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Home Alone
- Theatrical - Wide 1990-11-16
- Cast Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern John Heard Roberts Blossom
- Directed by Chris Columbus
- Written by John Hughes
Box Office Gross:
$476,684,675
Running Time:
103 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Hughes Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Genres:
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Synopsis
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
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