Home Alone 3 (1997)

Director:

Raja Gosnell

Writer (WGA):

John Hughes (written by)

Release Date:

12 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

There's a new kid on the block.

Plot:

Alex Pruitt, a young boy of nine living in Chicago, fend off thieves who seek a top-secret chip in his toy car to support a North Korean terrorist organization's next deed.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Airport | Burglar | Trap | Computer

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Alex D. Linz	...	Alex Pruitt
Olek Krupa	...	Petr Beaupre
Rya Kihlstedt	...	Alice Ribbons
Lenny von Dohlen	...	Burton Jernigan
David Thornton	...	Earl Unger
Haviland Morris	...	Karen Pruitt
Kevin Kilner	...	Jack Pruitt
Marian Seldes	...	Mrs. Hess
Seth Smith	...	Stan Pruitt
Scarlett Johansson	...	Molly Pruitt
Christopher Curry	...	Agent Stuckey
Baxter Harris	...	Police Captain
James Saito	...	Chinese Mob Boss
Kevin Gudahl	...	Techie
Richard Hamilton	...	Cab Driver
Freeman Coffey	...	Recruiting Officer
Krista Lally	...	Dispatcher
Neil Flynn	...	Police Officer #1
Tony Mockus Jr.	...	Police Officer #2 (as Tony Mockus Jr.)
Pat Healy	...	Agent Rogers
James Chisem	...	Police Officer #3 (as James L. Chisem)
Darwin Harris	...	Photographer (as Darwin L. Harris)
Adrianne Duncan	...	Flight Attendant
Sharon Sachs	...	Annoying Woman
Joseph Luis Caballero	...	Security Guard (as Joseph L. Caballero)
Larry C. Tankson	...	Cart Driver
Jennifer A. Daley	...	Police Photographer #2 (as Jennifer Daley)
Darren T. Knaus	...	Parrot (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zachary Lee	...	Johnny Allen (scenes deleted)
Andy-John	...	Police Officer #1 (uncredited)
Caryn Cheever	...	Ticketing Agent (uncredited)
Leon 'Lee' Fuller	...	Banker (uncredited)
Sarah Godshaw	...	Latchkey Girl (uncredited)
Jerod Howard	...	Airline Traveler (uncredited)
Scott Prestin	...	Head Airport Security Officer (uncredited)
Dominic Testa	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Raja Gosnell

Writing credits (WGA)
John Hughes		(written by)

Produced by
Hilton A. Green	....	producer (as Hilton Green)
John Hughes	....	producer
Ricardo Mestres	....	executive producer
Nilo Rodis-Jamero	....	associate producer (as Nilo Rodis)

Original Music by
Nick Glennie-Smith

Cinematography by
Julio Macat		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Malcolm Campbell
Bruce Green
David Rennie

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Jennifer McNamara
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Henry Bumstead

Art Direction by
Jack G. Taylor Jr.

Set Decoration by
Richard C. Goddard		(as Richard Goddard)

Costume Design by
Jodie Lynn Tillen		(as Jodie Tillen)

Makeup Department
Linda Boykin-Williams	....	key makeup artist
Lucia Mace	....	hair department head
Tania McComas	....	makeup department head
Linda Rizzuto	....	key hair stylist (as Linda R. Rizzuto)
Laine Trzinski	....	assistant hair stylist (as Elaine M. Cascio)
Denise Wynbrandt	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Connie Kallos	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
James Lacey	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Brian Wade	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Pat Chapman	....	production supervisor
Joseph P. Kane	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aiman A. Humaideh	....	key second assistant director: second unit
Richard S. Lederer	....	second second assistant director
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	second unit director
Benjamin Rosenberg	....	first assistant director
Basti Van Der Woude	....	additional second assistant director (as Thomas B. VanDerWoude)

