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What high school gym was Home Alone filmed in?
New Trier Township High School
Kevin McCallister’s real home is a high school gymnasium. The production crew actually set up shop in New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois (also used for John Hughes’ Uncle Buck and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), at which they filmed many of Home Alone’s interior shots in a set the built in the gymnasium.
Did they actually film inside the Home Alone house?
The Home Alone house is located in Winnetka, Illinois, about 16 miles outside of the Windy City, and most of the film was shot in that area. The home itself was used for its brick exterior, although the movie also used interior shots in the living room and the foyer’s now-famous grand staircase.
What movie was filmed in a gym?
Hoosiers
“Hoosiers” was filmed at the nearly 100-year-old gym in 1985, then called the Knightstown Gym. After the filming, the gym became known as The Hoosier Gym, Home of the Hickory Huskers. Each year before basketball season, the gym opens to the public to show the movie one time.
What gym was used in Hoosiers?
The historic Hoosier Gym
The historic Hoosier Gym, located a few blocks north of the Knightstown Town Square, is an exciting place for history buffs as well as basketball fans. The inside of the gym was the Hickory Husker home court where the movie “Hoosiers” was shot.
What high school was Hoosiers filmed in?
St. Philip Neri Catholic School
The scenes of the town were shot in New Richmond. The team’s home gym was in Knighstown, Indiana, home of the Hoosier Gym. The Huskers’ away game against the Cedar Knob Knights was filmed in St. Philip Neri Catholic School in Indianapolis.
Was real snow used in Home Alone?
When the producers of the movie wanted to film the iconic blizzard snow scene outside the McCallister family home in Chicago, the only material they used was mashed potato. Flakes of potato were blown around with fans to make it appear as if it was actually snowing.
What did Kevin’s parents do for a living in Home Alone?
According to the official novelization of the film – written by Todd Strasser as a quick promotional tie-in – Mr. Peter McCallister is a prominent businessman (maybe a day trader?) and Mrs. Kate McCallister is a fashion designer, thus all the mannequins that Kevin was able to use in the party scene.
Did Marv and Harry have stunt doubles?
The stunts were real — and one was even named in honor of “Home Alone.” Though Culkin, Pesci, and Daniel Stern weren’t responsible for all of the falls and hits their characters took throughout the film, their stunt doubles did them for real.