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- Like all of Hughes’ ideas, Home Alone sprang from a small domestic problem. ‘’I was going away on vacation,’’ he says, ‘’and making a list of everything I didn’t want to forget. I thought, ‘Well, I’d better not forget my kids.’ Then I thought, ‘What if I left my 10-year-old son at home? What would he do?’ ‘’ One what-if led to another.
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The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, a young boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris.
Nov 16, 2015 · Armed with the movie’s box-office numbers and the knowledge that Baby Boomer parents were willing to invest serious dollars in keeping their kids happy, movie studios turned the early ’90s into a...
Oct 21, 2022 · Every year, countless families sit back to watch "Home Alone" during the holiday season. Here are some behind-the-scenes film facts for die-hard fans.
1. It's inspired by the director's biggest fear. Director Chris Columbus has said that his biggest fear as a kid was burglars invading his home, and that was why he wanted to make the movie. It must have been nice for him to film the booby trap scenes! 2. Home Alone isn't alone.
- The role was made for Macauley Culkin. After director John Hughes saw Macauley Culkin bust out his acting chops alongside the legendary John Candy in Uncle Buck in 1989, he came up with the idea for Home Alone.
- The Home Alone house was tough to cast. Who doesn’t love the house in Home Alone? It is at once an absolute fantasy (that kitchen) and also a full on nightmare (the entire basement).
- John Candy improvised most of his scenes. John Candy was a genius improviser. John Candy’s cameo as wandering polka star Gus Polinski, who offers Kevin McAllister’s mom Kate (Catherine O’Hara) a ride home in Home Alone, was shot in just one day.
- The McAllister family was also the Culkin family (kind of). Do you remember cousin Fuller who wets the bed if he drinks too much soda? Well that was actually Macauley Culkin’s younger brother Kieran Culkin of Succession fame.
Dec 7, 2020 · Two critics talk about Home Alone, 30 years after its release: what it meant to them as children, the parallels with Parasite, and how the John Hughes Christmas favourite shapes up today.
Dec 17, 2022 · Home Alone: 21 Behind-The-Scenes Facts You Probably Never Knew Including the inanimate object used as a stand-in for Macaulay Culkin and the misconceptions about that spider scene. By Ash...
