Home Alone

Kay, Peter and the family run through the terminal. A French woman is

speaking on the terminal phone. Kay tells her that its an emergency, and

when the woman won't give her the phone, Kay yanks it away from her. Kay

tells Peter to book them on a flight home., then tells her children to call

everyone they know. Kay tries to call the police back home. Kay tells

Leslie and Frank to call everyone on their street. "Hello, hello," Kay says

into the phone. "She'll have to call you back."

INT: PARENT'S BEDROOM: DAY

Kevin is hiding under his parent's bed. "This is ridiculous. Only a whimp

would be hiding under a bed. And I can't be a whimp. I'm the man of the

house." Kevin crawls out from under the bed.

EXT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY

Kevin walks out the front door and down the walk. "Hey, I'm not afraid

anymore. I said, I'm not afraid anymore." He walks down his front path,

sees the old man from next door with a shovel in his hand and pulling the

garbage can. Kevin screams, turns and runs back into his house.

INT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY

He slams the door shut, runs upstairs, screams (with mouth open wide),

jumps on his parents bed, then hides under the covers.

[ Major theme of this story will be Kevin confronting his fears and

overcoming them. ]

INT: POLICE DEPARTMENT: DAY

A policewoman is working at her desk when her phone rings. She picks it up

and says "Village Police Department."

INTERCUT: PARIS AIRPORT

Kay is on the phone in the Paris Airport Terminal.

"I'm calling from Paris. My son's home all alone, the phones out of order.

I would like someone to go over there and tell him that we are coming home

to get him."

"Let me connect you with family crisis intervention," says the policewoman.

She puts Kay on hold, then knocks on the glass window separating her office

from the policeman next to her. "Larry!" she shouts.

A policeman is sitting at his desk eating a doughnut. On the glass window

in front of him is written: "CRISIS CENTER". He picks up the phone.

"Sgt. Balzac."

"I'm calling from Paris. I have a son."

"Has the child been involved in an altercation with a drunken or mentally

ill member of his immediate family."

"No!"

"Has he been involved in a household accident?"

"I don't know?" answers Kay.

"Has the child ingested poison or has an object been ingested in his

throat?"

"No, he's just home alone, and I want somebody to go by our house and check

on him."

"You want us to go by your house just to check on him?" answers the

policeman.

"Yes," answers Kay.

"Let me connect you with the police department."

"No, they just connected me to you," replies Kay.

"Rose, hyper on 2. Hang on please."

While she's waiting for the policewoman to respond, Kay asks the children

if they were able to reach anyone. They tell her no.

Aunt Leslie returns and says, "Sorry, nothing but a bunch of answering

machines."

Kay screams into the phone. "Somebody pick up! PICKUP!"

The policewoman at the other end answers. "Oh, hi, Mame. It's you again.

Okay, we'll send a policeman over to your house to check up on your son."

INT: PARENT'S BEDROOM: DAY

Kevin is in bed, hiding under the red covers. There is a knock on the front

door.

EXT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY

A policeman is standing outside the front door. He rings the doorbell, but

there is no answer. "There's no one home. The house looks secure," says the

policeman. The policeman turns and walks away.

INT: PARIS AIRPORT: DAY

Peter argues with the ticket person about getting a plane back to the

states. "The police are going to check on Kevin," says Kay

"Everything here is booked," responds Peter. "Nothing to Chicago."

The only thing that they have is a Friday morning booking, which is two

days away. Kay refuses to go to Rob's house, and instead will stay at the

airport. There may be some hope for a standby position. Peter takes the

family to Rob's house in Paris.

INT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY

Kevin stands in front of a large mirror as he talks to himself He has just

finished combing his hair after taking a shower. He washed every body part

with actual soap. All major crevices, in between toes and belly button. He

sprays his underarms with deodorant.

"Can't find toothbrush, otherwise I'm in good shape."

Kevin picks up a bottle of BRUT33 after shave lotion, slaps some on his

face, then screams from the pain.

[Ineptness. Deviation from expected patterns of behavior. No real harm

done. ]

INT: BUZZ'S ROOM: DAY

Kevin sees a baseball game box on the top shell he climbs up the bookcase

in order to get the game. The bookcase collapses. The shelves fall to the

floor. The aquarium brakes and the tarantula escapes. Kevin takes Buzz's

cash from a box.

EXT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY

Kevin exits from the back door. He sees the burglars van parked in Murphy's

driveway. "I thought the Murphys went to Florida?"

INT: MURPHY HOUSE: DAY

Harry is playing with a toy car in front of a Christmas tree. Marv is

wearing scuba goggles as he places goods into a sack. They have made a mess

of the house.

[Wanton destruction generates enmity. Incompetent, unnecessarily

destructive behavior is humorous. ]

"You know you're one of the great cat burglars, Marv. You think you can

keep it down a little in there? Huh?"

[Ironic ridicule. ]

The phone rings, which activates an answering machine. Peter McCalister

leaves a message saying that he is still in Paris at his brother's house.

He gives the phone number. The burglars decide to try the McCalister's

house again that night. Harry plays with the children's toys, and stares up

into a kaleidoscope.