Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

2012 American television family comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (or Home Alone 5) is an American children's criminal family comedy television movie. It is set in Maine. It is the fifth movie in the successful Home Alone movie series. It stars Christian Martyn, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, Eddie Steeples. The movie was first shown on ABC Family on November 25, 2012.[1][2] It is the second and final film to be made-for-television. Like Home Alone 3, it does not focus on the McCallister family or any of the characters from the first two movies. Home Alone: Taking Back The House has some of the main characters from the first two movies, but all of the roles have different actors. It includes many references to the original movies.

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Distributed byABC Family
Directed byPeter Hewitt
Written byAaron Ginsburg
Wade McIntyre
StarringChristian Martyn
Jodelle Ferland
Ellie Harvie
Malcolm McDowell
Debi Mazar
Eddie Steeples
Edward Asner
Doug Murray
Production companyFox Television Studios
CountryUnited States
Canada
LanguageEnglish
Release date
  • November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25)
Running time98 minutes

Plot change

Finn Baxter (Christian Martyn) sets up booby traps to catch the ghost of his new home's former occupant, only to discover he must protect the house and his sister, Alexis (Jodelle Ferland) from three bumbling art thieves: Sinclair (Malcolm McDowell), Jessica (Debi Mazar), and Hughes (Eddie Steeples).

Release Dates change

Country Premiere
  United States 25 November 2012
  Brazil 3 December 2012
  Germany 11 November 2013
  Sweden 30 December 2013

References change

  1. "'Home Alone: Alone In The Dark:' Fifth Installment Of Franchise In The Works". Huffington Post. March 16, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  2. "ABC Family Presents 'Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas' Starting Sunday, November 18". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

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