Trivia: In December 2024, Macaulay Culkin revealed that his 3-year-old son believes himself to be Kevin, seemingly confusing the film with his own memories, as he says he remembers going down the stairs on a sled.
Trivia: When Kevin is in Buzz's bedroom, he finds in the box a picture of Buzz's girlfriend. This is actually a picture of the art director's son dressed up to look like a girl, because the director, Chris Columbus, thought it would be too harsh to make fun of a girl like that.
Trivia: Catherine O'Hara has said that Macaulay Culkin still calls her Mom, even 25 years later.
Trivia: Kevin's line "You guys give up, or are you thirsty for more?" was improvised.
Trivia: The infamous black and white movie was called "Angels with Filthy Souls." In "Home Alone 2," it was called "Angels with Filthier Souls" - it was a sequel, as was Home Alone 2.
Trivia: The boy that plays Kevin's cousin Fuller is Macaulay Culkin's brother, Kieran.
Trivia: Macaulay Culkin was only allowed to work for 5 hours a day and so his scenes had to be carefully planned around his schedule, for example he was often filmed alone while other actors' shots could be added to the scene later.
Trivia: There is a scene where Kevin is walking past a driveway just as Harry and Marv are driving down it, and they stop just in time to avoid hitting him. This was achieved by having Macaulay Culkin walk backwards, as the van was driven in reverse away from him; the film was then shown backwards. It's hard to tell - but if you look at the smoke from the exhaust, it's drifting toward the van rather than away from it. (00:42:15)
Trivia: Christopher Columbus keeps Kevin's sled in his office - it has been signed by all the cast.
Trivia: The railroad tracks that Kevin crosses are in Winnetka, Ill. behind Hubbard Woods Metra Station. Right across the street is the drug store that Kevin steals the toothbrush from.
Trivia: When Marv grabs Kevin, Kevin grabs his tarantula spider and puts it on Marv, who then screams. Daniel Stern had to mime his scream because the noise would have scared the spider, and the scream was dubbed in later.
Trivia: During the scene where Harry bites Kevin's finger, Joe Pesci actually bit Macaulay Culkin, leaving him with a scar on his finger.
Trivia: Macaulay Culkin reprised his role as Kevin McAllister in 2018, recreating key scenes in the film in an advert for Google Home.
Trivia: A small in stature adult man, who was 20 years older than Macaulay Culkin, was used as his stunt double.
Trivia: Marv's lines "Why the hell are you dressed like a chicken?" and "Maybe he committed suicide," weren't actual parts of the film - they were improvised.
Trivia: Despite playing siblings of different random ages, the four actors playing Kevin's brothers and sisters were all the exact same age (all born in 1977).
Trivia: In the IO Interactive video game "Hitman", there's a side bonus mission called "Holiday Hoarders" where your mission is to take out two thieves named Harry and Marv. In the intel, both men are from Chicago and after several break-ins that went wrong, the two flee to Paris. Harry is said to have a history of breaking into mansions with security equipment way beyond his capabilities to overcome.
Chosen answer: They did but the power and phone lines were down due to a tree branch that had fallen on them the night before the family left. A flight attendant on their plane mentions that attempts had been made to call the McAllisters' home but "the phones are still out of order".
Jeff Swanson
But how did he call the police at the end if the phone lines were down.
That was several days later. Clearly the phone lines were repaired over the course of the film.
The film takes place over 3 or 4 days.
Ssiscool ★
After the storm the lineman tells them the power has been restored but the phone lines are "a mess" and that it would take several days to get them fixed. They were out initially, and then in various stages of repair afterward.
Also explains calling for a pizza.
Ssiscool ★
It's ridiculous though that the phones are apparently working by the time they land (Kate's SIL calls everyone on their street). Yet none of them try the house again.