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The church that Kevin goes to is actually two locations. For the exterior it is Trinity Methodist Ch [...]
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Catherine O'Hara and John Heard appeared in Fuori orario (1985) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ( [...]
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When Chris Columbus scripted Piramide di paura (1985), Watson believed Holmes obsessed over a case b [...]
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Everyone on-set was amazed with how mature and professional Macaulay Culkin was. Joe Pesci told Ente [...]
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It's theorized Kevin's cousin Fuller's name isn't Fuller and could be just a cruel nickname given to [...]
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Joe Pesci deliberately avoided Macaulay Culkin on-set, because he wanted Culkin to think he was mean [...]
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The McCallister doorknob burn on Harry (Joe Pesci) at the beginning of the house raid is an homage t [...]
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The major success of this movie and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) allowed Chris Columbus to [...]
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Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill were considered for the role of Peter McCallister, but were too busy wit [...]
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This movie was put into turnaround by Warner Bros. because of the budget, so 20th Century Fox snatch [...]
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When the McCallisters are running through the Paris airport toward the arrivals section, Uncle Rob a [...]
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Old Man Marley was not in the original screenplay.
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While director Chris Columbus was staying at his wife's parents' house in Chicago after the birth of [...]
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Harry (Joe Pesci) wears a wedding ring throughout this movie. You can see it for the first time when [...]
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The scene in which Harry's head gets scalded with the blow-torch was achieved via a technique known [...]
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After securing Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern, Chris Columbus felt confident enough to [...]
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Chris Columbus previously directed Tutto quella notte (1987), in which the heroine opens the movie b [...]
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Almost every piece of furniture and decor in the McCallister home (including the wallpaper, carpet a [...]
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Chris Columbus said Macaulay Culkin was an incredibly charming kid.
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Gus Polinski, cousin Heather, Old Man Marley, the Pizza Boy, and Mitch Murphy (the boy from across t [...]
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The makers tried to make the stunts look as painful as possible, as per John Hughes's philosophy tha [...]
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The fake movie "Angels with Filthy Souls" was the first thing to be filmed, when the budget wasn't v [...]
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Daniel Stern wore rubber feet for his barefoot scenes, similarly to Bruce Willis as John McClane in [...]
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The ornaments on which Marv steps after climbing through the window were made of sugar. Daniel Stern [...]
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Chris Columbus wanted the booby trap with Marv getting hit in the face with a household object sent [...]
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There is a cardboard cutout of Michael Jordan in this movie. Jordan was Macaulay Culkin's favorite b [...]
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From 1993 to 1996, and again in 1998, NBC aired this movie during the 8 p.m. time slot on Thanksgivi [...]
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This is one of two movies in which Joe Pesci and John Candy consecutively appeared (in year terms), [...]
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John Candy (Gus Polinski) played brother to Tom Hanks in Splash (1984). Catherine O'Hara (Kate) play [...]
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Buzz (Devin Ratray) tells Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) and Rod (Jedidiah Cohen) that Old Man Marley (Robe [...]
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Tim Robbins was considered for Marv.
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To promote a stronger Christmas feel, red and green are major reoccurring colors throughout the movi [...]
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The last scene filmed was the one in which Kevin is running through the water-filled basement. Becau [...]
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On the Home Alone Family Fun Edition DVD, 26-year-old Macaulay Culkin and director Chris Columbus BO [...]
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Larry Hankin and Roberts Blossom appeared in Fuga da Alcatraz (1979).
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John Williams' score for this movie is a song called "Somewhere In My Memory". It is used mainly on [...]
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In the rumored original draft of the screenplay, Uncle Frank is revealed as the real villain, and as [...]
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Joe Pesci's character, Harry Lime, was named after Orson Welles' character from Il terzo uomo (1949) [...]
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Peter tries speaking in French to the operator in Paris saying 'Parlez anglais' ("Speak English?"), [...]
