"
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by The Drifters
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Written by Johnny Marks
Performed by Brenda Lee
Courtesy of MCA Records
"Run Rudolph Run"
Written by Johnny Marks
Performed by Chuck Berry
Courtesy of MCA Records
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
Written by Dr. Seuss (as Theodore Giesl) and Albert Hague
Performed by Thurl Ravenscroft (uncredited)
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
Written by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots
Wiki Pedia
Home Alone is a series of four films that were based on the adventures of a boy named Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) who during the course of the film gets burglars Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) arrested by using booby traps. However in Home Alone 4, the antagonists for Kevin are Marv (now played by French Stewart, and originally cast as Richard Holman), his wife Vera (Missi Pyle), and later his mom Molly (Barbara Babcock), revealed later in the film. The third film has a similar plot but with a new protagonist, Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz), and more of a spy theme. The first two films were directed by Chris Columbus, the third film was directed by Raja Gosnell (who was the editor of the first two films), the fourth film was directed by Rod Daniel.
The first two films had Kevin getting separated from his family and trying to get two robbers, Harry and Marv, arrested, whom he bumps into at the climax of the films. The first film became the highest grossing film of 1990,[1] grossing $476,684,675 worldwide.[2] The film made a major star of Macaulay Culkin. In Home Alone, Kevin is 8 years old and in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, he's 10.
Home Alone 3 was released on December 12, 1997. It originally was going to have Kevin return as a teenager, but Macaulay Culkin dropped out of child acting in 1994, so it was changed to a whole different family and robbers. The film was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award. Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House, a television film, brought back Kevin but the cast was changed, and the plot does not maintain continuity with Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy, who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation. While initially relishing time by himself, he is later greeted by two would-be burglars played by Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci. Kevin eventually manages to outwit them with a series of booby traps. The film also features Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Devin Ratray and Roberts Blossom. As of 2009, Home Alone was the highest grossing comedy of all time.[2]
Culkin was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, becoming the youngest actor ever to be nominated for the award at the age of 11. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Directed by Chris Columbus Produced by John Hughes Written by John Hughes Starring Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci
Daniel Stern
John Heard
Catherine O'Hara
Roberts Blossom Music by John Williams Cinematography Julio Macat Editing by Raja Gosnell Studio Hughes Entertainment Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) November 16, 1990 Running time 103 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $18 million (estimated) Box office $476,684,675 (worldwide)[1]
Production
As with most of Hughes's films, Home Alone was set—and most of the film was shot—in the greater Chicago area. Any other shots, such as those of Paris, are either stock footage or film trickery. The Paris-Orly Airport scenes were filmed in one part of O'Hare International Airport. The scene where Kevin wades through a flooded basement when trying to outsmart the burglars was shot in the swimming pool of New Trier High School. A mock-up of the McDonnell Douglas DC10 business class was also put together in the school, on the basketball courts.[3] 20th Century Fox picked up the project after Warner Bros.'s rejection when the budget escalated from $14 million to $17 million.[4]
The Home Alone house is a three-story single family detached house used for shooting most of the scenes in Home Alone and the first four scenes of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.[5] The kitchen in the film was shot in the house, along with the main staircase, basement and most of the first floor landing. However, the house's dining room, and all of the rooms downstairs (excluding the kitchen) were built on a sound stage. It is located at 671 Lincoln Avenue in the village of Winnetka,[6] which is a suburb of Chicago, located about 19 miles (30 km) north of the city in New Trier Township. It was built in 1920 and features 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a fully converted attic, a fireplace, a detached double garage and a greenhouse.[7] "Kevin's tree house" in the backyard was demolished, since it was built specifically for the film. It is listed as a Chicago-area tourist destination,[8] as well as being cited as an example of "How to Get Your Home in the Movies."[9]
In May 2011, the house was listed for sale at $2.4 million.[10]
[edit] Music
Main article: Home Alone (soundtrack)
The film score of Home Alone was composed by John Williams. Christmas songs, such as O Holy Night and Carol of the Bells, are featured prominently in the film, as well as the film's theme song "Somewhere in My Memory." The soundtrack was released by Sony Classical in 1990.
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12 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Movie Home Alone 1. The picture Kevin finds of Buzz's girlfriend was actually a picture of a boy made up to look like a girl because the director thought it would be too cruel to make fun of a girl like that. 2. The role of Uncle Frank was written for Kelsey Grammer. 3. There is a legend that Elvis Presley (who died in 1977) made a cameo in the movie. Many of those who believe that Elvis is still alive maintain that, the heavily bearded man standing in the background of the scene where Mrs. MacCallister is shouting at the desk clerk (just before she meets John Candy) is Elvis. 4. The issue of Playboy that Kevin finds in Buzz's room is from July 1989 with Erika Eleniak as Miss July. 5. The “evil furnace” in the basement was done by two guys with fishing line and flashlights. 6. Robert De Niro turned down the role of Harry. 7. Angels with Filthy Souls is a fictional gangster film and was made specifically for the film. There is also a sequel to the film, Angels with Even Filthier Souls, in the sequel. 8. The Talkboy was originally conceived as a non-working prop for Home Alone, used by Macaulay Culkin's character. In 1993 it was made into a retail version, brought on by a massive letter-writing campaign by young fans of the film. 9. John Candy filmed his part in only 1 day, albeit an extremely long 23-hour day. The story about having once forgotten his son at a funeral home was entirely improvised. His part is obviously inspired by the character he played in Planes, Trains & Automobiles. 10. In the scene where Harry bites Kevin's finger, Joe Pesci actually bit Macaulay Culkin, leaving a scar on his finger. 11. The concept for the movie originated during the filming of a scene in Uncle Buck when Macaulay Culkin interrogated a would-be-babysitter through a letterbox. 12. Daniel Stern agreed to have the tarantula put on his face for exactly one take. He had to mime screaming because the noise would have scared the spider, and the scream was dubbed in later.
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