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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Hughes (written by)
Release Date:
16 November 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Family Comedy Without The Family. more
Plot:
An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 10 wins
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3 nominations
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(247 articles)
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Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the Grinches Who Almost Steal Christmas...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Macaulay Culkin | ... | Kevin McCallister |
 | Joe Pesci | ... | Harry |
 | Daniel Stern | ... | Marv |
 | John Heard | ... | Peter McCallister |
| Roberts Blossom | ... | Marley |
 | Catherine O'Hara | ... | Kate McCallister |
 | Angela Goethals | ... | Linnie |
| Devin Ratray | ... | Buzz |
| Gerry Bamman | ... | Uncle Frank |
| Hillary Wolf | ... | Megan |
 | John Candy | ... | Gus Polinski |
 | Larry Hankin | ... | Officer Balzak |
| Michael C. Maronna | ... | Jeff (as Michael C. Maronna) |
 | Kristin Minter | ... | Heather |
| Daiana Campeanu | ... | Sondra |
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103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:Livre |
Iceland:L |
Australia:PG |
South Korea:All |
Portugal:M/6 |
New Zealand:PG |
Netherlands:AL (original rating) |
Netherlands:6 (re-rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
Canada:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Germany:12 |
Norway:10 |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG
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Although the part was written especially for Macaulay Culkin by John Hughes, several hundred other boys were auditioned by director Chris Columbus just because he wanted to confirm that Culkin was right for the part.
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Crew or equipment visible: Near the end of the film, as Kevin looks out of the window to see his neighbor reunited with his son, a hand holding a camera is clearly visible.
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Kate McCallister:
I have been awake for almost 60 hours. I'm tired and I'm dirty. I have been from Chicago to Paris to Dallas to... where the hell am I?
Scranton Ticket Agent: Scranton.
Kate McCallister: [finally letting her aggravation out] I am trying to get home to my eight-year-old son. And now that I'm this close, you're telling me it's hopeless?
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Scranton Ticket Agent: Scranton.
Kate McCallister: [finally letting her aggravation out] I am trying to get home to my eight-year-old son. And now that I'm this close, you're telling me it's hopeless?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (2005) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Star Of Bethlehem
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FAQ
Why did the McCallisters oversleep when they knew they had to get up at 8 a.m. in order to make the flight?Was the old gangster movie that Kevin watched a real movie?
What do Kevin's parents do for a living?
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The overwhelming success of 'Home Alone' (it spawned two sequels), is enough to guarantee that most people will love this story of a family that departs for Paris on the Christmas holidays, mistakenly leaving an eight-year old boy to fend for himself. And fend he does, when burglars threaten to break in unless he can rig enough booby-traps to keep them out.
That's the simple plot in a nutshell. Macaulay Culkin seems to have no problem carrying most of the film with a wide variety of looks, gestures and expressions--but for my money it's Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci who get the main laughs as the bumbling burglars intent on outwitting the kid's traps.
Others in the cast don't have as much to do but do well enough by their roles, particularly Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as the parents who only discover on the plane that Kevin is missing. The laughs are steady, the color photography is great and the slight story is probably every boy's fantasy of what it might be like to be left home alone. Add to that the holiday flavor of Christmas and a pleasant musical score by John Williams and you have the makings of a classic.
The proof is in the pudding--they must have done something right!!