"HOME ALONE 2 LOST IN NEW YORK" (1992)

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All the lights are on. Cars are parked in the driveway.

Kids ure running up and down the stairs with suitcases, sporting equipment, hair dryers, Walkmans, travel debris. Pre-travel chaos.

. ~ TRACEY (coming down) ° Has anybody seen my sunblock?

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(going up) So you'll be a skag with a slightly darker shade of

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Uncle Frank's sitting on the sofa with his feet up on the coffee table. He's zipping through the cadle stations. Fuller's sitting next to him drinking a Coke.

Kate's packing a suitcase. Kevin's on the bed watching TV. He's dressed in grey slacks and a white shirt. He has a recording Walkman. He's recording and playing back. °

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Kevin puts the Walkman to his mouth and whispers into it. Kate walks into the bathroom. Kevin rewinds and plays back...

Kevin whispers into the Walkman again, rewinds and plays back...

Kate comes out of the bathroom with her toiletries.

KATE | They aren't little idiot guys, they're litle golfers, and those pants are for you to play golf in.

Kate holds up a six-inch-square plastic package.

Kevin rolls his eyes and turns back to the TV.

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It's a game show. A smarmy HOST is saying farewell.

A card featuring a photograph of a New York hotel comes on. It's a big, old tower.

SANDMAN.

Peter walks into the room with the McCallister Chrisumas bell ornament. He rings it for Kate.

_ PETER Found the Christmas bell. (to Kevin) Arse you packed?

Kevin rewinds his tape.

Kate comes out of the bathroom. Peter hands her the bell.

Kate gives the bell a ring and puts it in the suitcase. H T 0 0 0 0 0 0) 1

KEVIN , How can we have Christmas in Florida? There’s no snow. It won't seem like Christmas at all.

Kate gives Peter a dirty look.

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Sondra and Megan drag their suitcases out of Megan's room. Kevin comes out of the master bedroom.

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Kevin points the tape recorder at the girls and presses the play button. A tape recorded BELCH. .

_ MEGAN _ You're nauseating.

They continue down the stairs. Kevin laughs.

Kevin sneaks in. The shower in the adjoining bathroom is running. Uncle Frank is - SINGING “COOL JERK". Terrible, off-key, embarrassing singing. Kevin sneaks to the bathroom door. It's ajar.

He pushes the door open and peeks in. He holds out his tape recorder.

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Through the shower curtain, the outline of Frank singing and doing the Jerk. He suddenly stops and yanks the curtain aside.

He jumps out of the bathroom and slams the door. He clicks his tape recorder off, grabs his ne off the bed and exits.

Buzz is standing at the closet tying his necktie. He’s wearing grey slacks and 2 blue blazer. Rod's lying on the bed. Jeff's combing his hair in the mirror.

BUZZ

I'm in church choir. The school borrowed us to sing the low parts the twirps can't sing because their nuts haven't dropped yet.

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I have a beauaful voice.

(turning slowly) Excuse me. When you're in my room, on my turf, an my sovereign territory, 'm Mr, Buzz. -

KEVIN’ — I called you Mr. Buzz this afternoon and you mooned me.

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CU. KEVIN

He showed me a bunch of times but I forgot. He said I had to do it myself.

(after a pause) Rod?

ROD Sorry. I never wear ties. I have an image to protect.

He looks up nervously at Buzz.

CU. BUZZ

He grins.

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The two families are gathered in the foyer. They're putting on their coats.

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Kevin's shiny, little loafers step INTO FRAME. As he comes down the stairs, he steps into CLOSE-UP and stops. He's scowling. His tie is knotted into a huge ball around his

neck. Two inches of tie hang down from the baseball-size knot.

HIS POV

The families are looking up at him.

A CHILDREN'S CHOIR sings AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SONG. The lights are down. The Children are holding electric “candles.”

CU. KEVIN

Singing.

CU. BUZZ

Singing. He looks down.

HIS POV

Kevin's in front of him and a riser down. CU. BUZZ | He taps a geeky KID next to him.

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~ Y She's watching with great pleasure and pride. She leans over to Peter and whispers...

Kevin's solo’s coming up. Tell Leslie. CAMERA MOVES WITH Peter as he leans over to Leslie and whispers... PETER Kevin's solo is coming up.

Leslie nods and CAMERA MOVES WITH her as she leans over to Frank. He’ $ asleep, head back, mouth open, snoring to beat all hell. Leslie smacks him.

HIS POV

A plump, matronly MUSIC TEACHER, accompanying the choir on piano, gives Kevin a reassuring smile and nod signalling him that he's to begin his solo.

& CU. BUZZ . He takes the geeky Kid's candle. He grins devilishly. ~~ CU. KEVIN

He takes a deep breath and bows his head... He moves the candles toward cold a

CU. KEVIN

He lifts his head and begins to sing. His ears glow bright orange. Buzzi is holding the candles behind his ears.

HER POV

Kevin sings with great gusto, unaware that his ears are illuminated. A few TITTERS break out in the audience.

CU. KEVIN

7 He hears the scattered laughter. He doesn't understand why.

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CU. PETER

He looks over his shoulder as the laughter spreads. CU. FRANK He lets out a great bellowing, snorting. horse laugh.

Kevin sings on, ears blazing. He can’t figure out what's so funny. A line in the song requires him to put his hands to his ears. As he does so, the audience explodes with

laughter. KEVIN'S POV The audience is shrieking, bouncing in their seats.

CU. KEVIN

He looks to the side. The Choir is laughing now. He turns around slowly and sees Buzz holding the two candles, grinning.

Kevin punches Buzz in the stomach. He falls back, throwing out his arms, smacking the

two Kids next to him. They bang into the Kids next to them. One stumbles forward and knocks into a Child below him. The Teacher jumps up from the piano bench, the Jaughter

dies. CU. KATE She bolts forward, wide-eyed with shock.

The curtain falls on the collapsed and tangled Choir.

The lights are burning brighily.

Scowling, sour and angry. Arms folded across his chest. CU. BUZZ

Looking remorseful and sad.

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Buzz and Kevin are in chairs in front of the fireplace as if on trial.

REVERSE

Peter, Kate, Linnie. Megan, Jeff, Rod, Sondra, Tracey, Brooke. Fuller, Uncle Frank and Aunt Leslie are gathered on the sofa, love seat, chairs and floor. All eyes are on Buzz and

Kevin.

Buzz clears his throat and puts on his most sincere face.

BUZZ

I'm sorry. I was immature. I was... nutty ina delinquent fashion. I apologize to al] of you. And I apologize...

(to Kevin)

..to you. Sorry, Kev. I will never disparage your ears ; again. I hope you can forgive me.

(to the family) And I give you my word that] will not engage in any more hijinks that might spoil our trip to Florida and ser a tone inconsistent with the spirit of this most sacred

holiday.

Kevin looks at Kate with « look of profound incredulity.

brother. KATE Kevin? What do you have to say? CU. KEVIN He looks from Kate to Buzz. He's shocked. HIS POV

Buzz turns to him. He blocks his face from the others by casually stroking his nose. He curls his lips back dnd ratdes his retainer at Kevin in a deliberate repudiation of his

apology.

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He immediately turns back to the family with a sorrowful expression. CU. KEVIN He holds his temper and looks to the family.

HIS POV

MOVING. CAMERA PANS the expectant faces of the assembled family members endin on Fuller heartily drinking a Coke.

Kevin stands up and starts for the doof. TE

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Kate exits.

He's lying on the bed, hands behind his head. He's inumbling to himself.

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Kate marches up the stairs.

KATE | Last dme we all tried to go on a mip, we had a problein that started just like this.

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You sit up here for awhile and think things over. When you're ready to apologize to Buzz and the rest of the family... —

Kevin points his Walkman at her.

- KATE Turn that thing off!

Kevin sets the Walkman down. —

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CU. KEVIN

He's silenced by the remark. He recalls his last brush with angry wishes. He stcels himself and fires a last fatal retort.

CU. KATE

Tired of the battle and disappointed. There's no fight left. She turns and heads down the stairs.

CU. KEVIN

He lifts off the bed to watch Kate go down the stairs. He thinks for a moment and lies back on the bed. He picks up his Walkman. He turns it off.

_ Two airport vans are waiting in the driveway. H T Q 0 ft) 0 0 0 1

One of the van DRIVERS pushes the button.

Kate and Peter sit bolt upright i in bed. They jump out and, facing each other across the bed. scream..

\ KATE AND PETER WESLEPTIN!

Family members race up and down the stairs, dressing, shouting, lugging suitcases. It's

domestic hysteria.

The front door opens and the families stream out.

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Kate has a nylon travel bag slung over her shoulder.

Frank exits.

SC He exits the porch. Leslie rushes out of the house waving the tickets. | LESLIE

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Leslie scoots the last of her kids into the second van. Kate and Peter rush past...

Peter and Kate rush to their van.

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Kate and Peter slide into the seat behind the driver. Their kids are behind them.

KATE » ~ Seven. (counts herself} Eight. (counts Peter) Nine.

(the kids) Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen...

Kevin peeks around from the front bucket seat. He's still grumpy.

KEVIN

Fourteen.

(displays his ticket) And this dme Jl] carry my own ticket. Just in case you guys wy and ditch me.

CU. KATE

She breathes a sigh of relief. H T 0 0 0 00 01

The vans pull out.

The vans are parked at curbside. SKYCAPS are checking the luggage. Frank dishes out the tickets.

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Kate slips the wavel bag off her shoulder. She sets it on the stack of luggage. Kevin swipes il.

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The Skycaps finish the bags. They hand the claim tags to Frank.

Peter takes the tags. Kevin looks in Kate's bag for the batteries. INSERT: BAG © Kevin finds a cash-filled envelope.

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CU. KEVIN © His eyebrows pop up at the sight of a thousand dollars.

Kate shepherds the kids into the terminal. KATE Let's go! (to Kevin) Give me my bag.

| "KEVIN I gotta get the batteries.

| BUZZ T told you he was trying to wreck the trip.