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Little Nero's Pizza is a parody of Little Caesar's Pizza. Caesar and Nero are famous names in Roman [...]
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Several of Chris Columbus' family members made cameos in this movie: His mother-in-law and his daugh [...]
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When Devin Ratray was asked what happened to Buzz later in life, he said he probably went to prison.
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The flag on top of Kevin's bed in the third floor is the city flag of Chicago, where the scene was f [...]
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Joe Pesci wasn't the first choice for the role of Harry. Many other actors were considered for the r [...]
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The B.B. that hit Marv in the face was hand-painted.
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Christopher Lloyd reportedly turned down the role of Marv.
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Kevin's homemade inventions may reflect Chris Columbus' love of inventions, which cropped up in movi [...]
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Kristin Minter's debut.
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Kevin shooting Marv in the forehead with Buzz's air rifle. The caps weren't real and were animated i [...]
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Roberts Blossom considered this movie one of the high points in his career after its release. Blosso [...]
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During the "I've made my family disappear" montage scene, Kevin imagines several members of his fami [...]
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The exterior of the McAllister residence was filmed in front of a house in the outskirts of Chicago. [...]
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Joe Pesci and Catherine O'Hara appeared in Il matrimonio di Betsy (1990). That movie featured Molly [...]
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According to Chris Columbus, Kevin Nordine did all of the effects for this movie in his parents' bas [...]
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The scene in which Megan talks to Buzz about Kevin was longer with extra dialogue in which Heather b [...]
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Kevin and Old Man Marley share a similar character arc in the movie. Kevin gets into a fight with Bu [...]
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In the original draft of the screenplay, Harry and Marv worked for Uncle Frank who hired them to rob [...]
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Chris Columbus sold Steven Spielberg the scripts for Gremlins (1984) and I Goonies (1985), but his c [...]
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The airport attendant who took the family's plane tickets never questioned why there was a person mi [...]
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Macaulay Culkin and John Candy appeared in Io e zio Buck (1989), also written and produced by John H [...]
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Foreshadowing: when Kevin attacks Buzz and spills milk all over the counter, Peter tries to clean up [...]
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Chris Columbus was previously hired by John Hughes to direct National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ( [...]
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Despite the theme song, "Somewhere In My Memory", as played by in the score and select choir version [...]
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The trailer featured deleted and alternated scenes: a television anchorman warns viewers to be on th [...]
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In December 2018, Macauley Culkin reprised his role, and certain scenes from this movie, in a televi [...]
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While appearing on a 2018 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Macaulay Culkin admitte [...]
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On the airplane, John Heard can be seen reading a novel by Thomas McGuane. McGuane and Heard were pr [...]
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At the end of the movie, the rest of the family walks in exactly 1 minute and 20 seconds after Kate [...]
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Soon after this movie, Hillary Wolf (Meagan) quit acting, and became a member of the U.S. Olympic Ju [...]
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The "evil furnace" in the basement was done by two guys with fishing line and flashlights.
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Theatrical movie debut of Hope Davis (French Ticket Agent).
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Marv's lines "Why the hell are you dressed like a chicken?" and "Maybe he committed suicide" were im [...]
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In the beginning of this movie, the audience notes that Kevin has been banished to the sleeper sofa [...]
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A board game based on this movie was published in 1991.
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While the kids in the main McCallister family (Buzz, Megan, Jeff, Linnie, and Kevin) are all differe [...]
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Raja Gosnell: This movie's editor is the voice on the answering machine when Harry and Marv are robb [...]
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Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix were considered for the role of Buzz. They had appeared together in T [...]
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Frank says in French, 'Attention, attention' then says 'Mes petits enfants' ('My little children') t [...]
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Harry and Marv's van is a 1986 Dodge Ram.
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Kevin Pollak was considered for the role of Harry.
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In the extended version of the scene in which the family are in Paris. When Frank (Gerry Bamman) ser [...]
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Before Kevin was going to eat his macaroni and cheese dinner, he crosses his chest after praying, im [...]
