Home Alone 3 (1997)

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

Director:

Raja Gosnell

Writer:

John Hughes

Stars:

Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit...

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Plot Keywords:

airport | chicken pox | actor shares first name with character | home invasion | tape over mouth | 

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Taglines:

It's bad news for bad guys... Again.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for slapstick violence, language and mild sensuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Polish

Release Date:

12 December 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Home Alone III

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,085,482, 14 December 1997, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,882,515

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$48,200,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Hughes Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

When Alex's dad is about to board his flight and hands over his ticket, you can clearly see the actress at the computer pretending to type above the keyboard.

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Quotes

[as Alice locks them in Mrs. Hess's garage, intending to keep her from interfering]
Mrs. Hess: Why are you closing the door?
Alice: I left my heart in San Francisco.

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Connections

Referenced in Ashens: TV Simulator (2016)

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Soundtracks

Nite Prowler
Adapted arrangement by R. Kuhn
Performed by The Deuce Coupes
Courtesy of Del-Fi Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Celebrity Licensing Inc.

User Reviews

It's not the same.

Has the same title only this ain't the Home Alone you'd all be familiar with.

No one from the original is in it. And the plot to it isn't as amusing as the first 2 were.

This one has to do with some secret group of agents accidentally misplaced there product at the airport which has some important chip in it that's top secret. They track down where the product is which is in Chicago, and located in somewhere in a neighborhood. 4 agents now have to check every house and find that chip.

A kid who's supposed to be the new version of Kevin has the chip only he doesn't know it yet.

He likes to watch neighbors with his telescope and goof around. When he notices the agents breaking into the neighbor's homes, he calls the police. When they get there they didn't find any of the intruders in the neighbor's home. When the agents plan on breaking into our main hero's home, he has to prepare himself to set up traps and give them hell.

This movie was good at first but it's not the same. Those who like the first 2 Home Alone movies, you might not like this one. Rent it first, and see for yourself.