Kevin takes a swat at Buzz. Frank grabs his arm. | _ FRANK Are you trying to make us miss the plane?

| KATE ‘Come on! mS

‘The families hurry down the crowded corridor. |

He's wearing his Walkman, trotting along as he fishes a package of batteries out of Kate's bag. Jeff and Linnie pass him by. Peter runs past..Kevin looks up...

HIS POV

Peter's Burberry trench coat ahead of him.

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He picks up his pace, running blindly, as he puts the new batteries into his Walkman.

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A middle-aged BUSINESSMAN in a Burberry trench coat finishes a cup of coffee. The ft

McCallisters race past, two abreast, six deep. Peter brings up the rear. The Businessman tosses his coffee cup into the trash, picks up his briefcase and steps into the concourse .

traffic. CU. KEVIN

He's fumbling with the battery compartment cover. He looks up.

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They reach the concourse intersection. Kate Jeads the way down the nght concourse. Thirteen McCallisters whip past.

He closes the Walkman battery compartment door, tums it on and hooks it on his belt. He looks up.

f=) HIS POV * HT00000 The Burberry wench coat. aa INT. AIRPORT. DEPARTURE GATE |

The McCallisters arrive at the gate.

He continues down the wrong concourse. He's following behind the man in the trench coat.

. KEVIN Dad!. Wait up!

The Businessman doesn't respond.-

A pair of TICKET AGENTS are boarding McCallisters as fast they can.

Fuller takes his ticket and enters the Jetway.

TICKET AGENT 1!

We're holding the plane, sir. (continues)

McCallister, Kate.

Kate and Peter board.

McCallisters charge down the Jerway.

The Man with the trench coat boards the plane as Kevin arrives at the gate.

airport.

Kevin runs to the gate with his ticket and hands it to the AGENT boarding PAS SENGERS.

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The Agent hands back the unused portion of Kevin's ticket to him. ~

He rushes into the Jerway. The Ticker Agent closes the Jerway door. _ INT. AIRPORT. ORLANDO DEPARTURE GATE The Ticket Agents close the door and gather up the tickers.

He settles into his sear, adjusts his Walkman and lays his head back on the seat. A beat and he peeks down the aisle.

Maybe we should try going on a vacation by . ourselves. Just you and me. ;

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. And miss all this fun? I don't know what we'd do with

ourselves if we weren't separating fighting kids and

we looking for lost luggage and dckets and running for planes. It could be a little too relaxing for us.

Flying.

Kevin's eating breakfast. He's seated next to an atrractive COLLEGE GIRL.

No. My parents were divorced. My Dad would put me on the plane in New York and send me to my mother in Portland, Oregon.

I avoided them. I was afraid they'd put me in a detention center or a foster home. -

She puts on her Walkman.

INSERT: GIRL'S WALKMAN

She presses the PLAY button. H T () (0 6} Q ) () 1

Kevin thinks about what the College Girl said.

The College Girl lifts her Walkman headphones...

what COLLEGE GIRL at.

‘ | KEVIN No.

She lies back and returns to her music. Kevin thinks for a moment. He doesn't understand what she meant .

Banks and slides ACROSS FRAME.

From La Guardia. A 727 comes in OVER CAMERA and lands.

Kevin's flight is disernbarking.

Kevin's watching the PASSENGERS exit the Jetway.

HIS POV ,

The last couple of PEOPLE exit. Then the FLIGHT CREW.

He's puzzled.

. KEVIN Where the heck are they?

Kevin wanders down the concourse, searching the crowd for his family.

Kevin wanders in. He bends down and looks at the feet under the stalls. He walks to the stalls. He knocks.

KEVIN

Uncle Frank?

‘ ANOTHER MAN'S VOICE Get outta here!

‘ | Kevin exits. He's deeply confused.

od INT. LA GUARDIA. CONCOURSE OUTSIDE THE MEN'S ROOM

Kevin comes out of the men’s room scratching his head. He looks down the concourse. HIS POV

Everyone's wearing winter clothing.

INSERT: WINTER BOOTS

INSERT: GLOVED HANDS

INSERT: DOWN JACKET

Kevin walks ahead to the next gate. He crosses to the window and looks out on the tarmuc.

‘HIS POV | Airplanes and piles of dirty snow. GROUND CREW are bundled against the cold. @ CU. KEVIN 7 | . He's puzzled. He breathes on the window. It fogs. ~ KEVIN

Uh, oh.

“Kevin stands on tptoe at a ticket counter on the main level.

A TICKET AGENT is on the phone tapping on her computer.

, TICKET AGENT (irmtated) Just a moment, please. _

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Kevin steps away from the counter. The New York skyline is clearly visible out the windows. Kevin doesn't see it unnil.. het tums casually. Looks out the window. He turns

back to the counter.

CU. KEVIN

A puzzled expression. Something's not mght. He looks back over his shouldez. HIS POV - |

The city.

CU. KEVIN

He turns back, thinking. - |

Kevin retums to the counter. He peeks over the (op.

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She sighs angrily.

CU. KEVIN

He points over his shoulder.

CU. TICKET AGENT

An odd question.

— TICKET AGENT New York.

- CU. KEWIN His jaw drops. His eyes pop. KEVIN Yikes! 1 did it again! CU. TICKET AGENT

Leans forward. TICKET AGENT Is something wrong?

