Home Alone

Director: Chris Columbus Chris Columbus

Overview

Home Alone is the highly successful and beloved family comedy about a young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they've left him "home alone," he learns to fend for himself and, eventually has to protect his house against two bumbling burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) who are planning to rob every house in Kevin's suburban Chicago neighborhood. Though the film's slapstick ending may be somewhat violent, Culkin's charming presence helped the film become one of the most successful ever at the time of its release.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/06/2015
UPC:	0024543068358
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	PG
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	3,056

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Macaulay Culkin	Kevin McCallister,Actor
Joe Pesci	Harry
Daniel Stern	Marv
Catherine O'Hara	Kate McCallister
John Heard	Peter McCallister
Roberts Blossom	Marley
John Candy	Gus Polinski
Angela Goethals	Linnie McCallister
Devin Ratray	Buzz McCallister
Gerry Bamman	Actor
Hillary Wolf	Actor
Larry Hankin	Actor
Michael C. Maronna	Actor
Kristin Minter	Actor
Campeanu Daiana	Actor
Jedediah Cohen	Actor,Actor
Senta Moses	Actor
Anna Slotky	Actor
Terrie Snell	Actor
Jeffrey Wiseman	Actor
Virginia Smith	Actor
Matt Doherty	Actor
Ralph Foody	Actor
Bill Erwin	Actor
Michael Guido	Actor
Ray Toler	Actor
Billie Bird	Actor
Clarke Devereux	Actor,Actor,Officer Devereux
Dan Charles Zulcoski	Actor
Lynn Mansbach	Actor
Peter Siragusa	Actor
Alan Wilder	Actor
Hope Davis	Actor
Dianne B. Shaw	Actor
Tracy Connor	Actor
Jim Ryan	Actor
Kenneth Hudson Campbell	Actor
Sandra Macat	Actor
Mark Beltzman	Actor
Ann Whitney	Actor
Richard J. Firfer	Actor
Jim Ortlieb	Actor
Kate Johnson	Actor
Jean-Claude Sciore	Actor
Gerry Becker	Actor
Victor Cole	Actor
Porscha Radcliffe	Actor,Actor
Michael Hansen	Actor
Peter Pantaleo	Actor
Edward Bruzan	Actor
Frank R. Cernugel	Actor
Eddie Korosa	Actor
Robert Okrzesik	Actor
Leo Perion	Actor
Vince Waidzulis	Actor
John Williams	Composer
Janet Hirshenson	Actor
Jane Jenkins	Actor
John Hardy	Polka Band Member
Daiana Campeanu	Actor
Diana Rein	Sondra
Patrick McGoohan	Marley

Technical Credits

John Hughes

Chris Columbus	Director
John Hughes	Screenwriter,Producer
Tarquin Gotch	Executive Producer
Mark Levinson	Executive Producer,Producer
Scott Rosenfelt	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Freddie Hice	Stunts,Stunts
Bill Purcell	Special Effects
Kevin Nordine	Special Effects
James R. Alexander	Sound Effects
Robert Batha	Sound Effects
Chris Carpenter	Sound Effects
Kevin E. Carpenter	Sound Effects
Tim Chau	Sound Effects
Sam Barkan	Special Effects
Troy Brown	Stunts
Jim Alexander	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

After shifting from his 1980s teen cycle to general family dysfunction in Uncle Buck (1989), writer/producer John Hughes unexpectedly hit the blockbuster jackpot with the family comedy Home Alone (1990). Placing precocious Uncle Buck supporting player Macaulay Culkin center stage, the Chris Columbus-directed portrayal of a clever eight-year-old accidentally left behind by his vacationing family swiftly moves from the expected forays into ice cream gorging and late-night TV to an extended, Rube Goldbergian defense of his well-appointed suburban home from a couple of dim-witted burglars. With Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern executing some overly painful slapstick as the thwarted criminals, a number of critics objected to scenes of "cartoonish" violence that were a bit too intense, but Culkin's easy, wide-eyed charm won over audiences. The unheralded, inexpensive Christmas-season release went on to become a sleeper hit and one of the highest-grossing comedies of all time, turning Culkin into the top child star of the early '90s. Culkin also starred in the highly popular sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), but by the time the franchise got around to Home Alone 3 (1997), the thrill -- and Culkin -- was gone.