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 | police | 

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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

Crystal Chappell, Laura Wright, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Roberta Angelica and Tia Carrere were all considered for the role of Alice Ribbons.

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Goofs

Alex's pet rat is named Doris, this suggests it to be a female. However what is obvious from a number of shots in the film, the rat used is a male.

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Quotes

Burton Jernigan: Unger. What's your position?
Earl Unger: Heading down Washington Street.
Burton Jernigan: I didn't copy. Where?
Earl Unger: I said, I'm heading to Wuh-ah-ah-ah...
[Jernigan runs over Unger while driving]
Earl Unger: Stop, you nitwit!
[the car stops and Unger screams, then collapses into the snow]

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Connections

References Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders (1995)

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Soundtracks

Experiment
Written and Performed by Jamie Foxx

User Reviews

Little Kids vs the bad guys

If you liked the last 2 you will love this one. Yeah it might be the same old story as the last 2 but if you're in the mood for a good laugh this is it.