'' is the
1992 sequel to the
Film ''
Home Alone '', produced by
John Hughes and directed by
Chris Columbus . It stars
Macaulay Culkin ,
Joe Pesci , and
Daniel Stern .
Catherine O'Hara ,
John Heard ,
Devin Ratray ,
Kieran Culkin ,
Gerry Bamman ,
Tim Curry ,
Rob Schneider ,
Dana Ivey , and
Brenda Fricker co-star. Veteran Hughes actor
Eddie Bracken , "
Brat Pack " actress
Ally Sheedy , and real estate mogul
Donald Trump make cameo appearances. The movie was filmed in
Winnetka, IL ,
O'Hare Airport ,
Miami and
New York City .
Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, who once again is separated from his family during a
Christmas vacation trip. This time his family travels via
Chicago to
Miami, Florida , Kevin ends up losing his dad in
O'Hare International Airport and gets on a different flight to
New York City via
LaGuardia Airport . In New York City, Kevin befriends the owner of a toy store and a homeless pigeon lady (played by
Brenda Fricker ). Kevin uses his dad's
Credit Card to check into
The Plaza Hotel .
The hotel's concierge (played by
Tim Curry ) gets suspicious about Kevin's origins, and finds out that Kevin has committed
Credit Card Fraud . When Kevin learns that his nemeses from the first film, Harry (
Joe Pesci ) and Marv (
Daniel Stern ), have escaped from prison and plan to rob the toy store, he knows he must stop them. In the end, the McCalister family had a vacation in New York, and Kevin's dad shouts at him for using $967 for room service.
Popular
New York City landmarks featured include the
Statue Of Liberty , the
World Trade Center towers, the
Chrysler Building , the
Empire State Building , the
Plaza Hotel ,
Central Park ,
Chinatown ,
Radio City Music Hall ,
Carnegie Hall ,
Times Square ,
La Guardia Airport , and
Rockefeller Center .
''
Home Alone 3 '' followed in
1997 without
Macaulay Culkin or much of the original cast. ''
Home Alone 4 '', a
TV Movie , was released on DVD in
2003 .
- He's up past his bedtime in the city that never sleeps.
- Yikes! I did it again!
- First, he was home alone, now he's lost in New York.
As with the first ''
Home Alone '' movie,
Video Games based on the sequel were released for such systems as
Sega Genesis ,
NES ,
SNES ,
Game Boy and
PC , mostly in late
1992 .
A separate hand-held game was released by
Tiger Electronics .
- The " Talkboy " hand-held tape recorder used by Kevin was specially designed for the movie. After its success at the box office, Tiger Electronics produced Talkboy tape recorders for purchase; many versions of the device followed suit, including a pink-colored "Talkgirl", a "Talkboy" pen, and "Talkboy, Jr.," a pocket-sized version of the recorder.
- Donald Trump makes a cameo appearance. He is the man giving Kevin directions when he first enters the Plaza Hotel.
- Angela Goethals , who played Kevin's sister Linnie is the only member of the original cast not to appear in Home Alone 2.
- Kevin's room number is 411 .
