Home Alone (1990)

[Coddfish]

Title: Home Alone



Film Genre(s): Comedy, Family

Original American Release Date: November 16, 1990

Time: 103 Minutes

Director: Chris Columbus

Distributing Studio: 20th Century Fox

Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, John Candy

Quick Plot Recap: Seriously?

An 8 year old boy is left to fend for himself against two burglars, after his family accidentally leaves him at home during Christmas vacation.


Random Trivia:

- Nominated for two Oscars including Best Original Song, ("Somewhere in My Memory"), and Best Original Score for John Williams at the 63rd Academy Awards.

- Also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy for Macaulay Culkin. At the age of 11, Culkin was the youngest actor ever at the time to receive a nomination.

- Later followed by two theatrical sequels and a TV movie sequel. Only one of these sequels, (Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)), had most of the original actors reprise their roles.

- Originally, Uncle Frank was supposedly written for Kelsey Grammer.


Original Theatrical Trailer #1:
1990: Home Alone Trailer HQ (Version 1) - YouTube

Trailer #2:
1990: Home Alone Trailer HQ (Version 2) - YouTube

Trailer #3:
1990: Home Alone Trailer HQ (Version 3) - YouTube

TV Trailer #1:
1990 Home Alone Commercial - YouTube

TV Trailer #2:
Home Alone commercial - 1990 - YouTube


Trivia, poster and information on the film are from Wikipedia and the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

Information pages used for this post:

Home Alone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

File:Home alone.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Home Alone (1990) - IMDb

Home Alone (1990) - Awards

Home Alone (1990) - Release dates

Home Alone (1990) - Trivia - IMDb

[Coddfish]

When it comes to movies from my childhood, this film and its' first sequel were one of the many quintessential titles that represented that innocent time. I had absolutely loved these two films as a kid, as I wouldn't doubt it for a second if you told me that I ended up quoting from both of them, without any regard as to what some of the sayings meant in it. (Don't worry, folks. I was not swearing...I hope!)

For the longest time, I remembered liking the second one more than the original, though I think it was mostly because of the brutal booby traps in that one. (So, that's where I got my interest and love for dark humour!)

Nowadays, and thanks to having an older mind, I have now started to love the original more, now. I swear, I cannot believe that the messages of family and being with your loved ones went over my head, as a kid! Though, that's easy to realize that since...well...I was a kid!

I also love the fact that I can understand some of the adult humour in this now, such as some of the swear words said by Harry and Marv, and Harry's little threat to Kevin, having getting his teeth kicked in with the paint can.

"You bomb me one more, kid, and I snap off your cojones and boil them in motor oil!"

I could go on about this film and its' sequel. Nowadays, I may not watch them as much as I used to, but I do still love them.

And like many other Christmas movies, it isn't Christmas in our household until I see them!

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

My son has the whole Home Alone box set. He loves these movies. He of course likes the parts where the bad guys get hit with the 'cartoon' violence.

[sperminator]

My son has the whole Home Alone box set. He loves these movies. He of course likes the parts where the bad guys get hit with the 'cartoon' violence.

lets hope he doesn't emulate what he sees on his parents.;)