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Although the part was written especially for Macaulay Culkin by John Hughes, several hundred other b [...]
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31 years after the movie's release, Devin Ratray was arrested on December 23rd 2021 when it was alle [...]
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Frank and Buzz are the members of Kevin's family that treat Kevin the worst as they bully, antagoniz [...]
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John Heard was cast because Chris Columbus liked his work in Alla maniera di Cutter (1981).
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John Candy's role as a polka musician is a reference to a skit he did for Second City TV (1976) call [...]
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Cinematographer Julio Macat used Una storia di Natale (1983) as inspiration for the look of this mov [...]
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The total at the grocery store is $19.83. This is perhaps a nod to the late Roberts Blossom, as 1983 [...]
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A deleted scene has a shot of Marv (Daniel Stern) and Harry (Joe Pesci) singing their own demented v [...]
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In the scene in which Kevin gets into fight with Buzz, when Buzz eats Kevin's pizza, Frank rudely an [...]
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Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern felt indifferent about the movie's potential during shooting, so they int [...]
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Filming began on February 14, 1990, and ended on May 16, 1990 after 3 months, 13 weeks or 91days of [...]
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The McAllister's house is a larger version of Neil Page's house in John Hughes' other popular motion [...]
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When Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) turns on the television in the kitchen, Miracle on 34th Street (1947) i [...]
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Chris Farley auditioned for Santa Claus.
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'Angels with Filthy Souls' did not originally have a title (it was simply referred to as 'Gangs [...]
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The van that Harry (Joe Pesci) drives has "Oh-Kay Plumbing" on the side of it. Pesci is remembered f [...]
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In an interview with Roger Ebert, Richard J. Firfer commented on his deleted role from the film stat [...]
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John Candy filmed his part in only one day, albeit a twenty-three-hour day. Almost all of his dialog [...]
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In 2015, Macaulay Culkin reprised his iconic role of Kevin McCallister in the first episode of the I [...]
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The scream that Daniel Stern belts out during the tarantula scene was filmed live on-set, after Ster [...]
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John Candy shared all of his screentime with Catherine O'Hara. The two previously worked together on [...]
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The poster and video box image of Kevin with his hands on his face and screaming was improvised by C [...]
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Despite Kevin being home alone, he is never seen in his own room.
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In the original script, the movie ended in a freeze frame when Peter asks Kevin what he did while th [...]
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The movie originally had more scenes of the family in Paris, France, but test audiences wanted to ge [...]
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Tim Allen, Michael Keaton, Bryan Cranston, Ted Danson, Richard Gere, John Lithgow, and Christopher R [...]
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Uncle Frank is similar in character to the famous Charles Dickens character Ebenezer Scrooge, as bot [...]
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Harry, Marv, Buzz, and Frank are this movie's antagonists. Harry and Marv bid to rob Kevin's house, [...]
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The only screen time Joe Pesci (Harry) has with Kevin's family in this movie and Home Alone 2: Lost [...]
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John Hughes is often believed to have been the one responsible for directing the first three films. [...]
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The issue of Playboy that Kevin finds in Buzz's room is from July 1989, with Erika Eleniak as Miss J [...]
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Joe Pesci and John Candy appeared in JFK - Un caso ancora aperto (1991). The director's cut of that [...]
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In early August 2019, the new owners of Twentieth Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company, announced th [...]
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Catherine O'Hara revealed in 2014 that Macaulay Culkin still calls her "Mom".
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The heating implement Kevin used to heat the doorknob was an electric charcoal starting tool for bar [...]
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Mr. Marley's hand wound may symbolize his relationship with his son. In his first scene with Kevin, [...]
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In the scene when Kevin is browsing through Buzz's private stash, a box of Junior Mints can be seen. [...]
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Old Man Marley is a nod to Jacob Marley, Scrooge's dead partner in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Caro [...]
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Originally, Danny DeVito was considered for the role of Harry.
