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Home Alone (1990)

Where Home Alone says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Paris is a Chicago airport: where Kevin's family flew from, and the real house they left him in

Scenes and places

The McCallister house on the night before the trip (1990)

Kevin is the youngest in a crowded house, teased by his older siblings, and a pizza-night fight gets him sent up to the attic. There he wishes his family would disappear. The next morning, in the rush to the airport, they leave without him.

Set in McCallister family home, Chicago suburb — The big family house where fifteen relatives crowd in on the night before the Paris trip. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A three-story house in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka that became a tourist attraction after the film.

Filmed at 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois — The house exterior. Only the main staircase, the attic and most of the first-floor landing are this house; the other rooms were rebuilt on a sound stage in a disused gym at New Trier High School's west campus. The backyard tree house was built for the film and taken down afterward. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The mad dash to the plane (1990)

The power cut has made the whole family oversleep, and they pile into two vans with the plane leaving in 45 minutes. Peter counts heads and gets eleven, a miscount that lets them board without Kevin.

Set in Chicago airport (O'Hare) — The McCallisters sprint to their flight, vans left behind, with minutes to spare. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Chicago's main international airport, which also stands in for Paris-Orly in this film.

Filmed at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago — Filmed over four sixteen-hour days; the airport played itself and, in the Paris scenes, Orly. The first-class cabin of the plane was a set on the basketball courts at New Trier High School. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Paris, where nobody can get a flight home (1990)

Kate realizes mid-flight that Kevin was left behind. In Paris every flight home is full for two days, the police she phones see nothing wrong, and she refuses to leave the airport.

Set in Orly Airport, Paris — Kate lands in Paris and tries to phone the police and book a flight back. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Orly is Paris's second airport; the film never went there.

Filmed at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago — Played Paris-Orly. No filming took place in Paris. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Kevin shops for himself (1990)

Kevin enjoys his freedom, buying what he likes. At the checkout he has to convince a suspicious cashier that he isn't alone.

Set in Grocery store near the McCallister home — Kevin buys microwave dinners and bluffs his way past the cashier.

A local grocery on Winnetka's Green Bay Road.

Running from Old Man Marley (1990)

Kevin has been told that his neighbor Old Man Marley is a murderer. When they meet a third time, Kevin runs.

Set in Neighborhood park — Kevin runs from his third encounter with his feared neighbor Old Man Marley.

A village park in Winnetka's Hubbard Woods neighborhood.

Scranton, and the polka band (1990)

Kate has been awake almost 60 hours and is told every flight is full. A polka bandleader, Gus Polinski, overhears and offers to drive her to Chicago.

Set in Scranton airport, Pennsylvania — Stuck in Scranton after a long journey, Kate begs for any way to get to Chicago. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Scranton is a city in northeastern Pennsylvania; coordinates are the city's, not an airport's.

Filmed at Meigs Field, Chicago — John Candy filmed his cameo as Gus Polinski over one day at Meigs Field. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Kevin asks Santa for a family (1990)

Kevin now misses his family. He catches a Santa impersonator and says he knows it is not the real one, but he works for him. He asks for a message.

Set in Santa Claus stand — A department-store-style Santa packs up while Kevin asks him for a Christmas wish.

A small court beside Winnetka's village hall.

The church and the neighbor (1990)

Kevin goes into a church and watches a choir. He sits next to the man he thought was a killer, who tells him the rumors are not true and points out the granddaughter he cannot spend Christmas with.

Set in Church where the choir sings — On Christmas Eve Kevin sits among the pews and talks with Old Man Marley.

Two different churches stood in for one: one for outside shots, one for inside.

The flooded house next door (1990)

With two burglars on his tail, Kevin flees through a neighborhood house, one the burglars have already flooded.

Set in Neighbor's flooded basement — Kevin leads the burglars into a nearby house that has already been flooded.

New Trier is a large public high school in Cook County with two campuses.

Characters

• Kevin McCallister — An eight-year-old left behind when his family flies to Paris.
• Kate McCallister — His mother, trying to get home from Paris and then across the United States.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Paris airport in Home Alone really filmed?