Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus.
It is the second film in the "Home Alone" series and the sequel to the 1990 film "
Home Alone".
The film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern,
John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, and Catherine O'Hara.
In the film, taking place one year after the events of "Home Alone", Kevin and his family decide to take a trip to Florida, but Kevin accidentally boards the wrong plane and instead ends up in New York City.
He tries to make do with what he has, such as using his father's credit card to stay at the Plaza Hotel, but is soon confronted by the recently-escaped Wet Bandits.
Using his wits to survive and befriending unlikely locals, Kevin must outrun and out-prank his old enemies again, while his family tries desperately to find him.
"Home Alone 2" was filmed on location in Chicago and New York City, including at the Rockefeller Center and the original World Trade Center.
It received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who found it to be overly similar to its predecessor.
The film became the second most financially successful film of 1992, earning over $173 million in revenue in the United States and $359 million worldwide against a budget of $28 million.
A sequel featuring a new cast of characters, "Home Alone 3", followed five years later in 1997.
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Michael Govan
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Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, producer and writer, best known for his work in family and sentimental films.
Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts.
After writing screenplays for "Gremlins" (1984) and
"The Goonies" (1985)
, he made his directorial debut with a teen comedy, "Adventures in Babysitting" (1987).
Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy-dramas, "Home Alone" (1990) and  (1992), the latter earning him two nominations each in the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.
The comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus.
He went on to direct "Nine Months" (1995),
"Stepmom" (1998) and "Bicentennial Man" (1999), which were met with lukewarm reception.
His greatest commercial successes have been "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) and its sequel, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002).
He also directed  (2010)
another critical financial success.
Columbus has produced a number of films, including "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004), "Night at the Museum" (2006) "and The Help" (2011), all of which were well received.
In 2015, he directed a 3D film, "Pixels".
Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995.
More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014, called Maiden Voyage Pictures.
In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban and Jeremy Zag.
Rya Kihlstedt
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She is known for co-starring in the 1997 comedy film" Home Alone 3", and for her recurring roles as Dr. Michelle Ross in the Showtime crime drama" Dexter" and Marilyn Rhodes in the ABC musical drama" Nashville".
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Dennis began his career as a news photojournalists for ABC winning United Press InternatIonal and Associated Press" Best Newsfilm of the Year" awards for his Documentaries.
He also contributed to winning two George Foster Peabody's from the University of Georgia.
In 1992, he began a 12- year- relationship with David E. Kelley, working with him on" Picket Fences" and" The Practice".
As a camera operator he worked on such films as" Stir Crazy"( 1980)," Revenge of the Nerds"( 1984)," License to Drive"( 1988) and" Home Alone and Home Alone 2 Lost in New York"( 1990) and Purple Rain.
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Question: Where was the director of film Home Alone 2: Lost In New York born?
Answer: Spangler