Home Alone 3

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Home Alone 3

Home Alone 3 film poster
Directed by Raja Gosnell
Produced by John Hughes, Hilton Green
Written by John Hughes
Starring Alex D. Linz
Olek Krupa
Rya Kihlstedt
Lenny von Dohlen
David Thornton
Haviland Morris
Scarlett Johansson
Music by Nick Glennie-Smith
Themes:
John Williams
Cinematography N/A
Editing by N/A
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox
Release date(s) December 12, 1997
Running time 102 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $32,000,000
Preceded by Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Followed by Home Alone 4
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Home Alone 3 is a 1997 family film and third film in the Home Alone Series. It was originally going to star the original cast but 20th Century Fox did not allow Chris Columbus (director of the first two films) and John Hughes film it back to back with Home Alone 2. Then they re-cast the film stars with Alex D. Linz as Alex Pruitt, the resourceful boy who is left home alone, replacing the character portrayed in the previous films by Macaulay Culkin. The film was written by John Hughes and directed by Raja Gosnell, the latter being the editor of both Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. This film was followed by another sequel, Home Alone 4.

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[edit] Plot

Peter Beaupre (Olek Krupa) is the leader of a quartet of thieves who've stolen a valuable air force computer chip for a North Korean terrorist group.

When a bag mixup at the O'Hare Airport in Chicago causes Mrs. Hess (Marian Seldes), a grouchy old lady, to inadvertently take home the chip hidden inside of a toy remote control car, Beaupre and his gang descend upon the Chicago suburbs looking for Hess and the chip.

Beaupre and followers -- Alice Ribbons (Rya Kihlstedt), Earl Unger (David Thornton), and Burton Jernigan (Lenny Von Dohlen) -- begin canvassing Hess' neighborhood and breaking into homes, searching for the chip.

Little do they know that 8-year-old Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz) is home alone with the chicken pox. Alex reports seeing the crooks, but Alex's older siblings, Molly (Scarlett Johansson) and Stan (Seth Smith), and his parents Jack (Kevin Kilner) and Karen (Haviland Morris) think he's making up the story.

Beaupre and the others eventually figure out that the chip is in the Pruitt home, because Hess has given the remote control car to Alex. Alex is left home alone with the chicken pox when Karen goes to work, Jack goes out of town on a business trip, and Molly and Stan go to school.

When Beaupre and his followers break into the Pruitt house, Alex must do everything he can to stop their efforts to get the chip.

[edit] Reception

The film had "only" grossed $32,000,000+ [1], a respectable number, though it paled in comparison to the $285,000,000 gross of the first [2] and the $173,000,000 gross of the second[3]. However, the series still retains a following - Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert liked the film much more than its predecessors. [1]

[edit] Characters

The main characters include:

  • Alex Pruitt — (Alex D. Linz) an eight-year-old kid living in suburban Chicago.
  • Peter Beaupre — (Olek Krupa) leader of the four robbers.
  • Alice Ribbons — (Rya Kihlstedt) sole female of the four robbers.
  • Burton Jernigan — (Lenny Von Dohlen) one of the four robbers.
  • Earl Unger — (David Thornton) one of the four robbers. He has a tendency to express his hatred toward children.
  • Karen Pruitt — (Haviland Morris) Alex's mother.
  • Jack Pruitt — (Kevin Kilner) Alex's father, who had a meeting in Cleveland, Ohio to see his boss. On the day he was supposed to leave Chicago, his plane was delayed as Stan said, "Dad missed his plane".
  • Mrs. Hess — (Marian Seldes) Alex's neighbor. When she was about to return home in Chicago, she had the same bag as the spies, which had the toy car. Her bag had a sourdough bread. When she returned home, she gave the toy car to Alex.
  • Stan Pruitt — (Seth Smith) Alex's older brother who loves girls.
  • Molly Pruitt — (Scarlett Johansson) Alex's older sister.

[edit] References to other media

  • Jamie Foxx's song Experiment from his 1994 album Peep This can be seen when Alex is switching Mrs. Hess TV with a TV remote

[edit] References

  1. ^ Home Alone 3 (1997)
  2. ^ Home Alone (1990)
  3. ^ Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

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National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)  · Mr. Mom (1983)  · National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)  · Nate and Hayes (1983)  · Pretty in Pink (1986)  · Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)  · The Great Outdoors (1988)  · Christmas Vacation (1989)  · Home Alone (1990)  · Career Opportunituies (1991)  · Dutch (1991)  · Beethoven (1992)  · Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)  · Dennis the Menace (1993)  · Baby's Day Out (1994)  · Miracle on 34th Street (1994)  · 101 Dalmatians (1996)  · Flubber (1997)  · Home Alone 3 (1997)  · Reach the Rock (1998)  · Just Visiting (2001)  · Maid in Manhattan (2002)