Art Department
Paul Allen	....	set dresser
Cate Bangs	....	set designer
Kim Bolanowski	....	assistant property master (as E. Kim Bolanowski)
Joe Bristol	....	set dresser
Matt Busch	....	storyboard artist
Kevin Cross	....	set designer
Anthony Joseph Fatigato	....	painter
Michael Glorioso	....	carpenter
Chuck Herrmann	....	assistant property master (as Charles Herrmann)
Heidi Hublou-Nunnally	....	set dresser (as Heidi Hublou)
David W. Krummel	....	set designer
Fred Lucky	....	illustrator
Timothy McGee	....	set dresser (as Tim McGee)
Joseph Musso	....	illustrator
Michael V. Nichols	....	assistant property master
Jon Nicholson	....	set dresser
Laura M. O'Brien	....	art department coordinator
John Schacht	....	leadman (as John A. Schacht)
A. Leslie Thomas	....	set designer (as Leslie Thomas)
John Vargo	....	leadman: Chicago (as John M. Vargo)
Jim Wallis	....	set designer
Jim Zemansky	....	property master (as James B. Zemansky)
John R. Ziganto	....	set dresser
James MacDonald	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
David W. Alstadter	....	foley mixer
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Timothy Carden	....	sound editor
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	adr editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	dialogue editor
Jonathan Fuh	....	boom operator (as Jonathan Lee-Ger Fuh)
José Antonio García	....	sound mixer (as Jose Antonio Garcia)
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist
Tony Lamberti	....	supervising sound effects editor
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist
Jennifer L. Mann	....	adr editor
Mark Ormandy	....	additional sound
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising adr editor
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Scott Sanders	....	sound effects editor
David Stanke	....	assistant sound editor
Scott R. Thomson	....	sound technician
Rich Weingart	....	foley mixer
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor
John Lajvort	....	sound editorial engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Paul Allen	....	special effects technician
Sam Barkan	....	special effects technician
Cheech Battaglia	....	special effects technician
Robert Bolanowski	....	remote control operator
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects coordinator
Michael C. Del Greco	....	special effects technician (as Michael C. DelGreco)
George DiSalvo	....	special effects technician
Fred Folmer	....	special effects technician
Tom Gagnon	....	special effects labor foreman
John P. Kenny III	....	special effects technician
John Kielminski	....	special effects technician
Rodman Kiser	....	special effects technician
Ron Leahy	....	special effects technician (as Ronald Leahy)
Jonah Levy	....	special effects technician
Cyril H. Matthys	....	special effects technician
Robert McLain	....	special effects technician
Don Riozz McNichols	....	special effects key (as Don 'Rio' McNichols)
John D. Milinac	....	special effects technician
Tyree P. Miller II	....	special effects technician (as Tyree P. Miller III)
Michael P. Morris	....	special effects technician
Keith Raimondi	....	special effects technician
John Rigden	....	special effects technician
Paul Ryan	....	special effects technician
Glenda Sathre	....	special effects assistant
Maryann Scinto	....	casting/fabrication
Maryann Scinto	....	special effects technician
Daniel Simone Sr.	....	special effects technician (as Danial Simone)
Ken Sowinski	....	special effects crew
Kate Steinberg	....	special effects liaison (as Kate A. Steinberg)
Warren Stern	....	special effects technician
Philip J. Strohm	....	special effects technician
Bruce A. Strong	....	special effects technician
Chip Williams	....	special effects technician (as Chip D. Williams)
Michael Yario	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Alan Barnett	....	digital effects supervisor: Sight Effects
Mark A. Brown	....	chief technologist: VIFX
Melissa Davies	....	digital effects supervisor: Sight Effects
Matthew Ferro	....	visual effects producer
Andy Gauvreau	....	digital effects: VIFX
Rudy Hassen	....	digital effects supervisor: Sight Effects
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Adam Savage	....	model maker
Jeff Wells	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Marian Rudnyk	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Mitchell Dean	....	utility stunts
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunts
James Fierro	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	stunts
Freddie Hice	....	stunt coordinator
Julie Justus	....	stunts
K. Isabel Kimler	....	stunts
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunts (as Rick LeFevour)
Bob MacDougall	....	stunts (as Bob McDougall)
Carl Paoli	....	stunt double
Linda Perlin	....	stunts
Troy Robinson	....	stunts
Erik Rondell	....	stunts
R.A. Rondell	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher J. Tuck	....	stunts (as Chris Tuck)
Kay Whipple	....	stunts (as Kay H. Whipple)
Brian Christensen	....	stunts (uncredited)
Daniel Maldonado	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James Aylward	....	electrician
Art Bartels	....	rigging grip
Michael Beavers	....	rigging grip
Richard Beck	....	rigging grip (as Richard A. Beck)
Sam Bertone	....	electrician (as Sam A. Bertone)
Richard Bond	....	rigging key grip (as Richard A. Bond Jr.)
Kevin Boyd	....	video assist operator (as Kevin P. Boyd)
Fernando M. Briones	....	electrician (as Fernando Briones)
Rick Brown	....	rigging grip
Joseph Calomino	....	rigging electrician
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	Steadicam operator
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	camera operator
Brian Christensen	....	rigging grip
Helmer A. Claesson	....	rigging grip
David Conaghan	....	electrician
Joseph P. Connelly	....	company grip
Gary Dagg	....	key grip: Los Angeles (as Gary L. Dagg)
Terry Dee	....	rigging gaffer
David E. Diano	....	additional camera operator
Frank Ferrari	....	company grip (as Frank M. Ferrari)
Adam Fogelson	....	rigging electrician
Chris Freres	....	rigging grip
John P. Friday	....	best boy electric
John Fuller	....	electrician
Ron Grenko	....	electrician
Adam Griswold	....	rigging grip
Glenn Guenther	....	rigging grip
T.S. Hale	....	rigging electrician
Sean Harvey	....	rigging grip (as Sean P. Harvey)
Rory Herbster	....	electrician
Charles S. Hodes	....	still photographer
Mort Hyatt	....	rigging electrician (as Morton E. Hyatt)
Harry P. Jackson III	....	electrician
Harry M. James	....	electrician
Charles Jimenez	....	rigging grip
George Kohut	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Bob E. Krattiger	....	gaffer: Los Angeles (as Robert E. Krattiger)
Peter Kuttner	....	camera assistant: "b" camera
Michael Lange	....	rigging grip (as Michael J. Lange)
Dennis J. Leahy	....	electrician
Morgan Michael Lewis	....	key grip
Mark R. Lindberg	....	gaffer: Chicago
Steve Lippert	....	rigging grip
Anthony J. Lullo	....	best boy grip
Mel P. Mack	....	rigging electrician
Michelle Mann	....	camera remote technician
Blake E. Matthys	....	rigging electrician
Bradley T. Matthys	....	dolly grip
Mark E. Matthys	....	company grip
Steven Matthys	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Tim Meehan	....	electrician (as Timothy R. Meehan)
Andy Mentzer	....	electrician
Danial Miller	....	key grip: Chicago (as Danial A. Miller)
David Morenz	....	first assistant camera (as Dave Morenz)
Bob Myers	....	company grip (as Robert B. Myers)
Dick Oakes	....	rigging electrician (as Richard D. Oakes)
Charles Orr	....	electrician (as Charles L. Orr)
Timothy J. Osman	....	rigging grip (as Tim Osman)
Steve Parrington	....	video playback operator
Steve Peterson	....	first assistant camera
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	director of photography: second unit
Walter J. Piers	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Kathryn Roberts	....	camera loader (as Kathryn Mueller)
Robert J. Rocco	....	generator operator
James F. Roorda	....	rigging best boy grip
Lawrence Root	....	rigging electrician
Jack Sandgren	....	rigging grip
Steve Seukiw	....	electrician (as Steven Semkiw)
Ronald Sherman	....	generator operator
Steven Silverstein	....	camera loader: second unit
Dean M. Simmon	....	second assistant camera
Robert Swander	....	best boy rigging electric (as Robert S. Swander)
Park B. Taylor	....	electrician
Nick Thomas	....	rigging electrician
James Topel	....	rigging electrician
Robert Waddell	....	company grip
Makiko Watanabe	....	camera intern
Mark N. Woods	....	electrician (as Mark Woods)
Frank Yario Jr.	....	playback operator
Frank Yario Jr.	....	video assist operator