CU. TICKET AGENT

She points to her right.

& a TICKET AGENT ai About a thousand miles that way.

He goes limp with shock. He sinks behind ¢

CU. KEVIN. FROM BEHIND

He rurns away from the counter.

_ KEVIN

Oh, no. My family's in Florida. [min New York. (long pause)

My family's in Florida... (grins)

I'm in... (big senile)

New York.

Fast moving traffic.

A battered yellow cab. Kevin's in the backseat looking out with a big smile.

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| Fuller takes the bag. He tums to... nothing. HISPOV An ELDERLY COUPLE. CU. FULLER -

_ Puzzled. He leans to look beyond the Elderly Couple.

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FULLER — Kevin's not here.

Brooke takes the bag and hands it back to Sondra.

Other bags are coming down the line. Sondra takes her bag and hands Kevin's bag to Linnie.

Kevin's bag returns up the line to Leslie. Kate hands her a bag.

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Leslie hands Kevin's bag to Kate.

Peter takes the bag. He looks at it. He looks up at Kate. What? PETER

CU. KATE

She turns 10 Leslie and screams.

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Down on Kevin. Hands on his hips, looking up with a big prin.

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He heads into the building.

Kate and Peter are sitting in a small office across a steel'desk from an airline ) SUPERVISOR. Frank and Leslie stand in the open doorway. The Supervisor asks .

questions and takes. down answers.

Where did you last see him?

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Okay.

(finishes his notes) What we're doing first is paging the child at O'Hare. 99.9% of these situations are simply one party getting separated from the other at the airport. Chances are that's where he ts.

Kevin's hanging off a pay telescope, taking a snapshot of the city.

Main terminal.

Curbside.

Half a dozen airline REPS with radios search the baggage area. The PA announcement continues.

Kevin's walking through the park. He sees something familiar. HIS POV

The Kensington Towers Hotel. Just like the photo on the game show,

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CU. KEVIN

He egnns.

_ KEVIN (like an announcer) . The Kensington Towers. New York's most exciting

hotel experience!

Suddenly his happy face freezes. He stares in alarm.

HIS POV

An ELDERLY WOMAN stands with her arms spread, covered head-to-toe with pigeons.

Harry and Marv walk up the steps to the sidewalk. They each have a small duffel bag. They're wearing ill-fitting overcoats and casual clothes.

(ignores Marv) Freedom. MARV (sniffs again) And falafel. HARRY -And money. Marv slowly looks at Harry. MARV You don't think we should go straight fora while? HARRY

And do what? Be doctors? Everything's fine Marv. There's nothing wrong with what we were doing before.

Kevin runs out of the park, looking back to make sure the Pigeon Lady isn't following him. He heads up S9th Sereet heading west.

Hurry and Marv stop at the comer.

Kevin stops at the corner and waits on the light. Afternoon traffic is heavy. Gridlock. CU. LIGHT

The "Walk" light goes on.

He follows the CROWD into the street. Pedestrian traffic weaves through the vehicles jamming the intersection. HORNS ARE BLARING.

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He hurries through the traffic, weaving through the people. CU. MARV

He steps around...

CU. KEVIN

He brushes against Marv.

CU. MARV

A puzzled look. He takes a look over his shoulder.

Marv turns back.

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What? MARV (shrugs it off) Nothing. He takes another look back. CU. WOMAN

Fashion model-type. She:stops as PEDESTRIANS bottle up at the curb. Mary, still looking over his shoulder, rams her from behind.

CU. MARV

He rears back with an apologetic smile.

Kevin jumps the curb and continues down the sidewalk, never having seen Harry and

The rain is corung down in sheets.

_ INT. ORLANDO AIRPORT. AIRLINE OFFICE. CU. KATE

She's turned in her seat looxing back to...

Three Orlando COPS stand in the doorway.

Kate and Peter. The sight of the Officers frightens them.

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Kevin walks into the hotel.

Kevin comes through the revolving door. He looks around the massive lobby.

Kevin clicks the Walkman off. He smiles.

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Kevin's standing on a stack of phone books in the booth. He's dialing the 800 number.

A young BUSINESS WOMAN in the phone booth across from Kevin is watching him. HER POV

Kevin's standing on the phone books, standing on tiptoes. He senses he's being watched. He looks across to the Woman. KEVIN You know, in the bathrooms they have litde toilets for kids. I guess the people who make phone booths don't

care as much about inds as the people who make _ toilets. Excuse me. .

He closes the door. CU. WOMAN

She stares at Kevin.

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CU. KEVIN

He gives the Woman a smile. His call is answered. Hec voice.

CU. RESERVATION OPERATOR

A clean-cut, young male OPERATOR is on the other end.

. OPERATOR For which of our hotels, sir?

CU. KEVIN

He smiles. It worked.

The Clerk is working on his computer. He looks 1) 1s 0. HTO06d0001

The counter and two little hands. Then a head. Kevin pulls himself up on his forearms. KEVIN CU. CLERK

He looks askance at Kevin.

Kevin's hanging on the counter. His feet are rwelve inches off the floor.

CU. CLERK

He stares at Kevin for a long beat.

lears his throat and putson adeep —

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this planet, sir.

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dropped me off here... (presents an Amex card) ..gave me his credit card and said to tell whoever was checking i in people to let me in the room, so I don't get

into mischief.

Kate and Peter are in the small cinder block office overlooking the terminal. They're sitting across a stee] desk from Officer Bennett. The other two Officers stand behind and to the

side of the desk. More questions.

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Kate and Peter lose their humor when they realize that the remarks are falling on dead and

unappreciative cars.

(concerned) In my bag.

(to Peter) I don't have my bag.

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Amencan Express card that reads PETER J. McCALLISTER. A ticket is laid over it and imprinted.

The Clerk hands the card back to Kevin. He's still hanging on the counter.

(snaps his fingers) Front, please!

(to Kevin) Enjoy your stay with us. And don't forget to remind . your Dad, when he arrives, that he has to come down and sign a couple of things.

A thin, gaunt, middle-aged CONCIERGE looks up from his station.

The elevator opens and the Bellman exits carrying the travel bag. Kevin follows. He puts a piece of gum in his mouth.

It opens. The Bellman walks in. Kevin follows, He slows as he enters the room. A huge smue. ,

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A massive suite overlooking the Park.

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- Kevin pokes his head in the door and looks at the king-size bed, the large screen TV, the

view,

The little refrigerator door opens revealing an assortment of drinks and snacks.

An enormous bathroom with a four-person whirlpool tub, separate shower, TV. Kevin sticks his head in.

Kevin retums to the living room to find the Bellman waiting at the door.

Is the temperature alright for you, sir? KEVIN

It's okay. BELLMAN

You know how the TV works? KEVIN

I'm nine years old. TV is my life. BELLMAN

Well...

The Bellman's stalling for a tip. | KEVIN

What?

He glances down.

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Rubbing his fingers together, a signal for a tip.

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Ir occurs to him what he wants.

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. KEVIN Oh. I'm sorry.

He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his gum. He gives him a suck.

| KEVIN And there's plenty more where that came from.

Half a dozen MEN and WOMEN are relaxing around the pool after a-workday. Kevin strolls into the pool area wearing a white robe and adult bathing trunks. They come down to his knees and billow out on the sides..He greets the poo! guests with a friendly smile.

Thanks. - Kevin jumps into the pool, tucks in his legs and does a cannon ball.

A couple of BUSINESSMEN in their mid-thirties are siting in the steam room, talking. They're nearly hidden in the clouds of steam.

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Kevin is sitting on the step above the two men. He leans in between them.

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Is she married? Kevin thinks for a moment. He slowly leans forward and looks down at the men.

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I'm outta here.

Kate and Peter are sitting in the office. They're tred and weary. Officer Bennett comes in. Peter and Kate straighten up.

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Kevin's jumping on the bed. A room service cart loaded with desserts is next to the bed.

The McCallisters look out from a jammed airport van. CAMERA PANS weary, ‘disappointed faces.

THEIR POV

A dreary roadside motel that's long past its prime. Dead palm trees, a Car up on blocks in the parking lot, sign falling down, bushes overgrown. The rain 00 OOL

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He looks out at the motel with disdain.

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Kevin's lying in bed. He's casually looking through Kate's bag. The city lights twinkle out the window. He takes out her address book. He thumbs through the pages.

INSERT: ADDRESS BOOK Kevin's finger moves down the handwritten notations to...

McCALLISTER, ROB 879 W.105th N.Y. CU. KEVIN

He thinks for a moment.

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He puts the address book back in the bag. He takes out Kate's wallet. He opens ir and takes out a picture of the family. It's a recent snapshot. The family is in typical disarray. Buzz is choking him. Jeff's making rabbit ears over Kate. Peter's smiling stiffly and formally with his arms uround Linnie and Megan. Mega n’s blowing a bubble. Linnie’s

scratching her leg. CU. KEVIN

A fond smile as he looks at the picture. The smile is short-lived as he feels the separation for the first time. He puts the picture back, returns the wallet to the bag and lies back on the bed. He feels terribly lonely. He looks to the phone.

Night. No lights. PHONE RINGING.

The PHONE CONTINUES TO RING.

Unmade bed. Evidence of the rushed departure. The PHONE RINGS a couple more umes” and stops. A beat and it RINGS AGA

Cheap Christmas lights and decorations make the place look worse at night. The rain continues.

She's on the phone. She lets it ring a few times and hangs up.

Peter's sitting by the window, staring out at the rain. He looks back at Kate.

Do you think he's okay? Peter tums from the window. He nods unconvincingly.

The elevator door opens and the Concierge steps out. He stops a ROOM MAID and speaks to her (UNHEARD) for a moment She points to the end of the hall. Another exchange and

she surrenders her keys.

There's a sharp KNOCK on the door. Kevin quickly turns off the lights and runs into the bathroom. There's another KNOCK, followed a moment later by the ROOM BELL.

Kevin turns it on full. Maximum hot.

The Concierge grins. He thinks he has everything figured out. He inserts the maid's key into the door and carefully and quietly opens the door. Fle sneaks a look down the hal! and

slips into the room.

