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Alex D. Linz won the part, beating another child star, Philip Petrie, who had also tried out for the part of Sammy in One Fine Day , a role also taken by Alex D. Linz. There are some scenes in the film that depict school (i.e., boarding the bus, and the FBI agents heading to the school to interrogate Karen, Stan, and Molly). Critical reception for the film was generally negative upon release. As Alex flees to Mrs. Hess' garage, he rescues her where in Beaupre comes out of hiding and corners Alex, threatening to kill him if he doesn't give up the chip. Alex manages to scare him off with a bubble gun painted to resemble a Glock. Karen suddenly calls Alex on the phone, and he lies by saying he is playing Chinese checkers with Mrs. Hess.

In spite of the critical failure of Home Alone 3, Linz’s career wasn’t hurt. In fact, a few years later, he’d play the lead in Max Keeble’s Big Move, although that movie, too, underperformed at the box office. Nevertheless, Linz continued to act for a few more years until eventually he quit the business, finished high school and attended college at the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated in 2011. Home Alone 3 began filming in 1996, with a script by John Hughes, who also produced. But Hughes was the only big name to return for the third go-round. Culkin, obviously, was out, but so were director Chris Columbus, stars Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, and composer John Williams, who had gotten an Oscar nomination for his score for the first movie.

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However, the quartet leaves the house before the police arrive. After Alex reports the thieves again the next day, they still manage to flee, and the police do not believe him (similar to Aesop's fable of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"). His mother Karen and his father Jack refuse to believe him, as do his siblings Stan and Molly .

The plan to get the chip back was an over-complicated, risky and time-consuming one. The four criminals knew the description of Mrs. Hess and the neighborhood she lives in. She would then not have any reason not to tell them that she gave the toy car to Alex as payment . Then Petr and Alice could have posed as a couple (just like they did with Mrs. Hess in the movie) and claim the toy was meant for their child, and offer the family a sum of money . They would have gotten the chip the very same night and be on their way.

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The movie also features a young Scarlett Johanssen in a small role as Alex's older sister. They use walkie-talkies, computer programs, surveillance vans, a fake baby buggy and other props in order to be as inefficient and conspicuous as possible, and of course Alex, using his telescope from an attic window, spots them. (Why they never spot Alex up there is the kind of question you're not supposed to ask.) After he calls the cops twice but no burglars are found, Alex realizes it's up to him. He rigs elaborate booby traps, just like in the first two movies, and the last 45 minutes consist of nonstop pratfalls as the bad guys fall for every last trap.

Olek Krupa as Peter Beaupre, the leader of the international criminals. The film was met with mixed reviews, with critics praising Linz's performance but criticizing the film's departure from the previous installments, including its themes and cast. Home Alone 3 was followed by a made-for-television sequel, Home Alone 4, in 2002. The first film of the series which was not directed by Chris Columbus or featured music by John WilliamsAn exception is an excerpt of Williams' theme score, which is heard in the opening titles. Alex flees to the attic and takes the dumbwaiter down to the basement, then runs outside and calls to Alice, Jernigan and Unger. Jernigan and Unger jump, but the trampoline gives way and they fall into the frozen swimming pool.

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Wondering what they want with the toy car, Alex opens it and discovers the stolen chip. Air Force Recruitment Center about the discovery and asks if they can forward the information about the chip to the right authorities. When a group of criminal spies tries to get a stolen top-secret computer chip through airport security, it ends up in a toy car in the luggage of the elderly Mrs. Hess .

Alex's family brings the agents to their house, where the police arrest Jernigan, Unger and Ribbons. Beaupre, however, managed to escape and hides in the snow fort in the backyard. Alex's brother Stan's pet parrot drives the remote control car into the snow fort and threatens to light fireworks which are lined around the inside. Since he only has one, the parrot then lights the fireworks, and escapes. Beaupre's cover is literally blown, and the police arrest him.

He soon becomes ill with the chicken pox, and must stay home. While he is at home, he sees the thieves through his telescope and calls the police. After Alex reports the thieves again, they still manage to get away, and the police still do not believe him.

He mounts a camera on his remote control car and tries to film some footage of the thieves, who are now searching in a neighbor's house. He successfully films Beaupre, but the remote control car is discovered before it can get away and Alice takes the tape. Wondering what the thieves want with a remote control car, Alex opens it and discovers the stolen chip. Right away, he calls the suburb's Air Force Recruitment Center and informs them about the chip. Home Alone 3 is a 1997 American family comedy film and is the third film in the Home Alone series written and produced by John Hughes. It is the first in the series not to feature Macaulay Culkin and any of the previous cast members as well as director Chris Columbus.

There is even a better rationale for why the hero is left home alone. Played by a winning newcomer named Alex D. Linz, who seems almost too small for a middle initial, the kid gets the chicken pox. His dad is out of town on business, his mom has an emergency at the office, and his brother and sister are at school. So he's left home alone, with a beeper number, a fax number, a cell phone number, the number of Mrs. Hess across the street and dialing 911 as a fallback position.

Alice then wriggles her way into the dumbwaiter shaft, but falls down to the basement and suffers temporary paralysis, as Alex had removed the bottom before escaping the house. A maintenance worker had gotten into the apartment to fix the heat and found the only food the children had was ice cream and Pepsi, police said. They were wearing coats, but shivering, according to the sheriff's department. Two Indiana children were left home alone for hours Monday in an apartment without heat, the Lake County Sheriff's Department said. Now, Nakatomi Plaza isn't a real location but it is a place that can be visited by fans of the film as it is Fox Plaza, a 34-storey building situated in Century City, in Los Angeles. In this instance it will be, and the film follows John McClane , an NYPD detective who has to fight his way through Nakatomi Plaza tower when it is taken over by villain Hans Gruber on Christmas Eve.