Movie:home Alone

  • NewsDeadline

    John Heard Dies: ‘Home Alone’ Actor Was 72

    John Heard, a film and TV actor best known for his iconic role as dad Peter McCallister in the first two  <em>Home Alone</em> movies and an Emmy-nominated role on  <em>The Sopranos,</em> died Friday. He was 72. The Santa Clara County coroner’s office confirmed Heard’s death to Deadline. The cause is under investigation. The Washington, D.C., native’s acting career began in the mid-1970s in an off-Broadway production of Mark Medoff’s play <em>The Wager.</em> He then segued to television, playing

  • NewsBen Falk

    How Home Alone became a modern classic

    An oral history about the film that made Macaulay Culkin a megastar from some of the people who made it happen.

  • NewsGwynne Watkins

    Macaulay Culkin Re-Lives His 'Home Alone' Trauma in New Video Short (NSFW)

    Ever wonder what Home Alone’s Kevin McAllister would be like as a grown-up? The angel-faced protagonist played by Macaulay Culkin, who was nine years old when he filmed the 1990 holiday comedy, was nothing if not resourceful: Accidentally left behind by his family during Christmas vacation, he single-handedly fended off two burglars (the “Wet Bandits” played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) with a series of brutal booby traps. But being abandoned by your parents, then pitted against two violent st

  • NewsJordan Zakarin

    Inside Details From ‘Home Alone,’ Including the Comedy Star Who Almost Played Santa

    To commemorate the silver anniversary, James Hughes, the son of producer of late writer-producer John Hughes, reunited with many of the cast and crew to put together an extensive oral history of the hit film for Chicago Magazine. Here are some of the highlights: Director Christopher Columbus got the job in part because he couldn’t stand Chevy Chase The first — and biggest — revelation comes from Christopher Columbus, who was then coming off a box office bomb with Heartbreak Hotel. He really ne