The Concierge sneaks across the living room to the bedroom and pushes open the door. He peeks in.

The Concierge pushes the door open slowly and sticks his head in.

HIS POV

Dimly reflected in the fogged mirror is the pebbled glass shower stall and the shape of the inflatable clown. We hear UNCLE FRANK SINGING "COOL JERK."

Kevin's Walkman. CU. CONCIERGE

A look of concern.

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The bedroom door flies open and the Concierge scrambles out. He slams into a wing chair and cracks his knee. He hobbies out of the suite.

Buzz is sitting on the end of the bed, in the dark, facing a window.

Jeff wakes up. He sits up on an elbow.

He doesn’t turn around. . BUZZ

(softly)

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You're really upset, huh? CU. BUZZ From the front. He's not crying. He's intently watching something out the window. BUZZ Very. HIS POV

Out the window and across the motel courtyard. A WOMAN is undressing in her room. Her drapes are open.

He's sad and respectful of Buzz's feelings.

. JEFF He's a tough little guy. He'll make is. Wherever he is.

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A white seretch Lincoln is waiting at the curb. The Doorman comes out of the hotel] with a pizza box and hands it to the DRIVER. He puts it in the backseat.

He's standing at the mirror on the back of the bathroom door. He's showered and dressed. He's combing his hair.

KEVIN

I'm not entirely crazy about vacationing alone, especially somewhere where I've never been and nobody knows me. But since I can't call my parents because they're not home and 1 don't know: what number they're at, I'll just have to make the best of the Situation und] the vacation’s over...

(pause) , Oh, no. That's two weeks.

(pause) I was out of underwear yesterday.

_ INT. HOTEL. LOBBY. CONCIERGE

He's going over his morning notes. Something catches his eye...

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Kevin strolls through the lobby. He waves to the Concierge.

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Nods and smiles obsequiously.

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I suppose not.

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T understand. KEVIN

Bye. CONCIERGE

Have a pleasant day.

Kevin continues on his way. The Concierge watches him go. His smarmy smile fades. He steps around from behind his desk and crosses to the check-in counter.

Kevin's jaw drops as he stares at... H T 0 Q () () 0) 0 1

HIS POV | The white limo. The Driver and the Doorman stand at the open rear door with big smiles. CU. KEVIN His amazement turns to delight. KEVIN

(to himself) Buzz? If you could see me now.

The Concierge flips through the room records finding... INSERT: FILE

McCallister, Peter J. The Concierge opens the file and removes the credit card slip.

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INSERT: CREDIT CARD MACHINE

The Concierge punches in Peter's credit card number.

The white limo moves through the Park.

The radio's on, cartoons are on the TV. Kevin's peeling pepperoni slices off his pizza. He doesn’t know what to do with them. He glances up to the sun roof.

INSERT: WINDOW CONTROLS Kevin presses the sun roof button, |

The sun roof opens. Kevin whips the pepperoni slices out.

A MAN is jogging with his Alsatian. The dog suddenly reverses directions. He jerks the Man off his feet and drags him down the block. The dog gobbles the pepperoni slices that have landed alongside the curb. |

He watches the machine anxiously. An evil grin grows. INSERT: CREDIT CARD MACHINE It reads -- STOLEN.

A Tain screams past.

Harry and Marv are sitting in the empty car. HARRY We gotta face facts. We don't have the equipment to

pull off anything big. I'm talking banks, jewelry stores..

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He looks up with 2 gnn.

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He agrees with an enthusiastic nod and a broad grin.

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He points to Harry and to himself.

ag. He steps to the curb and snaps his fingers. A beat

Kevin comes out the door with a b. R gets out. He runs around to Kevin's door.

and the limo pulls up. The DRIVE

The driver opens the door. He takes the package from Kevin.

1 understand.

The Driver tucks the package under his arm. DRIVER

Where would you like to go now? KEVIN Know any. good toy stores?

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Kevin hops in the limo.

The world’s largest and grandest toy store. An old, cast iron building, painted in bright colors, lights all over, elaborate window displays. Seven floors of toys. A huge mechanical toy chest above the main encance opens and closes. Animated toys rise as the ,

chest opens. CU. KEVIN He's standing outside the toy store with a huge grin on his face.

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Kevin walks in. Toys everywhere. Radio controlled planes circling the ceiling, trains running around the walls, tanks filled with boats, demonstration toys, play areas, a popcorn machine, 4 soda fountain.

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He watches the airplanes circle overhead.

Kevin bounces INTO FRAME and DROPS OUT. BOUNCES IN, DROPS OUT. He's weamng a helmet and brandishing a pair of pistols.

Kevin's bouncing on a rampoline.

He's holding a rifle in the shape of an arm with a clenched fist on the end. He takes aim

‘and fires the rubber fist ar CAMERA.

Plavhouse displays, wee forts, tents, playground sets, bikes, outdoor toys. The front doors on two playhouses open and Harry and Marv craw! out.

Nice house, but no bathroom.

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A boxed pair of dart pistols, @ Flying Fist rifle and a bole of Monster Sap Super Slippery Bath Bubbles.

