Home Alone
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Home Alone
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Home Alone Movie Poster
Directed by
Chris Columbus
Produced by
John Hughes
Written by
John Hughes
Starring
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci
Daniel Stern
John Heard
Catherine O'Hara
Roberts Blossom
John Candy
Music by
John Williams
Cinematography
Julio Macat
Editing by
Raja Gosnell
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date(s)
November 16, 1990 (USA)
Running time
103 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000 US (est.)
Followed by
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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Home Alone is a 1990 comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to France for a Christmas vacation. While initially relishing his time alone, he is later threatened with two house burglars, whom he outwits by rigging the house with booby traps.
Most of the film was shot in the Chicago suburbs of Winnetka, Illinois and Wilmette, Illinois. Any other shots, such as those of Paris, are either stock footage or faked.
The movie made Culkin a world-renowned actor. The film also features Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the "Wet Bandits," a bumbling pair of burglars named Harry and Marv who want to rob the McCallister home, believing it to be an easy target with the entire family seemingly absent. However, the duo run into numerous booby traps set throughout the house by the resourceful Kevin. Bruised and battered, they end up being captured by the police. Catherine O'Hara, Roberts Blossom, and John Heard also co-star.
Minor roles are played by Gerry Bamman, Devin Ratray, Kieran Culkin (Macaulay's younger brother), Michael C. Maronna, Hillary Wolf, and Angela Goethals. In addition, John Candy, a frequent collaborator of Hughes, has a supporting role as a polka band player. John Williams created the musical score, which was nominated for an Oscar.