Table of contents:
- 1. Instead of pieces of candy
- 2. Every minute swearing in the frame
- 3. Buzz's girlfriend
- 4. Quiet horror
- 5. In a chicken costume
- 6. Home protection plan
- 7. McCallister House
- 8. Shooting in one day
Video: Home Alone: Interesting Facts about Creating a New Year's Family Comedy
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
For more than a quarter of a century, not a single New Year has been complete without watching the wonderful film "Home Alone". This is a Christmas comedy about a boy left alone at home and two hapless robbers trying to deal with a child. The film hit the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful comedy of the 1990s, and jokes from it have long become winged.
1. Instead of pieces of candy
According to the scenario, when the thief climbs into the house through the window, he steps on the Christmas tree decorations and injures his legs. To prevent this from happening, the actor was planted with sweets made in the form of fragments. Plus, for reliability, he wore special rubber pads on the feet.
2. Every minute swearing in the frame
The film's director Chris Columbus was pleasantly surprised when actor Joe Pesci, who played the "serious guys" in Martin Scorsese's films, agreed to play the hapless robber Harry. But Joe Pesci forgot that he was filming a Christmas comedy, and constantly swore. Tired of reshooting take after take, the director advised Pesci to say "fridge" instead of the word "fuck".
3. Buzz's girlfriend
In the scene when Kevin is exploring Buzz's older brother's room, he finds a framed photograph of his unsympathetic girlfriend. In fact, the picture does not depict a girl at all, but a make-up boy. The director did not want any girl to develop teenage complexes due to the fact that the whole world would consider her ugly.
4. Quiet horror
It's incredible how actor Daniel Stern (Marv) had the courage to endure the presence of a tarantula on his face. Moreover, the actor had to portray horror without a single sound, so as not to frighten off the spider. The scream was added during the voice acting.
5. In a chicken costume
Phrase Marwa "Why are you dressed up like a chicken?" was pure improvisation. However, she was among the catchphrases from the film.
6. Home protection plan
The plan, according to which Kevin straightens out the bandits, Macaulay Culkin drew with his own hand.
7. McCallister House
The house in which the large McCallister family lived is real. It is located in the affluent village of Winnetka, 26 km from Chicago. During the work on the film, the real owners were very welcoming and treated the crew with hot chocolate. In 2011, the house was sold for $ 1.58 million. Today it is a tourist attraction.
8. Shooting in one day
John Candy played the band leader who agreed to help Kevin's mom get home. Due to the tight schedule, the actor managed to invest in one shooting day and play all the scenes in 23 hours.
Equally interesting is that one of the melodies that sounds in the film "Home Alone" is an interpretation of the Ukrainian folk song "Shchedryk".
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