A middle-aged WOMAN is checking the ilems out

Kevin takes out Kate's cash envelope. The Woman ries to see how much he's carrying. He discreetly turns away from her and takes out three twenties.

The Woman bags Kevin's goods.

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Kevin tums away again. He slips another twenty out of the envelope. He tums back and

WOMAN

I mentioned it because if you'd seen Santa, you would have seen Mr. Duncan. He's the supervising Elf up in our Santa’ s Workshop.

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The Woman smiles her appreciation.

Hurry and Marv cross to the escalator. Marv pusses a display table. Three foot sticks with a pistol gnp on one end and a litde hand on the other end. Marw walks back to the table and

picks up one of the toys. He tries it. ,

He reaches the toy into his overcoat and fishes around behind his back. Escalator traffic is backing up behind hirn.

Marv's tongue is Out as he mies to get his wallet out of Wit ( CU. MARV'S COAT H T (} 0 or Q) 1

The jittle hand pokes out of his coat vent. CU. WOMAN'S BOTTOM | The litde hand hooks the hem of her skin. CU. MARV

He yanks up on the toy.

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It rises up.

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The fashion model-type we saw earlier. She gasps and turns. She rips the toy ourof — . Marv’s hands.

CU, MARV

He whips around.

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She recognizes Marv. She raises the toy, holding it like a spear. CU. MARV |

Shock. The Woman smashes the litde hand against his forehead.

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Harry and Marv hurry through the store on their way out.

7 HARRY You had to mess around, didn’t you? In this day and age, you can't go around goosing strangers with toy

claws. MARV

That bimbo could have poked my eye out! HARRY

Id serve vou right for playing with the toys while were Casing 2 job.

Kevin looks for the limo. Up the street. Then down the street. HIS POV oe

The limo is at the end of the block turning toward Kevin.

Kevin starts down the block.

Harry and Marv come out of the store and head up the block, toward Kevin.

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He slows as...

HIS POV

The timo pulls past him, returning to Duncan's Toy Chest.

He tums back toward Duncan's Toy Chest and the Limo and breaks into a run:

They contnue down the street.

CU. KEVIN

Running.

CU. KEVIN

Grinds to a halt. A puzzled look on his face. He turns slowly.

CU. HARRY AND MARV

Stopped. Puzzled looks on their faces. They slowly turn in unison. CU. KEVIN

Looking down the street at Harry and Marv.

CU. HARRY AND MARV

Looking back at Kevin.

It's hirn! HARRY CU. KEVIN He takes off.

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The Driver gets out. He sees Kevin running away.

Kevin breaks through the PEDESTRIANS waiting for the light and runs into the congested waffic, threading his way through the vehicles. He scrambles UNDER a delivery truck,

berween the front and back wheels.

Harry.and Marv are on his tail. Marv climbs up onto a street lamp and looks into the traffic. HIS POV Kevin reaches the other side of the street. CU. MARV He points. MARV There he is!

Running as fast as he can.

They charge across the sereet as the traffic opens up. HORNS BLARE, DRIVERS

‘SHOUT.

A MAN is selling cheap jewelry on the street. His wares are Spread out on a piece of et. Kevin races by as the Man waves a fist full of beaded necklaces. Kevin darts

BACK INTO FRAME. He yanks a few bills out of his pocket and buys half a dozen necklaces. He takes off again. A beat and Harry and Marv race past.

Kevin wheels around the corner onto 59th Street, sending a flock of pigeons into panicked flight. Harry and Marv follow a few beats behind.

Kevin races down 59th Srreet.

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Gering a litde winded. They're huffing and puffing to keep pace.

Kevin gets the green light. He charges across 59th Sweet,

Kevin stops for the light. Traffic's too heavy to get across. He looks to the traffic light.

HIS POV

The light is green against him, red for him.

CU. KEVIN

He looks fearfully across 59th Street.

HIS POY

Harry and Marv pour on the speed as they cross 59th.

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He looks to the light again.

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CU. KEVIN

Looks back.

HIS POV

Harry and Marv are nearly to the comer.

CU. TRAFFIC LIGHT

Changes to green.

CU. KEVIN

He runs into the street. He rips the necklaces apart as he runs. CU. PAYEMENT

Plastic pearls and beads scatter on the blacktop.

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Kevin leaps up on the curb and takes off down the sidewalk.

Harry and Marv wheel around the corner and leap onto Sixth Avenue...

Harry and Marv hit the beads and fly into the air. A high, arching, twisting, simuluneous tumble. They slam down on the pavement.

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Harry and Marv on their backs jn the street.

He's loaded a GUEST into a cab. He turns and Jooks down the street. He grins.

The Doorman signals the Concierge to come outside.

_ INT. HOTEL. LOBBY

The Concierge runs to the revolving door.

‘EXT. SIDEWALK. KEVIN

Kevin weaves through the PEDESTRIAN maffic to the hotel and stops. He looks up. HIS POV

The Concierge is standing before him.

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CU. CONCIERGE

Fle leans over Kevin.

. CONCIERGE What's the problem? The store wouldn't take | your. stolen credit card?

CU. KEVIN

He rears back in alarm. |

The Concierge grabs Kevin by the collar. CU. HARRY

Wincing in pain, he lifts his head and looks...

