Associated Press News. Things to Know About Gravity. On November 1. 6, 1. Christmastime and forced to fend off a couple of bungling burglars, became an instant classic. Today, no holiday movie marathon is complete without a viewing of Home Alone, the movie that turned Macaulay Culkin into one of the biggest kid stars of all time. And while you may be able to recite its dialogue line for line, here are 2. With its extensive Tour of Duty campaign, a nearlimitless number of skirmish modes, updates and new content for CounterStrikes awardwinning multiplayer game play. Игры серии Основные. 1999 2003 CounterStrike как модификация, а позже самостоятельная игра. When shooting a documentary, the vast majority of what you film gets edited out of the final production. But instead of letting thousands of hours of breathtaking. John Hughes penned picture. So settle in and enjoy, ya filthy animals.  1. WITHOUT UNCLE BUCK, THERED BE NO HOME ALONE. The idea for Home Alone occurred to John Hughes during the making of Uncle Buck, which also starred Macaulay Culkin. Always game to play the precocious one, theres a scene in which Culkins character interrogates a potential babysitter through a mail slot. The Associated Press delivers indepth coverage on todays Big Story including top stories, international, politics, lifestyle, business, entertainment, and more. Get the latest international news and world events from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more. See world news photos and videos at ABCNews. com. In Home Alone, Culkin has a similar confrontation with Daniel Stern, this time via a doggie door. THE ROLE OF KEVIN WAS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR MACAULAY CULKIN. But that didnt stop director Chris Columbus from auditioning more than 1. Browse and play mods created for CounterStrike at Mod DB. Three CNN employees have resigned after the outlet deleted a story from its website as Donald Trump Jr is calling the story the biggest fake news scandal in the. Which really was all for naught, as Culkin nailed the role. MACAULAY WASNT THE ONLY CULKIN TO APPEAR IN THE FILM. Macaulay s younger brother Kieran also landed a part as Kevins bed wetting cousin, Fuller. Though the film marked Kierans acting debut, he has since gone on to build an impressive career for himself in movies like The Cider House Rules, Igby Goes Down, and Scott Pilgrim vs. World. 4. CASTING CULKIN TAUGHT CHRIS COLUMBUS A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON. Since Home Alone, Columbus who also wrote the scripts for Gremlins and The Goonies has gone on to become one of Hollywoods premier family friendly moviemakers as the director of Home Alone 2, Mrs. Doubtfire, and two movies in the Harry Potter franchise. But one lesson he learned from Home Alone is that when you agree to work with a kid actor, youre also agreeing to work with his or her family. I was much younger and I was really too naive to think about the family environment as well, Columbus told. The Guardian in 2. We didnt know that much about the family at the beginning as we were shooting, we learned a little more. The stories are hair raising. I was casting a kid who truly had a troubled family life. In 1. Culkins parents, who were never married, engaged in a very publicand nastylegal battle over his fortune.  5. THE FILM IS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER. In its opening weekend, Home Alone topped the box office, making 1. The movie maintained its number one spot for a full 1. June of the following year. It became the highest grossing film of 1. Guinness World Record as the highest grossing live action comedy ever domestically. THE MOVIES UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS LED TO ITS TITLE BECOMING A VERB. In his book The Big Picture Who Killed HollywoodAnd Other Essays, two time Oscar winning screenwriter William Goldman admitted that the unexpected success of Home Alone contributed a new phrase to the Hollywood lexicon to be Home Aloned, meaning that other films suffered at the box office because of Home Alones long and successful run. More than one executive said to me, My picture did 4. Home Aloned, wrote Goldman. CounterStrike Condition Zero Review. Condition Zeros release is overshadowed by no fewer than three new technologically advanced, highly anticipated shooters. IT SPAWNED MORE THAN A SEQUEL. While all of the main, original cast members reprised their roles for Home Alone 2 Lost In New York with Columbus again directing a script by Hughes, the success of the original led to a full on franchise, complete with four sequels, three video games, two board games, a novelization, and other kid friendly merchandise including the Talkboy.  