Casting Department
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting assistant: Los Angeles
Johnny White	....	extras casting coordinator
Christian Kaplan	....	executive in charge of casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gala Autumn	....	costume supervisor
Jacqueline S. Beatka	....	seamstress (as Jacqueline Beatka)
Jane Blank	....	key seamstress
Patrick Caulfield	....	set costumer
Stella Cottini	....	costumer
Gretchen Gain	....	costumer
Miriam Hoffman-Durand	....	costumer (as Miriam S. Hoffman)
Amanda Frances Horne	....	costumer assistant
Amanda Frances Horne	....	wardrobe assistant
Gina Panno	....	costumer
Heather Pollock	....	costumer

Editorial Department
John Axelrad	....	first assistant editor
William Danaher	....	apprentice editor
Penny Lee Hallin	....	assistant editor
Mark V. Phillips	....	first assistant editor
Matvey Shatz	....	color timer
Jason Solberg	....	apprentice editor
John M. Vitale	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	conductor
Michelle Kuznetsky	....	music supervisor (as Michele Kuznetsky)
Malcolm Luker	....	scoring mixer
Laura Perlman	....	music editor
Mary Ramos	....	music supervisor (as Mary Ramos-Oden)
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
Katherine Quittner	....	music editor: temp score (uncredited)

