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30 years have passed since its premiere and “My poor angel”(“ Alone at Home ”in its original language) continues to be a favorite movie during the holiday season. Although most have seen the movie with Macaulay Culkin several times, they probably don’t know all the curious details.
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That’s why Time shared a list of things you probably didn’t know about the November 16, 1990 film, featuring actors like Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, Roberts Blossom, John Heard and John Candy in the main roles.
1. TARANTULA WAS REAL
One of the things Kevin does to get rid of the “Wet Bandits” is to put his brother Buzz’s tarantula in front of Marv. Apparently the arachnid was real, Daniel Stern agreed to film with it as long as the scene was in one fell swoop. The production team succeeded, but preferred to record the scream separately so as not to risk scaring the spider.
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2. YOUNG BROTHER MACAULAY
Into the “My poor angelKieran Culkin played Cousin Fuller and more than 15 years later, Macaulay Culkin’s younger brother became Roman Roy in “The Succession,” a series of HBO about a dysfunctional family that has an entertainment and media empire.
3. THE SCRIPT WAS CREATED IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS
James Hughes, the son of screenwriter John Hughes, said that his father wrote the screenplay for this film in less than 10 days, the idea came to him because of his anxiety about the family’s first trip to Europe in 1989.
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“Two weeks later, after returning home, he analyzed the premise: what if one of the children was accidentally left behind? James wrote in a 2015 article for Chicago magazine. “In the next nine days, he completed the first version of the ‘Home Alone’ program.
4. THE HOUSE OF THE MCCALLISTERS
Kevin’s house with everything he had at hand is now worth more than $ 1.5 million. According to the Chicago Tribune, the 4,250-square-foot Georgian-style property in Winnetka, Illinois, sold for $ 1.585 million in 2015 after nearly a year on the market, although more were expected.
5. “MI POOR ANGELITO” AND ITS WORLD REGISTRATION
After its premiere in November 1990, “My little angel“He swept tickets in the United States during the 1990 Christmas season, and his success continued in the first half of the following year. Remaining in first place for 12 weeks and earning $ 285,761,343 in that period, it became the highest grossing film of that year and the highest grossing comedy in history. He held that world record until 2017, when the Chinese blockbuster Die Never Say eliminated his place.
6. JOE FISH ACCIDENTAL BITT MACAULAY CULKIN
While repeating the scene in which the Wit Bandits finally catch Kevin and Harry threatening to bite his fingers, Joe Pesci accidentally bit Macaulay Culkin, the actor said in a 2004 interview with Rule Forty Two.
“In the first house alone, they hanged me on a clothes rack and Pesci says, ‘I’ll bite all your fingers in turn.’ And during one of the rehearsals, he bit me and tore my skin, “he said.
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7. ROBERT DE NIRO CAN BE A “WET BANDIT”
According to Mental Floss, before considering Joe Pesci for the role of Harry Lyme, the production thought of Robert De Niro. But the famous actor refused, as did Jon Lovitz from Saturday Night Live.
8. THE CONSPIRACY THEORY ELVIS PRESLEY
Although “My poor angelReleased 13 years after Elvis Presley died, some believe the King of Rock and Roll made a cameo for the film. Apparently he appears during the scene where Kevin’s mother is trying to buy tickets at Scranton Airport. However, others claim that the Gary Grott extra has appeared in several Chris Columbus films.
9. BRIDE BUZZ WAS A DISSEMINATED CHILD
In 2013, Devin Ratray told Yahoo that Buzz’s girlfriend was actually a boy in a suit because the producers thought he was throwing a girl for the cruel role. “They decided it wouldn’t be nice to put a girl in the role of just being funny. The art director had a son who was more than willing to volunteer for the role. I think if I knew it was going to be the most profitable family comedy of all time, I could have thought better of it. “
10. OLD MARLEY WASN’T PART OF “HOME ALONE”
Old Man Marley (Roberts Blossom) was not part of the first sketch of John Hughes ‘screenplay, but the writer added it as a nod to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to give the story a little more heart.