8. POLAND LOVES THE MCCALLISTERS. Showings of Home Alone have become a Christmas tradition in Poland, where the film has aired on national television since the early 1. And its popularity has only increased. In 2. 01. 1 more than five million people tuned in to watch it, making it the most watched show to air during the season.  9. THE MCCALLISTER HOME HAS BECOME A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION. Located at 6. 71 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Illinois, the kitchen, main staircase, and ground floor landing seen in the film were all shot in this five bedroom residence. The dining room and all other first floor rooms, with the exception of the kitchen, were shot on a soundstage. In 2. John and Cynthia Abendshien, who owned the home when it was used as one of the films locations, sold the property for 1. KEVINS TREE HOUSE WAS NOT PART OF THE DEAL. Kevins backyard tree house was not originally part of the property. It was constructed specifically for the movie and demolished once filming ended.  1. ALL OF THE FILM WAS SHOT IN THE CHICAGO AREA. Though the main plot point is that that Mc. Callister family is in Paris while Kevins back home in Illinois, the production was shot entirely within the Chicago area. The scenes supposedly set at Paris Orly Airport were shot at OHare International Airport. And those luxurious business class seats theyre taking to Paris Those were built on the basketball court of a local high schoolthe same school where the scene in which Kevin is running through a flooded basement was filmed the basement in question was actually the schools swimming pool.  1. ROBERT DE NIRO TURNED DOWN THE ROLE OF HARRY LIME. As did Jon Lovitz. Then Joe Pesci swept in and made the part his own. Bonus fun fact The character is a slight homage to Orson Welles. It was the name of Welles character in Carol Reeds The Third Man.  1. CounterStrike CS is een zeer populaire teamgebaseerde tactische firstperson shooter. Het spel kwam in juni 1999 uit als een modificatie mod van het computerspel. JOE PESCI GOT ALL METHOD ON MACAULAY CULKIN. In order to get the most authentic performance possible, Joe Pesci did his best to avoid Macaulay Culkin on the set so that the young actor would indeed be afraid of him. And no one would blame the young actor for being a bit petrified, as he still bears the physical scar from one accidental altercation. In the first Home Alone, they hung me up on a coat hook, and Pesci says, Im gonna bite all your fingers off, one at a time, Culkin recalled to Rule Forty Two. And during one of the rehearsals, he bit me, and it broke the skin.  1. PESCI WASNT USED TO THE WHOLE FAMILY FRIENDLY THING. Considering that Pescis best known for playing the heavy in movies like Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Casino, its understandable that he wasnt quite used to the whole family friendly atmosphere on the set of Home Aloneand dropped a few f bombs as a result of that. Columbus tried to curb Pescis four letter word tendency by suggesting he use the word fridge instead.  1. DANIEL STERN HAD A FOUR LETTER WORD SLIP UP, TOO. And it wasnt cut out of the film. He utters the word s when attempting to retrieve his shoe through the doggie door look for it at the 5. DVD.  1. 6. IN REAL LIFE, HARRY AND MARV MAY NOT HAVE SURVIVED KEVINS ATTACK. BB gun shots to the forehead and groin A steaming hot iron and can of paint to the face A flaming blowtorch to the scalp The Wet Bandits endure an awful lot of violence at the hands of a single eight year old. So much so that neither one of them should have been walkinglet alone consciousby the end of the night. In 2. 01. 2, Dr. Ryan St. Clair diagnosed the likely outcome of their injuries at The Week. While a read through of the entire article is well worth your time, here are a few of the highlights That iron should have caused a blowout fracture, leading to serious disfigurement and debilitating double vision if not repaired properly. And the blowtorch According to Dr. St. Clair, The skin and bone tissue on Harrys skull will be so damaged and rotted that his skull bone is essentially dying and will likely require a transplant.  1.