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When Heather does the head count she says there are 17 people in total. That odd number means the gr [...]
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When nine-year-old Macaulay Culkin got tired on-set, he would just lie down on the ground and sleep [...]
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(At around fifty-three minutes) Despite filming a family movie, Daniel Stern once slipped in the "s" [...]
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In the box, where Buzz keeps his money, we see a 1989 Fleer baseball card of All-Star Fred McGriff.
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At the end of the movie where it snows outside Kevin's house, the snow was actually mashed potato fl [...]
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Catherine O'Hara and John Candy were on the TV show Second City TV (1976) together. This the only mo [...]
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Director Chris Columbus' biggest fear as a kid was burglars. It's part of why he wanted to make this [...]
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Daniel von Bargen was considered for the role of Uncle Frank.
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The statue in the front of the house was hit four times. Twice by the pizza delivery man, once by th [...]
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When Kevin asks the shop owner if the toothbrush is "approved by the American Dental Association" sh [...]
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Kevin's father, Peter McCallister (John Heard), shares his character's name with the main villain in [...]
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According to a Wall Street Journal article, the owners of the McCallister house said they were first [...]
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Old Man Marley, played by Roberts Blossom, is rumored to be a serial killer. Blossom's most notable [...]
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In the first film, when talking to Marley, who mentions his strained relationship with his son, Kevi [...]
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Producer John Hughes originally brought on Chris Columbus to direct Christmas Vacation (1989), but e [...]
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John Williams stepped in when the original composer backed out. The filmmakers jokingly suggested Wi [...]
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The "Oh-Kay Plumbing" van that Harry and Marv drive has a slogan that says "Your flood control exper [...]
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Chris Columbus envisioned a scene in which the furnace comes to life, gets up on all fours, and chas [...]
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Two years after the first movie, Hillary Wolf (Megan) would star in another film about a dysfunction [...]
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The pages on the Playboy Magazine Kevin looks through were taped together so young Macaulay Culkin w [...]
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The role of Uncle Frank was written for Kelsey Grammer.
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Kevin ends up letting his macaroni and cheese get cold while enacting his one-boy defense of the hou [...]
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The concept for this movie originated during the filming of a scene in Io e zio Buck (1989) in which [...]
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Jeremy Irons, known for frequently playing villains, was offered to play either Harry or Marv, but t [...]
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This movie was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Highest Box-Office Gross - Co [...]
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In Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Doc Dalton (Roberts Blossom) cuts off his own fingers out of protest [...]
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The movie Home Alone was released in November 1990, but the events in the movie take place in Decemb [...]
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Michael Richards and Christopher Lloyd were considered for the role of Marv, but were too busy with [...]
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Uncle Frank and Marv call Kevin a "little jerk".
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Near the start of this movie, Kevin's brother Jeff puts a toothbrush in his pocket. During the famou [...]
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Macaulay Culkin was only allowed to work on-set five hours a day because of child labor laws. The cr [...]
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This movie was initially a Warner Brothers production when the makers said that they could make it f [...]
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The novelization, written by Todd Strasser, gives away some details not revealed in this movie, nota [...]
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The sled that Kevin uses when sledding down the stairs, which can also be seen next to the televisio [...]
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According to Chris Columbus, during an interview with Alec Baldwin on Baldwin's podcast "Here's the [...]
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Sandra Macat, who played Santa's Elf, played a Flight Attendant in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1 [...]
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The police station was actually a high school office.
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The iron and the blowtorch are the only traps Kevin isn't shown setting up.
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Jeffrey Wiseman, who played the inquisitive neighbor, Mitch Murphy, auditioned for the role of Kevin [...]
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Michael Douglas, Kevin Costner, Martin Sheen, Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, John Travolta, Nathan Lan [...]
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When Kevin is jumping up and down on his parents' bed while munching on some popcorn, there were act [...]
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The wax-and-plastic snow used in this movie was given to the Lyric Opera of Chicago when shooting fi [...]
