Taglines: First, he was home alone, now he’s lost in New York.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York movie storyline. Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he’s in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won’t be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin’s ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget!
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It is the second film in the Home Alone series and the sequel to Home Alone. Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as Kevin McCallister, while Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern reprise their roles as the Wet Bandits, now known as the Sticky Bandits. Catherine O’Hara, John Heard, Tim Curry, and Brenda Fricker are also featured.
Kevin and his family decide to take a trip to Florida, but Kevin takes the wrong plane and ends up in New York City. He tries to make do with what he has, such as using his father’s credit card to stay at the Plaza Hotel, but is soon confronted by the Wet Bandits and must outrun and out-prank them again.
The film was shot in Winnetka, Illinois; O’Hare International Airport in Chicago; Evanston, Illinois; and New York City (which was star Culkin’s hometown at the time). The exterior of Duncan’s Toy Chest in New York City was filmed outside of the Rookery Building in downtown Chicago. The exterior of Haven Middle School in Evanston, Illinois is shown prior to the Christmas pageant.
The Miami scenes were filmed in Los Angeles, including an exterior of Miami International Airport which was filmed at Los Angeles International Airport. The film became the second most financially successful film of 1992, earning over $173 million in revenue in the United States and $359 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, Catherine O’Hara, Devin Ratray, Maureen Elisabeth Shay, Senta Moses Mikan, Ally Sheedy
Screenplay by: John Hughes
Production Design by: Sandy Veneziano
Cinematography by: Julio Macat
Film Editing by: Raja Gosnell
Costume Design by: Jay Hurley
Set Decoration by: Marvin March
Art Direction by: Gary A. Lee
Music by: John Williams
MPAA Rating: PG for comic action and mild language.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: November 20, 1992
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