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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Hughes (written by)
Release Date:
16 November 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Family Comedy Without The Family. more
Plot:
An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 10 wins
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3 nominations
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Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the Grinches Who Almost Steal Christmas...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Macaulay Culkin | ... | Kevin McCallister |
 | Joe Pesci | ... | Harry |
 | Daniel Stern | ... | Marv |
 | John Heard | ... | Peter McCallister |
| Roberts Blossom | ... | Marley |
 | Catherine O'Hara | ... | Kate McCallister |
 | Angela Goethals | ... | Linnie |
| Devin Ratray | ... | Buzz |
| Gerry Bamman | ... | Uncle Frank |
| Hillary Wolf | ... | Megan |
 | John Candy | ... | Gus Polinski |
 | Larry Hankin | ... | Officer Balzak |
| Michael C. Maronna | ... | Jeff (as Michael C. Maronna) |
 | Kristin Minter | ... | Heather |
| Daiana Campeanu | ... | Sondra |
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103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:Livre |
Iceland:L |
Australia:PG |
South Korea:All |
Portugal:M/6 |
New Zealand:PG |
Netherlands:AL (original rating) |
Netherlands:6 (re-rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Australia:PG (DVD rating) |
Canada:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Germany:12 |
Norway:10 |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG
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John Candy filmed his part in only 1 day, albeit an extremely long 23-hour day. The story about having once forgotten his son at a funeral home was entirely improvised. His part is obviously inspired by the character he played in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) also written by John Hughes
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Revealing mistakes: When Kevin is sliding down the steps the toboggan is lined-up with the stairway, when he goes out the door, the toboggan is now lined-up with the doorway. He should have just crashed into the wall and not gone out the door.
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Quotes:
Peter McCallister:
The only flying that I ever did as a kid was in the family station wagon. It wasn't to France. We used to have to go over to Aunt Laura and Uncle Arthur's house.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Sopranos: House Arrest (#2.11)" (2000)
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Soundtrack:
Please Come Home For Christmas
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How did Kevin get the ice off the porch steps before his family came home the next morning?Is "Home Alone" based on a book?
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The overwhelming success of 'Home Alone' (it spawned two sequels), is enough to guarantee that most people will love this story of a family that departs for Paris on the Christmas holidays, mistakenly leaving an eight-year old boy to fend for himself. And fend he does, when burglars threaten to break in unless he can rig enough booby-traps to keep them out.
That's the simple plot in a nutshell. Macaulay Culkin seems to have no problem carrying most of the film with a wide variety of looks, gestures and expressions--but for my money it's Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci who get the main laughs as the bumbling burglars intent on outwitting the kid's traps.
Others in the cast don't have as much to do but do well enough by their roles, particularly Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as the parents who only discover on the plane that Kevin is missing. The laughs are steady, the color photography is great and the slight story is probably every boy's fantasy of what it might be like to be left home alone. Add to that the holiday flavor of Christmas and a pleasant musical score by John Williams and you have the makings of a classic.
The proof is in the pudding--they must have done something right!!