Transportation Department
James Hogan	....	transportation coordinator
Robert Wallace	....	driver

Other crew
Lisa A. Becker	....	production coordinator
Anne Berger	....	location assistant
Mike Bliss	....	telecommunications coordinator
Jamie Bolger	....	production assistant
Luis Brito	....	cook
Christopher J. Brown	....	production assistant
Dru Anne Carlson	....	script supervisor (as Druann Carlson)
Caryn Cheever	....	accounting clerk
John Chisholm	....	studio teacher
Heij Chung	....	assistant: Ricardo Mestres
Maureen 'Mo' Crutchfield	....	post-production accountant
Merrilee Dale	....	first assistant accountant
Jennifer A. Daley	....	set production assistant
William Danaher	....	dailies projectionist
Allyson Daugherty	....	photo double
B. Ted Deiker	....	assistant production coordinator
Mark A. Echevarria	....	animal trainer
Lisa Jean Felski	....	second assistant accountant
Tg Glazer	....	location manager: Chicago (as TG Glazer)
Thomas Griffin	....	office production assistant
Kelly Helstrom	....	assistant: Raja Gosnell
Denis Hennelly	....	production assistant
Susan Humphrey	....	animal trainer
Timothy S. Kane	....	production assistant
Ross L. Kulma	....	set medic
Ernie Malik	....	unit publicist
Mark McCarville	....	assistant location manager
Eric A. Pot	....	key production assistant
Jonna Smith	....	assistant: Ricardo Mestres
David Sousa	....	animal coordinator (as Dave E. Sousa)
Janet Steffen	....	studio teacher
Jennifer C. Testa	....	production associate (as Jennifer Testa)
Seth Vamos	....	operations manager
Trish Vengoechea	....	payroll accountant
Jodi R. Wilson	....	assistant: Raja Gosnell
Channing Work	....	production secretary (as Channing Jesse Work)
Joel Stopka	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents)
• Hughes Entertainment

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1998) (Japan) (theatrical) (Far East)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1997) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (1997) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Fox Network (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Birds & Animals Unlimited  animals
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for slapstick violence, language and mild sensuality

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Polish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #35594) | Taiwan:GP | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-8/5 | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

3026 Normandy Pl., Evanston, Illinois, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Macaulay Culkin refused to do this film simply because he'd grown tired of the role and felt that there was nothing else he could've done with it.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When one burglar rolls down into the basement and falls from the mousetrap on his finger, he shoots a toilet pipe, and there is a very loud gunshot, yet there is a silencer on his gun, if there were a silencer the gunshot would not have been that loud

Quotes:

Alex:Excuse me for being a good citizen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Soundtrack:

I Want It All

Somewhat original, fair music... but that's about it

The first Home Alone was a decent enough film... the sequel was pretty much the same, at a new setting. This one tries to be original, and succeeds to some degree... of course, the formula is basically the same, so it's like watching the same movie for a third time with slightly altered plot. The new score is quite bad(though the new "setting traps" piece was, if nothing else, interesting and different), especially compared to the grand score of the first, and the almost-but-not-quite-as-good score of the second. It (almost) makes up for it by using some pretty good non-original music, but it's just not the same. The plot is fair, and somewhat original to the franchise, but it's still basically the same movie as the first two, with worse acting and a less impressive example of the 'scary character turning out to be good'. The acting is mostly unimpressive. The characters are mostly caricatures. The new thieves are less entertaining than the old ones(and they make fun of spy-stuff, which is almost criminal, given the limited amount of good spy flicks there are, and how precious few of them are cool). The fact that there are more of them(and thereby more traps) is just a weak attempt at trying to go one higher than the first two films... and it doesn't work. The idea behind the thieves and their mission is a tad too... adult and serious for a children's film(and there was a sexual joke or two, though that isn't the first time in the series). It's also unnecessarily complex, as is the plot in general. I could follow it, but I doubt a kid could. Some of the exposition are delivered so obviously that even children may find it stupid. The animal stuff is generally not amusing. There are fewer siblings, which should mean that those there are get developed more, but they have less personality than the least featured of those of the first two films. All in all, just not particularly good, or worth watching, unless you *really* love watching criminals getting hurt in cartoon-y violence. I recommend this to huge fans of the series only. 3/10