I'm joined by my son and frequent podcasting co-host David May (Dragonfly Ripple, Mystery Movie Night, Thundarr Road, 'Casting Off) to talk about the film that made a star of Macaulay Culkin and signaled the end of John Hughes' reign as the King of Teen. Is Home Alone just slapstick shenanigans or something more?
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Fun movie! Can't wait to hear what you guys think. :)
I'm taken aback by this poster. I'm so used to seeing the one that has the close up on Kevin's face that was probably used for the video that I have never seen this before.
Looking back this movie probably was quite the risk. A movie were an eight year is the star of the whole movie would an incredible expense and difficult to market to a wide audience, even with a great child actor, which they were fortunate enough to get.
Against all odd it was incredibly successful at the box office and there was a trend of "smart kid" movies that definitely took their influence from here.
Oh man, there was only a two month difference in release between Goodfellas and this! Good year for Joe Pesci!
Yeah! And it's the year after Lethal Weapon 2, which was his breakout hit.
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