Image:HomeAlone.png '''''Home Alone''''' is a popular 1990 holiday Film starring Macaulay_Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight year-old who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to France for a Christmas vacation. Most of the film was shot in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka,_Illinois. The film made Macaulay_Culkin a celebrity. The film also features Joe_Pesci and Daniel Stern as the "Wet Bandits," a bumbling pair of burglars who try to rob the McCallister home, believing it to be an easy mark with the family absent. The duo, unfortunately for themselves, run into numerous Booby_traps set by the resourceful Kevin throughout the house. 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, frequent Hughes collaborator John_Candy has a supporting role as a polka band player. == Characters == The main characters include: *Kevin McCallister - (Macaulay_Culkin) an eight-year-old kid living in suburban Chicago whose parents accidentally leave him at home when they go on a family vacation to Paris. *Harry Lime - (Joe_Pesci) the smarter of the two criminals known as the "Wet Bandits," whose plan it is to loot every house on the McCallister's wealthy suburban neighborhood before the residents come home from their Christmas vacations. *Marv Merchants - (Daniel_Stern) the sillier of the two "Wet Bandits." == Plot == After accidentally getting left behind when his family goes on a Christmas vacation in France, Kevin McCallister experiences what it is like to be independent for the first time. This independence has some good sides (such as being able to sleep in his parents' king-sized bed) and some bad sides (such as having to go into the scary basement alone). The last third of the movie deals with Kevin's discovery of the Wet Bandits' plans to loot his house and how he stops them from achieving this goal by using Rube_Goldberg-style traps and humiliations before the cops arrive and arrest them. == Video Games == Home Alone Video_games were released for five video game systems: NES, Sega_Genesis, SNES, Sega_Game_Gear, and the Game_Boy. * The first ''Home Alone'' game was released in November 1991. * The Home Alone NES game is a cult classic game beloved in vintage game circles for its odd gameplay, quirky glitches, and near-impossible difficulty. * The Home Alone game on the SNES system was the first to use screen captures and character's voices from the movie in its gameplay. == Sequels == Sequels are: *''Home_Alone_2:_Lost_in_New_York'' (1992) *''Home_Alone_3'' (1997) *''Home_Alone_4'' (2003) However, Culkin, Pesci, Stern, and the McCallister family members only appeared in the original ''Home Alone'' and ''Home_Alone_2:_Lost_in_New_York''. ==Box Office== ''Home Alone'' earned $533 million at the Box_office worldwide, with $285 million coming from the United States alone. These box office receipts have made ''Home Alone'' the highest grossing live-action comedy of all time, ahead of such films as ''Bruce_Almighty'' and ''Meet_the_Fockers''. During its opening weekend in the United States, the film earned $17 million -- two million dollars more than its $15 million budget. In Kevin_Smith's 1999 film ''Dogma'', Salma_Hayek's "Muse" character claims that, while she was responsible for nineteen of the top twenty highest-grossing movies of all time, she had nothing to do with this film's success, alleging that "someone sold their soul to Satan to get the grosses up on that piece of shit." The film's title, however, is never mentioned. == External link == * {{imdb title|id=0099785|title=Home Alone}} Category:1990_films Category:Criminal_comedy_films Category:Christmas_films Category:Home_Alone De:Kevin_–_Allein_zu_Haus It:Mamma,_ho_perso_l'aereo Ja:ホーム・アローン Nn:Home_Alone