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The scene in the garage where Jernigan sees a pair of legs dangling out of the storage attic and he pulls on them which are actually the legs of a dummy attached to a lawn mower starter which starts and falls through the door onto Jernigan was derived from the novelization of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in which the exact same incident happens to Marv when he's searching the garage for Kevin.
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The role of Alex was a coveted one, with over 100 kids trying out for the part. Alex D. Linz won the part, beating another child star, Philip Petrie, who had also tried out for the part of Sammy in One Fine Day, a role taken by Alex D. Linz.
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Originally it was planned to film both Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and 'Home Alone 3' back to back.
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The only film of the series which was not directed by Chris Columbus or featured music by John Williams.
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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.
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The directorial debut of Raja Gosnell, who previously edited the first two films of the series.
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This was the film of John Hughes' five picture contract with Twentieth Century-Fox, to write, produce or direct after the success of the original Home Alone. He wrote and produced Dutch, _Home Alone 2 (1992)_, Baby's Day Out, Miracle on 34th Street and Home Alone 3.
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The film is a complete spin off the original movies. There no mention of 'Macualay Culkin''s character or mention of his family, The MacAllister's. The only link to the original film is the Chicago suburbs, where the original film takes place, Mr. Jernigan getting his region hit by a crowbar and a portion of John Williams' score during the beginning credits.
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Olek Krupa, Mirian Seldes, Haviland Morris, Lenny Von Dohlen and David Thornton featured in the film, have all performed on Broadway and at one time or another have been frequent guest stars on the NBC series Law and Order and it's spin offs.
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Haviland Morris who plays Alex D. Linz' mother in the film is a natural redhead along with Scarlett Johansson who plays her daughter in the film. Catherine O'Hara, who played Macaulay Culkin's mother in the series first two films, also had red hair: a tribute to the the original films.
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Considering that Home Alone 4 and Home Alone 5: Alone in the Dark were both made for television , Home Alone 3 was the last film of the series to be released theatrically.
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At one stage the script was considered being filmed as a television pilot, but in the end the studio decided to go ahead and make it as a feature film. The reverse would later happen with Home Alone 4, which was originally intended to be a stand-alone TV movie, but was restructured during production to serve as a pilot for a TV series that ultimately never went ahead.
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The original concept involved Macaulay Culkin's character, Kevin McCallister, returning as a teenager. However, the plan was scrapped as Culkin dropped out of acting three years earlier as he thought he was outgrowing "childish" roles.
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