Home Alone

"Well, if he's the Shovel slayer, how come the cops don't arrest him?"

"Not enough evidence to convict. They never found the bodies, but everyone

around here knows he did it. And it will just be a matter of time before he

does it again."

The old man shovels snow off the path, then uses the shovel to spread salt

on the walk. Kevin is frightened.

"What's he doing now?" asks the boy with glasses.

"He walks up and down the street every night salting the sidewalks."

"Maybe he's trying to be nice."

"No way. See that garbage can filled with salt. that's where he keeps his

victims. The salt turns the bodies into mummy's."

Kevin becomes terrorized. "Mummies," he says.

The old man looks up from his work and sees the three boys watching him.

They quickly pull the drapes across the window. The old man continues to

stare up at the window.

[ Buzz creates a story about that old man that causes him to become the

source of terror and an antagonist in the mind of Kevin. This fear Kevin

must overcome before he confronts the real villains of the story. This also

setups the audience because it misdirects their beliefs and expectations.

They, like Kevin, believe that the old man is the real villain of the

story. ]

EXT: STREET: NIGHT

A pizza delivery car is recklessly driven down the street. It pulls into

the front of Kevin's house, then hits the metal lawn boy stature, knocking

it to the ground. A the side of the car is painted: "LI TTLE NERO DELIVERS.

20 MINUTES OR YOU DON'T PAY." The pizza delivery boy runs out of the car

and picks up the metal lawn boy statue.

INT: KEVIN'S HOME: NIGHT

Two little children stare up at the policeman who is trying to find out if

they are going on a trip, but the little boy and little girl just stare up

at him without responding. There is a knock on the front door. The

policeman opens the door and lets in the pizza delivery boy.

"Okay, that's $122.50," he says to the cop.

"Not for me, kid. I don't live here."

"Oh, you're just around for the holidays?"

"I guess you could say that."

Uncle Frank sees the pizza and takes the boxes from the delivery boy.

"That's $122.50."

"Ah, it's my brothers house. He'll take care of it."

Frank walks away with the boxes of pizza.

[ Frank's character is established as being cheap. This will be confirmed

throughout the story, but is established as soon as he is introduced. ]

Kevin's father, Peter, comes downstairs and shakes hands with the

policeman.

"Hi," says Peter.

"Hi," answers the policeman. "Mr. McCalister?"

"Owes $122.50," says the delivery boy.

"Am I under arrest or something?" asks Peter.

"No, no, no. Christmas time. Always a lot of burglars around the holidays.

Just checking around the neighborhood to see that everyone's taking proper

precautions, that's all."

"Oh, well, we have automatic timers for our lights. Locks for our doors.

That about all that anyone can do nowadays. You get eggnog or something?"

"Eggnog? Listen, will you be leaving..."

Kevin runs downstairs yelling "Pizza, pizza."

INT: KITCHEN: NIGHT

As Kevin enters, everyone is already eating.

"Frank, you got some money. Come on," says his wife.

"Travelers checks," answers Frank.

"Probably the kind you can't use in Paris," says Peter.

"Forget it Frank. We have cash," says Kay.

"Did anyone order me a plain cheese," asks Kevin

. Buzz stuffs his mouth with pizza.

"Oh yeah, we did. But if you want any, someone will have to barf it all up,

because it's gone."

"Fuller, go easy on the Pepsi," says Aunt Leslie.

Fuller stares at Kevin and smiles. Kevin becomes infuriated.

[ The audience realizes that Fuller will wet the bed now, and Kevin will

have to sleep in it. ]

Buzz mocks Kevin by telling him to get a plate, then fakes throwing up the

pizza. Kevin charges into Buzz's stomach, and accidentally knocks over cups

of milk which wet the plane tickets.

"Passports!" yells Peter, as he puts down the plastic Pepsi bottle. The

bottle tips over and spills soda onto the table. Uncle Frank pushes his

chair back and smashes Fuller against the wall. Peter tries to sop up the

milk with napkins. He unwittingly throws one of the plane tickets into the

garbage pail.

[ This is necessary so that later when they board the plane that airline

attendant won't ask the parents why they have one extra ticket before the

plane departs. ]

Kay yells at Kevin. "What is the matter with you?"

"He started it. He ate my pizza on purpose. He knows that I hate sausage

and olives and..." says Kevin.

Uncle Frank wipes the wet Pepsi from his pants. "Look what you did, you

little jerk!"

Everyone stares down at Kevin.

"Kevin, get upstairs right now," says his mother.

"Kevin, you're such a disease," says Jeff.

"Kevin, upstairs," says his father.