Home Alone 3 is a 1997 family comedy film written and produced by John Hughes. It is the third film in the Home Alone series and the first not to feature actor Macaulay Culkin or director Chris Columbus. The film is directed by Raja Gosnell, who served as the editor of both original films, and stars Alex D. Linz as Alex Pruitt, a resourceful boy who is left home alone and has to defend his home from robbers. The film was followed by a made-for-television sequel, Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House, in 2002. Four internationally wanted criminals named Peter Beaupre , Alice Ribbons , Burton... Jernigan , and Earl Unger , have stolen a valuable missile cloaking computer chip for a North Korean terrorist group. They put it inside a toy remote control car to sneak it past security. At San Francisco International Airport, however, Mrs. Hess accidentally takes the bag with the remote control car in it. The four thieves arrive in Chicago and systematically search every house in Mrs. Hess' neighborhood to find the chip. Eight-year-old Alex Pruitt is given the remote control car by Mrs.
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| Release date: | December 12, 1997 |
| Directed by: | Raja Gosnell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 102 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Hughes, Hilton A. Green |
| Editor: | Bruce Green, David Rennie, Malcolm Campbell |
| Music by: | Nick Glennie-Smith |
| Cinematography: | Julio Macat |
| Screenplay by: | John Hughes |
| Estimated budget: | $32,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |