Twentieth Century Fox Home Alone

Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) embarks on a hilarious, madcap mission to defend the family home when two bumbling burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) try to break in--and find themselves tangled in Kevin’s bewildering battery of booby traps. Special Features 1990 press featurette (3:43) The making of Home Alone (19:22) Mac cam: behind the scenes with Macauley Culkin (4:47) How to burglar-proof your home-- the stunts of Home Alone (7:01) Home Alone around the world (3:50) Where's Buzz now? (3:01) Angels with filthy souls (2:04) Blooper reel (2:02) Deleted scenes / alternate takes From Amazon.co.uk Now and forever a favourite among kids, this 1990 comedy written by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) and directed by Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire) ushered Macaulay Culkin onto the screen as a troubled 8-year-old who doesn't comfortably mesh with his large family. He's forced to grow a little after being accidentally left behind when his folks and siblings fly off to Paris. A good-looking boy, Culkin lights up the screen during several funny sequences, the most famous of which finds him screaming for joy when he realises he's unsupervised in his own house. A bit wooden with dialogue, the then-little star's voice could grate on the nerves (especially in long, wise-child passages of pure bromide), but he unquestionably carries Home Alone. Billie Bird and John Candy show up as two of the interesting strangers Culkin's character meets. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are entertainingly cartoonish as thieves, but the ensuing violence once the little hero decides to keep them out of his house is over-the-top. --Tom Keogh