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She tried calling the police in Chicago from a phone stand in the Paris airport for assistance and soon decided to get back home as soon as she could, by herself. She was given an option to wait for a later flight, but she refused, fearing for Kevin's safety. She eventually reached Scranton, but couldn't get a flight from there to Chicago.
He’s lived in France, China, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, but returned to the UK for a degree in 2020. His articles have appeared in Groundviews, Forge Press and The Friday Poem, and most are readable on Medium or onurbicycle.com. A freelance features writer for Collider and a huge fan of movies. He’ll make do with whatever else in the meantime, before the sequel comes out. Sure, Becky follows the rapscallion path laid by Kevin McCallister, but this time, there are the medical consequences.
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After portraying Kevin's bullying big brother Buzz in two films, Ratray appeared in Dennis the Menace, Strong Island Boys, The Prince and Me, Breaking Point, Nebraska, Masterminds and Rough Night. The actor made headlines in December 2021 when he was issued a ticket for assault and battery after an alleged altercation with his girlfriend while staying together at an Oklahoma City hotel. Us confirmed later that month that Ratray was arrested for the alleged incident. His charges included one count of domestic assault and battery by strangulation and another count of domestic assault and battery.
Julio Macat, the films cinematographer, considers Home Alone his favorite film out of all the projects he has shot. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly magazine gave the film a "D" grade, criticizing the film for its "sadistic festival of adult-bashing". Gleiberman said that " Hughes is pulling our strings as though he'd never learn to do anything else". Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film three out of five and praised Culkin's "vivid screen presence, almost incandescent with confidence". However, he criticised his acting, calling it "a bit broad and mannered".
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Peter and the rest of the family stay in his brother's apartment in Paris, while Kate manages to get a flight back to Scranton, Pennsylvania. She tries to find a flight to Chicago, but all the flights are booked. Kate is overheard by Gus Polinski, the lead member of a traveling polka band, who offers to let her travel with them to Chicago in a moving van. The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris, gathering at Kate and Peter's home in a Chicago suburb on the night before their departure.
Warner demanded that it be cut by $1.2 million; the producers responded with a memo arguing that the budget could not be cut any further. Unconvinced, Warner shut down production the next day, but it quickly resumed when Fox took up Hughes on his offer. The Canada native portrayed Kevin's mom, Kate McCallister, in the first two Home Alone films.
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Snippets of flashbacks suggest Becky’s relationship with her mother, though character work is interwoven throughout, and nothing threatens the film’s forward motion. In the present, Becky is needling people and creating friction with Jeff on purpose, and doesn’t even seem to enjoy doing it. She’s petulant to start out, and has to quickly adapt to a dramatically changed situation, one that actually allows her an outlet for long-bottled emotions. Despite the presence of recognizable stars like Kevin James and Joel McHale, Becky is relatively low-budget, with production credits stretching just past a minute. The directors, Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, and the team of writers – Nick Morris, Lane and Ruckus Skye – make up a singular vision.
Maronna portrayed Kevin's brother Jeff in both Home Alone films. He went on to play Big Pete Wrigley on The Adventures of Pete & Pete and in 10 short films about the same characters. The actor appeared in What Alice Found, Men Without Jobs and High School Confidential. Maronna's career switched to behind-the-scenes work as part of the camera and electrical department on numerous films and TV series, including Pan Am, Made in Jersey and Elementary.
Matt Talbot from Simcoe.com said that the Wet Bandits were "fantastic" and "never old" on "repeat viewings". Michael Walsh of Nerdist noted the church scene as "One of the best, most touching scenes ". Naomi Barnwell of Roobla said that "Home Alone has all the ingredients that make for a great kids’ film".
The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. 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. Kate talked with Kevin about their Christmas trip to Miami, Kevin lamenting the fact that there were no Christmas trees in the city, something he felt was inappropriate for the holiday. During the Christmas pageant that night, Kate along with Peter and Leslie watched Buzz using his candle and borrowing another boy's to put them behind Kevin's ears. Later when Buzz apologized to the family and to Kevin, Kate commended him. She then asked Kevin if he had an apology, but Kevin berated the family for believing Buzz and not him.
But, of course, there's considerably more evidence than that -- starting with the location of the meeting between the pair. There are crossroads located just to the right of the airport in Scranton and there's a very noteworthy myth regarding crossroads and the Devil. To summarize it, the myth states that any given individual can give an offering to the devil near a crossroads (in Kate's case, it was her soul) and the Devil will show up and deliver it in exchange for said offering. She appears on the revival of another Canadian sketch comedy staple The Kids in the Hall, in its second episode as Charlene, a Friend of the Kids in the Hall. In the late 1970s, she provided voice-overs for a number of cartoons, work which would continue throughout her career. During a short time in the early 1980s when SCTV was in between network deals, she was hired to replace Ann Risley when Saturday Night Live was being retooled in 1981.
Home Alone grossed $285.8 million in the United States and Canada and $190.9 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $476.7 million, against a production budget of $18 million. John Candy was available for only one day to film his scenes, which took 23 hours to shoot. He was paid only $414, since he did the film as a favor to Hughes.
Kate Johnson is an experienced Chicago-based actor who brings a range of a improvisational, comedic, and dramatic skills to each performance. As a character actor, she has appeared in numerous commercials, industrial films, TV shows, and hit movies. A trained voice over actor, she has provided the voice in various roles around Chicagoland and in national campaigns.
The McCallister home is soon stalked by the "Wet Bandits", Harry and Marv, a pair of burglars who have been breaking into other vacant houses in the neighborhood. Kevin tricks them into thinking that his family is still home, forcing them to postpone their plans to rob the McCallister house. Hughes conceived Home Alone while on vacation, with Warner Bros. being originally intended to finance and distribute the film. However, Warner Bros. shut down production after it exceeded its assigned budget.
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In return, he was the only actor Hughes allowed to go off-script; according to Columbus, all his dialogue was improvised. " Hughes wrote eight pages of notes that developed into the screenplay. Imagining that children are naturally most scared of robbers, Hughes also worked that aspect into the plot of the film. Kevin wakes to find the house empty, and the family cars still in the garage, unaware that they had rented vans to take them to the airport. Thinking that his wish has come true, he is overjoyed with his newfound freedom. Later, Kevin becomes frightened by his next door neighbor, "Old Man" Marley, who is rumored to be a serial killer who murdered his own family.
You know, we went back at night and apparently he had been alone all day with the corpse. He was okay though, after two, three weeks he came around and started talking again... The following information comes from Home Alone 4, which has continuity problems with the first two films in the series.Kate and Peter later separated and were planning to file for divorce.
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