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The role of Marv was written with Daniel Stern in mind. Michael Richards was also considered for the [...]
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Along with this movie, Twentieth Century Fox was also filming Marked for Death (1990) in Chicago at [...]
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Many of the shots that focus on Kevin in the beginning of the movie are filmed from above his head, [...]
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Dudley Moore and Phil Collins were considered for the role of Harry.
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Deidre Hall was at one point considered for the role of Kate McCallister.
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There is a legend that Elvis Presley (who died in 1977) made a cameo in this movie. Many of those wh [...]
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Paula Newsome's debut.
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Macaulay Culkin's stunt double was a very short 30-year-old man.
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The line "You guys give up, or are you thirsty for more?" was improvised.
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The ornaments on which Marv steps were actually candy.
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Robin Williams (who was one of the actors considered for the role of Peter McCallister) appeared in [...]
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Buzz was voted the second-greatest movie bully of all time by Entertaintment Weekly.
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When casting the role of Kevin McCallister, Chris Columbus had already seen Macaulay Culkin in Io e [...]
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The movie that Kevin watches on video tape is not a real movie, but footage specially created. It wa [...]
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Practically the entire crew from this movie also worked on Only the Lonely (1991) and Home Alone 2: [...]
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When the filmmakers had initially cast Daniel Stern for the role of Marv, Stern agreed to shoot for [...]
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In May 2011, the house in Winnetka, Illinois used in this movie was listed for sale at $2.4 million. [...]
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Macaulay Culkin drew the map that his character uses to set up the traps.
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When Kevin's family is in the van for the airport, Kevin's middle brother Jeff is seen playing with [...]
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Alan Rickman was considered for the role of Harry. Rickman worked with Macaulay Culkin's aunt, Bonni [...]
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The lady at the airport in Paris using the payphone speaks in French to Kate, saying "Que faites-vou [...]
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The boy who played Kevin's cousin Fuller is Macaulay Culkin's brother Kieran in his feature film deb [...]
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John Heard and Daniel Stern appeared in C.H.U.D. (1984).
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Ralph Foody and Michael Guido were originally cast in the opposite roles of Snakes and Johnny respec [...]
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Leads Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern each appeared in films inspired by the life of mobster Henry Hill i [...]
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This movie was still playing in theaters when director Chris Columbus' next movie, Cara mamma, mi sp [...]
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Warren Beatty was considered for the role of Peter McCallister.
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Kirstie Alley was considered for the role of Kate Mccallister based on her performance in Senti chi [...]
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Although John Hughes was fiercely defensive of his screenplay and insisted that everyone deliver his [...]
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The look for Marv and Harry was based on Fagin, the thief in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.
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This is the 2nd movie in which Joe Pesci plays a plumber. In the 1983 classic "Easy Money" with Rodn [...]
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Chris Columbus cast Joe Pesci because he was one of his heroes, although he didn't think he'd get hi [...]
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The scene in which Kevin is buying a toothbrush was the first scene that was shot for the movie.
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In this movie and Piramide di paura (1985), exists the line "It's Christmastime". The former was dir [...]
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The highest-grossing movie of 1990 domestically. Ghost - Fantasma (1990) was the year's highest-gros [...]
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Al Pacino was offered to play Harry or Peter McCallister, but turned both of the roles down because [...]
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The movie is considered to be a kid's version of Trappola di cristallo (1988). Both films are about [...]
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Some scenes were shot in a three-story single-family house, located at 671 Lincoln Avenue, in Winnet [...]
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The movie is considered a traditional Christmas movie in Poland. It has aired on national television [...]
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Joe Pesci was used to adding profanity to most of his scripts, and kept forgetting that he was filmi [...]
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Director Chris Columbus' least favorite booby trap in this movie is Harry getting doused with feathe [...]
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A scene was filmed, but cut, in which Peter (John Heard), Heather (Kristin Minter), Linnie (Angela G [...]
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Jon Voight was considered the role of Peter McCallister
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At the beginning of production, Bruce Broughton was attached as the original composer, having previo [...]
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Trailer narrated by Don LaFontaine.
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A fake burnt head was used for the blowtorch scene. Chris Columbus still has it in his office.
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Funko released Pop! toys of Kevin, Harry, and Marv from this movie.
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Director Chris Columbus would ask Joe Pesci to do his "How am I funny?" speech from Quei bravi ragaz [...]
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This film was such an unexpected massive financial success throughout the world that its distributor [...]
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Chris Columbus' previous movie had not done well at the box office, and he was worried he would neve [...]
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Included amongst the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the five hundred movies nominated for th [...]
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On the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Daniel Stern said he wished Jack Lemmon would have played Ha [...]
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In the scene when Kate realizes they've forgotten Kevin. The book Peter is seen reading is "Nobody's [...]
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Many people think that the film is unrealistic in its portrayal of how the police would have acted i [...]
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The picture Kevin finds of Buzz's girlfriend was a picture of a boy made up to look like a girl, bec [...]
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In the beginning, the 10 pizzas cost $122.50. This is an average of $12.25 per pizza not including t [...]
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John Heard, Ralph Foody, and D. Danny Warhol all appeared in Uccidete la colomba bianca (1989).
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Chris Columbus had storyboarded a few scenes in which Kevin would have dreams where the house comes [...]
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Rowan Atkinson auditioned for the role of Harry. Bob Hoskins also turned down the role.
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The car that ''Santa'' (to whom Kevin talks about wanting his family back) starts before it stalls o [...]
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Writer and producer John Hughes was worried that mothers would never believe a family could forget o [...]
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When Kate meets Gus Polinski, the Polka King of the Midwest, they are in the Scranton Airport. Accor [...]
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During rehearsal for the scene where Harry attempts to bite off Kevin's finger, Joe Pesci actually b [...]
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James Ryan plays a stock boy. His character is referred to by the cashier lady says to him, "Jimmy, [...]
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It's theorized that why Buzz doesn't get punished for eating all of Kevin's cheese pizza is because [...]
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The home where most of this movie was filmed is actually located at 671 Lincoln Ave in Winnetka, IL [...]
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Macaulay Culkin became sick during filming with a cold. He was given a break from filming while he r [...]
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When Kevin first wakes up and notices his family has left him, he turns on the television in the kit [...]
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Robert De Niro turned down the role of Harry. Joe Pesci, who worked with De Niro on Toro scatenato ( [...]
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During the staged Christmas party scene, Kevin is wearing an orange speaker-like device around his n [...]
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According to William Goldman, this movie's success prompted the creation of a Hollywood verb: "to be [...]
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John Candy played the role of Gus Polinski as a favor to John Hughes, and was paid scale (Screen Act [...]
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A scene was filmed but cut which the family in Paris are sleepless and are worried about Kevin and a [...]
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Besides burglarizing, Harry commits another crime at the beginning of this movie: impersonating a po [...]
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Director Chris Columbus revealed in a Nov. 2020 interview that John Candy, who was a huge star at th [...]
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On the plane where Kate and Peter are trying to think of what they forgot to do, Peter mentions that [...]
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The Nero's pizza chain featured in the movie has a slogan: "No Fiddlin' Around". This is a reference [...]
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In the scene when Kevin walks past the driveway just as Harry and Marv are driving down it, and stop [...]
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The 1991 UK VHS of the movie featured the trailer of another comedy from 20th Century Fox Big (1988) [...]
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Kevin says that he "had a friend who got nailed because there was a rumor he wore dinosaur pajamas." [...]
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On the set, Macaulay Culkin would jokingly direct the movie for Chris Columbus.
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Jon Lovitz turned down the role of Harry Lime.
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The McCallister Family consists of three brothers Peter, Frank, and Rob with their wives and respect [...]
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Gilbert Gottfried was considered for the role of Harry.
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