While the duo pursues Kevin around the house, he calls the police and flees, then lures Harry and Marv into a neighboring home which they had previously broken into. Harry and Marv break in, spring the traps, and suffer various injuries. Kevin returns home and rigs the house with booby traps to take on the burglars. He points out his granddaughter in the choir, whom he never gets to see due to him and his son being estranged Kevin suggests that he should reconcile with his son. He goes to church and watches a choir perform, then meets Old Man Marley, who dispels the rumors about him. Kevin starts to miss his family and asks the local Santa Claus impersonator if he could bring his family back for Christmas. Meanwhile, Harry and Marv finally realize that Kevin is home alone, and on Christmas Eve, Kevin overhears them discussing plans to break into his house that night. Unable to accept this and losing her cool, Kate is overheard by Gus Polinski, the lead member of a traveling polka band, who offers to let her travel with them to Chicago on their way to Milwaukee in a moving van, which she gratefully accepts. She attempts to book a flight to Chicago, but everything is booked. Peter and the rest of the family stay in his brother's apartment in Paris, while Kate manages to get a flight back to the US, but only gets as far as Scranton, Pennsylvania. Kate realizes mid-flight that Kevin was left behind, and upon arrival in Paris, the family discovers that all flights for the next two days are booked, and that the phone lines are still down back home. Kevin tricks them into thinking that his family is still home, forcing them to put their plans on hold.
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But he soon becomes frightened by his next door neighbor, "Old Man" Marley, who is rumored by the local children to be a serial killer who murdered his own family, as well as the "Wet Bandits", Harry and Marv, a pair of burglars who have been breaking into other vacant houses in the neighborhood and have targeted the McCallisters' opulent house. Kevin wakes to find the house empty and, thinking that his wish has come true, is overjoyed with his newfound freedom. In the confusion and rush to get to the airport, Kevin is accidentally left behind. During the night, heavy winds damage the power lines, which causes a power outage and resets the alarm clocks, causing the family to oversleep. He berates his mother for allowing the rest of the family to pick on him and wishes that his family would disappear.
Later, Kevin inadvertently ruins the family dinner after a scuffle with his oldest brother Buzz, resulting in him getting sent to the attic of the house as a punishment. Peter and Kate's youngest son, Kevin, is the subject of ridicule by his older siblings. The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris, gathering at Peter and Kate's home in a Chicago suburb on the night before their departure. A sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, was released in 1992. Home Alone has since been considered one of the best Christmas films. It was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Culkin, and for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for John Williams, and Best Original Song for "Somewhere in My Memory". Moreover, it was the second-highest-grossing film of 1990, behind Ghost. Home Alone grossed $476.7 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing live-action comedy until the release of The Hangover Part II (2011), and made Culkin a child star. Home Alone premiered in Chicago on November 10, 1990, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 16 and received positive reviews, with praise for its cast, humor, and music. Filming took place between February and May 1990 on location across Illinois. Columbus and Culkin were hired soon afterwards. 20th Century Fox assumed responsibilities following secret meetings with Hughes. shut down production after it exceeded its assigned budget. being originally intended to finance and distribute the film. Hughes conceived Home Alone while on vacation, with Warner Bros.
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. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes.