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{{Short description|1997 film by Raja Gosnell}} | {{Short description|1997 film by Raja Gosnell}} | ||
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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Home Alone 3 | |||
| image = Home Alone 3 film.jpg | | image = Home Alone 3 film.jpg | ||
| caption = Theatrical release poster | | caption = Theatrical release poster | ||
| alt = | | alt = | ||
| director = ] | | director = ] | ||
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| writer = ] | ||
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| producer = {{Unbulleted list|John Hughes|]}} | ||
| producer = {{Unbulleted list|John Hughes|Hilton Green}} | |||
| starring = {{Unbulleted list|<!--Per poster billing-->]|]}} | | starring = {{Unbulleted list|<!--Per poster billing-->]|]}} | ||
| cinematography = ] | | cinematography = ] | ||
| editing = {{Unbulleted list |
| editing = {{Unbulleted list|]|Malcolm Campbell}} | ||
| music = ] | | music = ] | ||
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* ] | |||
* ]<ref>{{cite news |last=Petrikin |first=Chris |title=Fox renamed that toon|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/fox-renamed-that-toon-1117467902/|access-date=March 31, 2018|work=Variety|date=February 18, 1998}}</ref> | |||
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⚫ | | distributor = 20th Century Fox | ||
| released = {{film date|1997|12|12}} | | released = {{film date|1997|12|12}} | ||
| runtime = 102 minutes<ref name="BOM"/> | | runtime = 102 minutes<ref name="BOM"/> | ||
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| language = English | | language = English | ||
| budget = $32 million<ref name="BOM"/> | | budget = $32 million<ref name="BOM"/> | ||
| gross = $79.1 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=homealone3.htm | title = Home Alone 3 (1997) | work = ] |publisher=] |access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> | | gross = $79.1 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=homealone3.htm | title = Home Alone 3 (1997) | work = ] |access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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⚫ | '''''Home Alone 3''''' is a 1997 American ] directed by ] in his ], written and co-produced by ]. It stars ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. The story follows Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy who defends his home from a dangerous group of international criminals working for a North Korean terrorist organization. It is the third film in the ], and holds the distinction as the only film in the franchise not set during ]. | ||
⚫ | The film received generally negative reviews. ''Home Alone 3'' was followed by a ] sequel, '']'', in 2002. | ||
⚫ | '''''Home Alone 3''''' is a 1997 American ] ] directed by ] in his directorial debut, produced by ] |
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⚫ | The film |
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==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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Peter Beaupre, Alice Ribbons, Burton Jernigan, and Earl Unger are four internationally wanted criminals |
Peter Beaupre, Alice Ribbons, Burton Jernigan, and Earl Unger are four internationally wanted criminals working for a ]–based terrorist organization linked to North Korea. In Silicon Valley, California, they steal a $10 million missile-cloaking ] and hide it inside a radio-controlled car to get the chip past security at ]. However, a passenger named Mrs. Hess inadvertently takes the criminals' bag containing the car, mistaking it for her identical bag. The criminals arrive in Chicago and systematically search every house in Hess's suburban neighborhood to find the chip. | ||
Eight-year-old Alex Pruitt is given the |
Eight-year-old Alex Pruitt is given the toy car by Hess as payment for shoveling her driveway. He returns home and discovers that he has ] and must stay home from school. The next day, Alex discovers the criminals while spying on his neighbors and calls the police, but they are unable to help. Alex attaches a camera to the car and uses it to spy on them, leading to the criminals chasing it when they see it. Wondering what they want with the toy car, Alex opens it and discovers the stolen chip. He calls the local U.S. Air Force Recruitment Center about the discovery and asks if they can forward the information about the chip to the authorities. | ||
The |
The criminals realize that Alex has been watching them and decide to break into the Pruitt house. Alex rigs the house with handmade ] with help from his pet rat Doris and his brother Stan's parrot. The criminals break in, spring the traps, and suffer various injuries. While the group pursue Alex around the house, he flees and rescues Hess, who has been taped to a chair in her garage by Ribbons. Beaupre ambushes Alex, but the latter uses a bubble gun resembling a ] to scare him off. | ||
] agents and the police later arrive and arrest Ribbons, Jernigan, and Unger, having received a tip from the recruitment center. However, Beaupre hides in a makeshift ] in the backyard. Stan's parrot discovers him and threatens to light fireworks, which are lined around the inside. Beaupre offers a cracker in exchange for silence, but the parrot demands two. Since Beaupre has only one, the parrot lights the fireworks, alerting the authorities to Beaupre's location. | |||
That evening, the Pruitts, Mrs. Hess, and the authorities hold a celebration for Alex as the Pruitt house is being repaired, with Alex's father Jack returning home from a business trip. At the police department, the criminals are shown to have contracted Alex's chicken pox during their mugshots. | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
{{cast listing| | {{cast listing| | ||
* ] as Alex |
* ] as Alex, an eight-year-old boy | ||
* ] as |
* ] as Beaupre, the leader of the international criminals | ||
* ] as |
* ] as Alice, a member of the international criminals | ||
* ] as |
* ] as Jernigan, a member of the international criminals | ||
* ] as |
* ] as Unger, a member of the international criminals | ||
* ] as Karen, Alex's mother | |||
* ] as Earl Unger, a member of the international criminals. | |||
* ] as Jack |
* ] as Jack, Alex's father | ||
* ] as |
* ] as Mrs. Hess, the Pruitt's elderly neighbor | ||
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* Seth Smith as Stan, Alex's older brother | ||
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* ] as Molly, Alex's older sister | ||
⚫ | * ] as Agent Stuckey, an FBI agent who has been after Beaupre for seven years | ||
* ] as Mrs. Hess, an elderly lady who is the Pruitt family's neighbor. | |||
⚫ | * Baxter Harris as police captain | ||
⚫ | * ] as |
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* ] as the Chinese mob boss, a unit leader of the terrorist organization | |||
⚫ | * Baxter Harris as |
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* ] |
* ] as a police officer | ||
* ] as Agent Rogers, an FBI Agent working alongside Stuckey | |||
* Freeman Coffey as Recruiting Officer | |||
* Adrianne Duncan as Flight Attendant | |||
* Jennifer A. Daley as Police Photographer | |||
* Darren T. Knaus as voice of the Parrot, a talking parrot owned by Stan. | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
{{Anchor|Development}} | {{Anchor|Development}} | ||
''Home Alone 3'' was pitched at the same time as '']'', and both films were meant to be produced simultaneously; however, those plans fell through.<ref name=boot>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/movies/alex-linz-home-alone-3-now/|title=What Ever Happened To Alex D. Linz, The Kid From 'Home Alone 3'?|publisher=uproxx.com|date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> The idea for a third ''Home Alone'' movie was revived in the mid-1990s; early drafts called for ] to reprise the role of |
''Home Alone 3'' was ] at the same time as '']'', and both films were meant to be produced simultaneously; however, those plans fell through.<ref name=boot>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/movies/alex-linz-home-alone-3-now/|title=What Ever Happened To Alex D. Linz, The Kid From 'Home Alone 3'?|publisher=uproxx.com|date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> The idea for a third ''Home Alone'' movie was revived in the mid-1990s; early drafts called for ] to reprise the role of Kevin McCallister as a teenager. However, by 1994, Culkin had taken a hiatus from acting. As a result, the idea was reworked, centering on a new cast of characters.<ref name=boot/> | ||
{{Anchor|Filming}} | {{Anchor|Filming}} | ||
It was filmed in ] and ], with the airport scenes |
It was filmed in ] and ], with the airport scenes at the beginning of the film being shot at two different ]s at ].{{cn|date=December 2024}} | ||
Principal photography began on December 2, 1996, and filming concluded on March 22, 1997. | Principal photography began on December 2, 1996, and filming concluded on March 22, 1997.{{cn|date=December 2024}} | ||
] was the division of ] responsible for the production on the film.<ref name="VarietyFoxRenamedToon">{{cite news |last=Petrikin |first=Chris |title=Fox renamed that toon |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/fox-renamed-that-toon-1117467902/ |access-date=March 31, 2018 |work=Variety |date=February 18, 1998 }}</ref> | ] was the division of ] responsible for the production on the film.<ref name="VarietyFoxRenamedToon">{{cite news |last=Petrikin |first=Chris |title=Fox renamed that toon |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/fox-renamed-that-toon-1117467902/ |access-date=March 31, 2018 |work=Variety |date=February 18, 1998 }}</ref> | ||
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| title = Home Alone 3 | | title = Home Alone 3 | ||
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| length12 = 8:01 | | length12 = 8:01 | ||
| The song ''Experiment'' by ] was seen on Mrs. Hess' television, but not included on the soundtrack. | |||
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==Release== | ==Release== | ||
===Home media=== | |||
{{Anchor|Video|DVD}} | {{Anchor|Video|DVD}} | ||
''Home Alone 3'' was released on ] and ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/08390/0276385/Home-Alone-3|title=Home Alone 3|date=March 30, 2015|website=LDDB|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref> on June 2, 1998, and on ] on November 3, 1998, which was later reissued in December 2007 (and, as part of ''Home Alone'' multi-packs, in 2006 and 2008). While the DVD presents the film in its original Widescreen format (1.85:1), it is presented in a non-anamorphic 4:3 matte. | ''Home Alone 3'' was released on ] and ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/08390/0276385/Home-Alone-3|title=Home Alone 3|date=March 30, 2015|website=LDDB|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref> on June 2, 1998, and on ] on November 3, 1998, which was later reissued in December 2007 (and, as part of ''Home Alone'' multi-packs, in 2006 and 2008). While the DVD presents the film in its original Widescreen format (1.85:1), it is presented in a non-anamorphic 4:3 matte.{{cn|date=December 2024}} | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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===Critical response=== | ===Critical response=== | ||
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|35|4.6|26|Macaulay Culkin's precocious charisma is sorely missed in this hollow sequel, which doubles down on the broad comedy while lacking all the hallmarks that made the original a classic.|access-date=December 29, 2024|ref=y}}{{cbignore}} {{cbignore}} Audiences polled by ] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com}}</ref> | |||
] of the '']'' gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and said that he found it to be "fresh, very funny, and better than the first two."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/home-alone-3-1997 |title=Home Alone 3 |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |work=RogerEbert.com |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=December 12, 1997 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> | ] of the '']'' gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and said that he found it to be "fresh, very funny, and better than the first two."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/home-alone-3-1997 |title=Home Alone 3 |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |work=RogerEbert.com |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=December 12, 1997 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> | ||
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==Novelization== | ==Novelization== | ||
A ] based on the screenplay was written by Todd Strasser and published by ] in 1997 to coincide with the film. |
A ] based on the screenplay was written by Todd Strasser and published by ] in 1997 to coincide with the film.<ref>{{ISBN|0-590-95712-0}}</ref> | ||
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1997 film by Raja Gosnell
Home Alone 3 | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Raja Gosnell |
Written by | John Hughes |
Produced by |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Julio Macat |
Edited by |
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Music by | Nick Glennie-Smith |
Production company | Hughes Entertainment |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $32 million |
Box office | $79.1 million |
Home Alone 3 is a 1997 American crime comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell in his directorial debut, written and co-produced by John Hughes. It stars Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Haviland Morris, David Thornton, Scarlett Johansson, Lenny Von Dohlen, Marian Seldes, and Rya Kihlstedt. The story follows Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy who defends his home from a dangerous group of international criminals working for a North Korean terrorist organization. It is the third film in the Home Alone franchise, and holds the distinction as the only film in the franchise not set during Christmas.
The film received generally negative reviews. Home Alone 3 was followed by a made-for-television sequel, Home Alone 4, in 2002.
Plot
Peter Beaupre, Alice Ribbons, Burton Jernigan, and Earl Unger are four internationally wanted criminals working for a Hong Kong–based terrorist organization linked to North Korea. In Silicon Valley, California, they steal a $10 million missile-cloaking microchip and hide it inside a radio-controlled car to get the chip past security at San Francisco International Airport. However, a passenger named Mrs. Hess inadvertently takes the criminals' bag containing the car, mistaking it for her identical bag. The criminals arrive in Chicago and systematically search every house in Hess's suburban neighborhood to find the chip.
Eight-year-old Alex Pruitt is given the toy car by Hess as payment for shoveling her driveway. He returns home and discovers that he has chicken pox and must stay home from school. The next day, Alex discovers the criminals while spying on his neighbors and calls the police, but they are unable to help. Alex attaches a camera to the car and uses it to spy on them, leading to the criminals chasing it when they see it. Wondering what they want with the toy car, Alex opens it and discovers the stolen chip. He calls the local U.S. Air Force Recruitment Center about the discovery and asks if they can forward the information about the chip to the authorities.
The criminals realize that Alex has been watching them and decide to break into the Pruitt house. Alex rigs the house with handmade booby traps with help from his pet rat Doris and his brother Stan's parrot. The criminals break in, spring the traps, and suffer various injuries. While the group pursue Alex around the house, he flees and rescues Hess, who has been taped to a chair in her garage by Ribbons. Beaupre ambushes Alex, but the latter uses a bubble gun resembling a Glock to scare him off.
FBI agents and the police later arrive and arrest Ribbons, Jernigan, and Unger, having received a tip from the recruitment center. However, Beaupre hides in a makeshift snow fort in the backyard. Stan's parrot discovers him and threatens to light fireworks, which are lined around the inside. Beaupre offers a cracker in exchange for silence, but the parrot demands two. Since Beaupre has only one, the parrot lights the fireworks, alerting the authorities to Beaupre's location.
