Stories from the set

The film that Kevin watches on the VCR does not exist in reality. This fragment was specially shot for the film. It is called "Angels with Filthy Souls".

The role of Uncle Frank was written for Kelsey Grammer.

Jeffrey Wiseman, who played the overly curious neighbor Mitch Murphy, auditioned for the role of Kevin.

At times, Joe Pesci forgot that they were making a family film and shouted obscenities in the form of the word "Fuck" and its derivatives. Then director Chris Columbus advised him to say the word "Fridge."

Joe Pesci's character, Harry Lime, was named after Orson Welles's character from the film "The Third Man" (1949).

The film entered the Guinness Book of Records as the comedy that grossed more at the box office than any other (about $533,000,000).

The McCallister house is located at 671 Lincoln Avenue in the village of Winnetka in Chicago. Private property, as of August 2008 it is worth about 2.3 million dollars. It was built in the 1920s, has 5 bedrooms, a finished attic, a fireplace, a separate double garage and a conservatory. It was bought by one family on December 15, 1988, which still owns it today. It was added to the Illinois state tourist list of attractions.

The official emblem of the film, Kevin screaming with his hands pressed to his face, was based on Edvard Munch's painting «The Scream».

John Candy had a very tight schedule. Therefore, he had to film for only one day. All the scenes with him were shot over 23 hours of continuous filming.

In the scene with the spider, a real tarantula was on actor Daniel Stern's face. Most interestingly, the actor had to portray a grimace of horror and scream completely silently, since a loud scream could frighten the spider, and the consequences would have been terrible. The scene was shot successfully on the first take. The sound was recorded later.