Home Alone director on doing those stunts: 'It wasn't funny, we'd just pray the guys were alive' ". The Independent. December 30, 2016. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016 . Retrieved December 20, 2020. The film's stunts also created tension for the crew during shooting. Columbus said, "Every time the stunt guys did one of those stunts it wasn't funny. We'd watch it, and I would just pray that the guys were alive." [11] [35] Stunts were originally prepared with safety harnesses, but because of their visibility on camera, the film's final stunts were performed without them. [11] Troy Brown and Leon Delaney were stuntmen for Pesci and Stern, respectively. [36] An injury had occurred between Pesci and Culkin during one of the rehearsals for the scene in which Harry tries to bite off Kevin's finger. Culkin still has the scar. [13] The tarantula that walks on Stern's face was real. [36] Honeycutt, Kirk (March 25, 2015). John Hughes: A Life in Film. Paragraph 8: RacePoint Publishing. p.160. ISBN 978-1631060229. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location ( link)

Maman, j'ai raté l'avion (Home Alone) le 19 septembre en 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray". HDNumerique (in French). Archived from the original on January 4, 2021 . Retrieved July 1, 2020.Pai, Tanya (November 16, 2015). "Home Alone's enduring popularity, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020 . Retrieved February 23, 2020. Rose-Yee, Hannah. "Home Alone: 19 thoughts I had watching the Christmas classic for the first time". Stylist. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020 . Retrieved April 10, 2020.

Home Alone | TV Guide". TV Guide. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020 . Retrieved February 21, 2020. The season 13 episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, "Charlie's Home Alone", is intended to be a direct parody of the first Home Alone film. In the episode Charlie Kelly is accidentally forgotten while the rest of "the gang" attend Super Bowl LII. Charlie mistakingly believes he must protect the bar by setting up traps, only for himself to accidentally activate said traps, nearly preventing from performing his Super Bowl "rituals". [110]Madison III, Ira (November 10, 2015). "Chris Columbus Directed Home Alone Instead of Christmas Vacation Because He Met Chevy Chase". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019 . Retrieved June 10, 2016. Hughes conceived Home Alone while on vacation, with Warner Bros. being originally intended to finance and distribute the film. However, Warner Bros. shut down production after it exceeded its assigned budget. 20th Century Fox assumed responsibilities following secret meetings with Hughes. Columbus and Culkin were hired soon afterwards. Filming took place between February and May 1990 on location across Illinois.