Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

(1992)

Director

 Chris Columbus

Summary and the plot of the movie

 The McCallister family once again prepares for their annual Christmas vacation, this time
in Miami. Earlier that night, Peter had accidentally unplugged the alarm clock, and this causes the
family to oversleep again. Despite the setbacks, the entire family makes their way to the airport,
including Kevin. However, Kevin stops in the middle of the airport to replace the batteries in
his Talkboy with new ones from Peter's bag. Losing sight of his family, Kevin inadvertently
boards a flight to New York City after mistakenly following a man who is similarly dressed like
Peter. After landing at the airport, the rest of the family discovers that Kevin is missing while
receiving their bags. Having tracked the whereabouts of the credit card, they fly to New York.
Meanwhile, Kevin goes to his uncle Rob's townhouse, only to find the house vacant and
undergoing renovations while Rob and his family are in Paris. In Central Park, he again
encounters and befriends the pigeon lady. Kevin encourages her to trust people again, and
promises to be her friend. After considering the pigeon lady's advice that he perform a good deed
to make up for his misdeeds, he decides to prevent Harry and Marv from robbing the toy store.
Having rigged the townhouse with booby traps, Kevin arrives at the toy store during Harry and
Marv's robbery, takes a picture of them, and breaks a window with a brick, triggering the store's
alarm. where they spring the traps and suffer various injuries. While the duo chases for Kevin
outside of the townhouse, he calls the police, and lures them into Central Park, where they
capture him. Kevin then sets off fireworks to signal the police, who arrive to arrest Harry and
Marv, finding Kevin's photos and tape recording. At the toy store, Mr. Duncan finds a note
attached to Kevin's brick, explaining the robbery. On Christmas Day, a truckload of gifts arrive at
the McCallisters' hotel room from the toy store as a reward for Kevin foiling the robbery. Kevin
reconciles with the rest of his family, and goes to Central Park to give the pigeon lady the second
turtledove, cementing their friendship. Buzz receives the bill from Cedric the bellhop for Kevin's
original stay and shows it to Peter, who angrily yells, “Kevin, you spent $967 on room service?!”
causing Kevin to run back to the hotel.

Cast

 Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, a rambunctious eight-year-old child with a penchant for
creating harmful inventions.
 Joe Pesci as Harry Lyme, a short and hotheaded thief who targets the McCallisters' home with Marv.
 Daniel Stern as Marv Merchants, a tall and dim-witted thief who targets the McCallisters' home with
Harry.
 John Heard as Peter McCallister, Kevin's father.
 Pigeon Lady Played by Brenda Fricker, the Central Park Pigeon Lady taught Kevin the real meaning of
Christmas.
 Catherine O'Hara as Kate McCallister, Kevin's mother and Peter's wife.
  Mr. Hector is the personal concierge at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

Other stakeholder

 Produce by John Hughes

 Written by John Hughes
 Music by John Williams
 Cinematography by Julio Macat
 Edited by Raja Gosnell
 Production by Hughes Entertainment
 Distributed by 20th Century Fox