Home Alone
Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, a boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from burglars after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris.
Plot
The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris, gathering at Kate and Peter's home in a Chicago suburb on the night before their departure. Kate and Peter's youngest son, Kevin, is the subject of ridicule by his older siblings and cousins. Kevin inadvertently ruins the family dinner after a brief scuffle with his oldest brother Buzz, in which Kevin's airplane ticket is accidentally thrown away, resulting in Kate sending him up to the attic. Kevin berates his mother for allowing the rest of the family to pick on him and wishes that his family would disappear. During the night, heavy winds create a power outage, disabling the alarm clocks and causing the family to oversleep. In the confusion and rush to get to the airport, Kevin is accidentally left behind.
Awards
Cast
- Alan Wilder
- Angela Goethals
- Anna Slotky
- Bill Erwin
- Billie Bird
- Catherine O'Hara
- Dan Charles Zukoski
- Daniel Stern
- Devin Ratray
- Diana Rein
- Gerry Bamman
- Gerry Becker
- Hillary Wolf
- Hope Davis
- Jim Ortlieb
- Joe Pesci
- John Candy
- John Heard
- Ken Hudson Campbell
- Kieran Culkin
- Kristin Minter
- Larry Hankin
- Lionel Barrymore
- Macaulay Culkin
- Maria Verdi
- Mark Beltzman
- Matt Doherty
- Mike Maronna
- Paula Newsome
- Ralph Foody
- Ray Toler
- Roberts Blossom
- Senta Moses
- Terrie Snell
More details
| author | John Hughes |
|---|---|
| award | Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie |
| contentLocation | Chicago Paris |
| director | Chris Columbus |
| editor | Raja Gosnell |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | alarm clock booby trap break break in chicago metropolitan area christmas christmas eve estranged son family dinner flood gather gold tooth moving van murder next door neighbor old man pennsylvania power outage santa claus sibling spring stalk suburb think travel wait |
| musicBy | John Williams |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie |
| producer | John Hughes |
| productionCompany | Hughes Entertainment |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Grace Episcopal Church "Home Alone" house Trinity Church of Wilmette |
| theme | children's comedy crime comedy serial killer urban |