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Home Alone
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
1990 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 103 min · Comedy · Family · 43 frames
Tagline
A family comedy without the family.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Hughes
- Cinematography: Julio Macat
- Edited by: Raja Gosnell
- Music: John Williams
- Production design: John Muto
- Produced by: John Hughes
Cast
- Macaulay Culkin as Kevin
- Joe Pesci as Harry
- Daniel Stern as Marv
- John Heard as Peter
- Roberts Blossom as Marley
- Catherine O'Hara as Kate
- Angela Goethals as Linnie
- Devin Ratray as Buzz
- Gerry Bamman as Uncle Frank
- Hillary Wolf as Megan
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, French
- Studios: Hughes Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Box office: $476,684,675
- Themes: burglar, holiday, home, alone, family relationships, slapstick comedy, little boy, home invasion, precocious child, booby trap
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