Home Alone
Summary
Home Alonejumps back and forth from Kevin McCallister fighting for his life history at his plate near Chicago to his whole family line strand in Paris , but neither of these city really provide any take position for the vacation classic . In the movie , the very turgid extendedMcCallister familyis grow quick to spend Christmas together in Paris . After catch some Z’s in on the good morning of their flight , they quit in a affright , leaving poor Kevin behind . It ’s not until they ’ve all board the aeroplane that Kevin ’s mother realizes they forgot him at home , while Kevin believes his wish for his family to disappear has fall honest .
Kevin ’s family lives in a big , beautiful household located in a suburb of Chicago , Illinois , and most ofHome Alone ’s filming took place in a town outside the city . While Kevin delay in the Chicago surface area for the continuance of the film , since he ’s left home alone , the repose of the McCallisters make it all the agency to Paris . Archival footage of Paris was used for give scene , but none of the movie was actually shoot there . nursing home Alone ’s principal picture taking took place over the track of 83 days , beginning on February 14 , 1990 , and ending on May 8 , 1990 , using only filming locations in Illinois .
Winnetka, Illinois
Lincoln Avenue, New Trier High School, Hubbard Woods Pharmacy, Hubbard Woods Park, & Grand Food Center
The exterior shots ofthe McCallister house inHome Alone , as well as their neighbor Mitch Murphy ’s house , were filmed on position on Lincoln Avenue in the North Shore village of Winnetka , Illinois . Though Kevin lists his address in the movie as 671 Lincoln Boulevard , the McCallister household exterior was shot at 671 Lincoln Avenue . The Murphy house exterior was pullulate just across the street at 656 Lincoln Avenue . Some of the interiors of the McCallister home that made it into the finished product were inside the same menage as the exteriors , including the main stairway , basement , attic , and the first floor .
Every room in the house was also duplicated on a soundstageto make more way for the crew and equipment . The repose of the interior scenes were filmed on this hardening , which was built in the gymnasium on New Trier High School ’s west campus in Winnetka , where John Hughes had shot his former filmsFerris Bueller ’s Day OffandUncle Buck . Some additional scenes were also shot in dissimilar locations at New Trier High School . The interiors of the aeroplane cabin were built and shot on hoops courts on campus , and the scene in Kevin ’s neighbor ’s inundate basement were really shot in an empty swim consortium on campus .
Several other scene were filmed around Winnetka . The Santa ’s Village set , where Kevin goes to visit the simulated Santa Claus , was built in front of Winnetka ’s City Hall . The scene where Kevin channelise to the market store was take at Grand Food Center in Winnetka . Some scenes were filmed in the Hubbard Woods neighborhood of Winnetka . The pharmacy scene , in which Kevin accidentally steals a toothbrush after getting spook by Old Man Marley , was shot at Hubbard Woods Pharmacy in Winnetka . Kevin later runs away from Marley when he see him in the park , a conniption which was filmed at Hubbard Woods Park in Winnetka .
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Chicago, Illinois
O’Hare International Airport, Meig’s Field
The only part ofHome Alonethat were really shot in Chicago were the airdrome scenes . Chicago ’s O’Hare International Airport serve as the take positioning forboth the Chicago airport scenes and the Paris airdrome scene , nonplus as France ’s Orly Airport . Filming at O’Hare took place over the course of four 16 - hour day . John Candy , who made a special cameo as Kate McCallister ’s polka - singing sub inHome Alone , filmed his scenes in one day on the landing strip of the former single - rails airport Meig ’s Field , also in Chicago .
Wilmette, Illinois
Trinity United Methodist Church
During one sequence inHome Alone , Kevin is on the ravel fromburglars Harry and Marvand hide in a Nativity Scene outside a church . Kevin later return to that church at night . The exteriors of the Christian church were shot at Trinity United Methodist Church in Wilmette , Illinois . The exact street address of this locating is 1024 W. Lake Avenue .
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Oak Park, Illinois
Grace Episcopal Church
Kevin decides to get into the church and see a consort perform , during which he has a long chat with Old Man Marley near the end ofHome Alone . However , a different location was used for the inside of the churchthan the exterior . The interior of the church service were filmed at Grace Episcopal Church in the neighboring townspeople of Oak Park , Illinois . coincidently , this church is turn up on a street with a similar name with its savoir-faire being 924 Lake Street .
Sources : AFI Catalog , Chicago Magazine , News.com.au
