Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV)

Director:

Rod Daniel

Writers (WGA):

John Hughes (characters)
Debra Frank (written by) ...
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Release Date:

3 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

Taking Back the House

Plot:

Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with...

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Mansion | Prince | Trap | Booby Trap

Cast

French Stewart	...	Marv Merchants
Erick Avari	...	Prescott
Barbara Babcock	...	Molly
Jason Beghe	...	Peter McCallister
Clare Carey	...	Kate McCallister
Joanna Going	...	Natalie
Missi Pyle	...	Vera
Gideon Jacobs	...	Buzz
Chelsea Russo	...	Megan
Mike Weinberg	...	Kevin McCallister (as Michael Weinberg)
Lisa King	...	Queen
Sean Cameron Michael	...	Cop (as Sean Michael)
Craig Geldenhuys	...	Prince
Andre Roothman	...	King
Anton Smuts	...	Cab Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sabine Mièl Fischer	...	Vera (voice)
Donny Watrous	...	Robber

Directed by
Rod Daniel

Writing credits (WGA)
John Hughes		(characters)
Debra Frank		(written by) &
Steve L. Hayes		(written by)

Produced by
Lisa Demberg	....	executive producer
Mitch Engel	....	producer
David Madden	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Teddy Castellucci

Cinematography by
Peter Benison		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John Coniglio
Michael A. Stevenson

Casting by
Donna Rosenstein

Production Design by
Leslie Binns

Set Decoration by
Lisa Hart

Costume Design by
Leigh Bishop

Makeup Department
Annette Keet	....	key hair stylist
Simone Stubbs	....	assistant makeup artist
Mieke Tait	....	assistant makeup artist
Megan Tanner	....	key makeup artist (as Meg Tanner)

Production Management
Mary Pat Avery	....	post-production supervisor
Nicci Perrow	....	unit production manager
Beetle Van Graan	....	unit manager
Peter Sherlock	....	production manager: second unit (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
D. Scott Easton	....	first assistant director
Jon-Luke Lourens	....	second assistant director
John Moio	....	second unit director
Peter Sherlock	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Herbie Adler	....	lead construction
Mark Auret	....	property master
David Bastiaans	....	construction supervisor (as Dave Bastiaans)
Lyall Gardiner	....	stagehand
Dylan Johnson	....	leadman
Clive Pollick	....	construction manager
Gordon Russell	....	construction lead hand
Elaine Seidel	....	set finisher
William Boyes	....	stand-by props (uncredited)
Warren Gray	....	prop builder (uncredited)
Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson	....	set designer (uncredited)
Josie Minty	....	props buyer (uncredited)
Michael Plummer	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Gigi Potter	....	construction administrator (uncredited)
Boris Rivett-Carnac	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Gary Smith	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Liz van den Berg	....	lead scenic (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kevin Patrick Burns	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Kevin Burns)
Michael C. Gutierrez	....	sound supervisor (as Michael Gutierrez)
Vince Gutierrez	....	lead sound supervisor
Colin McFarlane	....	production sound mixer
Todd Orr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Scott C. Kolden	....	supervising sound editor (uncredited)
Guy Tsujimoto	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Clint Ingram	....	key special effects
Brian Pearce	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Philip Sisk	....	digital compositor
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Eric M. Beaver	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Mark S. Driscoll	....	visual effects producer: LOOK! Effects Inc. (uncredited)
Christopher Ivins	....	digital compositor: LOOK! Effects, Inc. (uncredited)
Danny S. Kim	....	creative director (uncredited)
Tefft Smith	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Daryl Andrews	....	stunt double
Tania Koetzee	....	stunt double
Leander Lacy	....	stunt double (as Leander Lacey)
Lee-Anne Liebenberg	....	stunt double (as Leanne Liebenberg)
Anthony Mo Marais	....	key stunt rigger (as Mo Marais)
Pierre Marais	....	stunt double
Rochelle Nirvana	....	stunt performer
John Smith	....	stunt double
Antony Stone	....	location stunt coordinator
Dan Hirst	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
John Moio	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
John Smith	....	assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Franz Spilhaus	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Craig Bekker	....	best boy grip
Peter Belcher	....	camera operator
Trevor Michael Brown	....	camera operator: second unit
John Cooper	....	best boy electric
Lars Cox	....	first assistant camera
Mark Davidson	....	key grip
Mannie Ferreira	....	first assistant camera
Simon Francis	....	gaffer
Chris Lomax	....	camera operator: second unit
Chris Lomax	....	director of photography: second unit
Regan Mitchell	....	rigging assistant
Richard Rolf	....	Steadicam operator
Telfer Barnes	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Chris Summers	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Anna Feyder	....	location casting: Cape Town (as Ana Feyder)
Christa Schamberger	....	location casting: Johannesberg