That evening, the Pruitts, Mrs. Hess, and the authorities hold a celebration for Alex as the Pruitt house is being repaired, with Alex's father Jack returning home from a business trip. At the police department, the criminals are shown to have contracted Alex's chicken pox during their mugshots.
Cast
- Alex D. Linz as Alex, an eight-year-old boy
- Olek Krupa as Beaupre, the leader of the international criminals
- Rya Kihlstedt as Alice, a member of the international criminals
- Lenny Von Dohlen as Jernigan, a member of the international criminals
- David Thornton as Unger, a member of the international criminals
- Haviland Morris as Karen, Alex's mother
- Kevin Kilner as Jack, Alex's father
- Marian Seldes as Mrs. Hess, the Pruitt's elderly neighbor
- Seth Smith as Stan, Alex's older brother
- Scarlett Johansson as Molly, Alex's older sister
- Christopher Curry as Agent Stuckey, an FBI agent who has been after Beaupre for seven years
- Baxter Harris as police captain
- James Saito as the Chinese mob boss, a unit leader of the terrorist organization
- Neil Flynn as a police officer
- Pat Healy as Agent Rogers, an FBI Agent working alongside Stuckey
Production
Home Alone 3 was pitched at the same time as Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and both films were meant to be produced simultaneously; however, those plans fell through. The idea for a third Home Alone movie was revived in the mid-1990s; early drafts called for Macaulay Culkin to reprise the role of Kevin McCallister as a teenager. However, by 1994, Culkin had taken a hiatus from acting. As a result, the idea was reworked, centering on a new cast of characters.
It was filmed in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, with the airport scenes at the beginning of the film being shot at two different concourses at O'Hare International Airport.
Principal photography began on December 2, 1996, and filming concluded on March 22, 1997.
Fox Family Films was the division of 20th Century Fox responsible for the production on the film.
Music
Home Alone 3: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
Released | December 12, 1997 | |||
Label | Hollywood | |||
Home Alone chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Town" | Cartoon Boyfriend | 3:18 |
2. | "All I Wanted Was a Skateboard" | Super Deluxe | 2:34 |
3. | "I Want It All" | Dance Hall Crashers | 3:19 |
4. | "Almost Grown" | Chuck Berry | 2:20 |
5. | "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)" | Chuck Berry | 2:42 |
6. | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (version not in the film) | Jim Croce | 3:01 |
7. | "Green-Eyed Lady" (version not in the film) | Sugarloaf | 3:40 |
8. | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Dean Martin | 1:57 |
9. | "Home Again" | Oingo Boingo | 5:26 |
10. | "Nite Prowler" | The Deuce Coupes | 1:46 |
11. | "Tall Cool One" | The Wailers | 2:35 |
12. | "Home Alone 3 Suite" | Nick Glennie-Smith | 8:01 |
Release
Home Alone 3 was released on VHS and Laserdisc on June 2, 1998, and on DVD on November 3, 1998, which was later reissued in December 2007 (and, as part of Home Alone multi-packs, in 2006 and 2008). While the DVD presents the film in its original Widescreen format (1.85:1), it is presented in a non-anamorphic 4:3 matte.
Reception
Box office
The film grossed $79,082,515 worldwide.
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 35% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Macaulay Culkin's precocious charisma is sorely missed in this hollow sequel, which doubles down on the broad comedy while lacking all the hallmarks that made the original a classic." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and said that he found it to be "fresh, very funny, and better than the first two."
Accolades
The film was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Remake or Sequel, losing to Speed 2: Cruise Control.
Novelization
A novelization based on the screenplay was written by Todd Strasser and published by Scholastic in 1997 to coincide with the film.
References
- ^ "Home Alone 3 (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ "What Ever Happened To Alex D. Linz, The Kid From 'Home Alone 3'?". uproxx.com. January 14, 2016.
- Petrikin, Chris (February 18, 1998). "Fox renamed that toon". Variety. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- "Home Alone 3". LDDB. March 30, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- "Home Alone 3". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
- "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com.
- Ebert, Roger (December 12, 1997). "Home Alone 3". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- "Razzies.com - Home of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation". April 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012.
- ISBN 0-590-95712-0
External links
- Home Alone 3 at IMDb
- Home Alone 3 at Box Office Mojo
- Home Alone 3 at Rotten Tomatoes
- Home Alone 3 at the TCM Movie Database
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