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carolyn Marston	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
J.R. Benson	....	colorist
James G. White	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Richard A. Harrison	....	music editor (as Richard Harrison)
Tom Mgrdichian	....	musician
Tom Mgrdichian	....	orchestrator
Dan Slider	....	orchestrator: score (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Adriaan van Zyl	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Pierre Buys	....	assistant location manager
Morag Cameron	....	script supervisor
Elise Ganz	....	studio teacher
Robin Ginsberg	....	production accountant
Genevieve Hofmeyr	....	production consultant
Angela Phillips	....	production coordinator
J.C. Smuts	....	assistant production coordinator
Mick Snell	....	location manager
Justin Thaler	....	production assistant: Hughes Entertainment
Gert Uys	....	helicopter pilot: aerial filming
Teodore Dell'Amico	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Joanne Goldstone	....	location accountant (uncredited)
Peter Madamba	....	script researcher (uncredited)
Jennifer K. Rosner	....	assistant to executive producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television
• Fox Television Studios (as Fox Television Studios A News Corporation Company)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2002) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script clearance and research (uncredited)
• Film Lab, The  film processing (as The Film Lab, Cape Town)
• House of Fun Music Inc.  music published by (uncredited)
• Jellybean Music Publishing  music published by (uncredited)
• Level 3 Post  post-production services
• Moonlighting Filmmakers  South African production services by (as Moonlighting Filmmakers {PTY} LTD.)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation  author of this motion picture for purposes of copyright and other laws (as Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
• VRG Enterprises  post-production sound
• Video Lab, The  telecine transfers (as The Video Lab, Cape Town)

Also Known As:

"Home Alone: Taking Back the House" - USA (DVD title)

Runtime:

Brazil:84 min | USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (original rating) | Finland:K-7 | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the first two films, was approached to reprise his role in this one. Stern quickly declined, calling it "an insult, total garbage."

Goofs:

Continuity: The position of the teddy on Kevin's bed.

Quotes:

Vera:Marv, I gotta pee.
Marv Merchants:Vera, you can pee next week.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Obscurus Lupa Presents: Magic Island (#2.52)" (2011)

One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Ah yes, the Home Alone series. The first one was a good movie; good but not great. Home Alone 2 and 3 were comparatively lackluster. But this, I, can't even explain how utterly bad it is! The casting/acting is downright bad. Msn movies describes Mike Weinberg as being a "Macaulay Culkin look alike," but in reality he looks almost nothing like the original Kevin, as do the other characters; to the actors who originally took their role. (Marv [French Stewart] resembles Ernest more than Daniel Stern!)

The story is one of the cheesiest I've ever seen. It expects us to believe a single broken plumbing line flooding a house by a half a meter in less than five minutes! The storyline also tries to be a, "whodunnit," crime movie, with an unidentified inside man letting the criminals into the house, but the identity of the perpetrator is so obvious that it's just sad.

Another large problem with this movie is appealing to the target audience. Now, in my opinion, the best family/kids' movies are the ones that appeal to all viewers. (the Princess Bride, for instance.) If a movie, however, appeals only to the younger audience I have minimal, yet still existant respect for it. (Space Jam, for example.) This movie, however, is liked by nobody that I know. Even my younger five year old brother who saw it disliked it! And that, is saying much, because he is a Home Alone fanatic.

Do not waste your time or money on purchasing this movie. Rent it; or borrow it from a friend, instead, however, only if you only want to see how bad a movie can get. Truly this is one of the worst films ever to be made. (1/10)