HIS POV

Down the south 59th Street sidewalk. The Concierge | is struggling with Kevin. Kevin breaks loose and dashes into...

Kevin races across the lobby. The Concierge and the Doorman rush in after him.

CONCIERGE | . STOP THAT KID!

FUS POV

A SALESWOMAN comes out of the gift shop. She stands ready to grab him. Arms out, legs spread.

LOW and from BEHIND THE SALES WOMAN. Kevin runs right for her. The Concierge is only inches behind him. At the last moment, Kevin slides, as if coming into home plate. On the slick marble floor, he easily sails between the Saleswoman’s legs.

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Turns and looks back at Kevin, surprised that she missed him. She tums back. Recoils in horror.

HER POV

The Concierge is heading right for her.

The Concierge slams into the Saleswoman.

Kevin leaps into a waiting elevator. —

CU. ELEVATOR PANEL

Kevin presses the button for the 21st floor.

Harry and Marv limp to the front of the hotel.

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He bursts through the door and runs into the bedroom. .

Kevin snatches the travel bag off the bed, unzips it and loads his things into it

The elevator opens and the Concierge, the Doorman and a pair of HOTEL SECURITY GUARDS race out.

Kevin slings the travel bag over his shoulder and runs to the bedroom hallway door.

He races out of the bedroom and down the hallway to the elevator. He presses the button and waits impatiently.

The Concierge, the Doorman and the Security Guards run for the bedroom.

An elevator arrives. Kevin jumps into it. The Concierge, tie Doorman and Security Guards charge out the bedroom door.

: CONCIERGE THERE HE IS!

A second elevator arrives as the doors on Kevin's elevator close.

He presses the button for the 20th floor.

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The Concierge. Doorman and the Secunty s clamber i into the elevator. CU: ELEVATOR PANEL

The Concierge presses the ground floor burton. ’

The elevator doors open and Kevin pokes his head out. Seeing no onc in the hallway, he runs out Of the elevator to the stairwell door at the end of the hall.

The elevator arrives. The Concierge, the Doorman and Security Guards race out and into the lobby where two more SECURITY GUARDS are waiting.

The new Security Guards shake their heads.

CONCIERGE

He got off early. Cover the stairs. (to the Doorman) Tl watch the elevators. We'll get him.

Kevin races down the stairs. He slows and listens. Coming from far below, the SOUND OF HURRIED FOOTSTEPS. Kevin runs down to the next landing and disappears into the

hallway.

Kevin runs down the hall. He slows at the elevator. He debates whether or nor he should take it.

The Concierge paces in front of the elevators with the Saleswornan.

Something occurs to him. H T 0 0 () 0 Q Q l

Linens, cleaning supplies, a service elevator for room service deliveries. Kevin pokes his head through the door. There's no one inside. He slips into the room.

The doors open. Kevin peeks inside.

Security Guards charge up the stairs.

I's loud and active with lunch service.

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The first floor light goes on.

The doors open on the Concierge. He's grinning with enormous satisfaction. A beat and the grin dissolves.

He pulls the wigger. The Fist flies out-of the gun.

The Concierge catches the rubber fist in the face. He's knocked off his feet. Kevin scrambles out of the service elevator, retrieves his fist and races through the kitchen. COOKS and HELPERS give chase. Kevin ducks their arms, crawls through legs, slips between counters...

He crawls under a line of food service carts.

‘Kevin jumps up on a Counter, runs down. a preparation board, leaps to the next counter,

jumps down and nuns for the door to the delivery area. He passes a desert cart and whips around a comer. A beat and he runs back to the dessert cart and grabs a handful of cookies.

Cooks and Helpers are tangled and confused, banging into each other as they try to follow Kevin's zig-zag course.

A small receiving area immediately off the kitchen. Kevin runs in, stuffs the cookies in his coat pocket, throws open the door and runs out.

Kevin leaps off the loading dock. CU. KEVIN SLOW MOTION. Terror on his face. Struggling to change the direction of his fall.

HIS POV

Harry and Marv wait in the alley below with open arms, ready to catch Kevin. Harry holds up his hands. CAMERA PUSHES IN ON HIS SCARRED PALM. The letter "M" in scar

ussue.

Harry and Mary, with Kevin between them, step out of the alley and into the flow of . PEDESTRIAN caffic. Harry and Marv have a firm but discreet hold on him.

INSERT: WALKMAN Kevin presses the RECORD button.

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MARV

What's the difference? He ain't gonna talk to nobody. Except maybe a fish. Or the undertaker. —

he's on ice.

A MOUNTED POLICE officer waits at the curb as TOURISTS admire his horse.

CU. HARRY AND MARV

_ They see the cop.

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Harry and Marv duck their heads as they pass the Mounted Police Officer.

CU. KEVIN —

He looks up at the Officer.

HIS POV. MOVING

The Mounted Police Officer looks down at Kevin with a wink and heads away.

Harry, Marv and Kevin reach the comer. They step up behind the other PEDESTRLANS waiting for the light and breathe a sigh of relief. They hold Kevin close. Harry puts his hand over Kevin's mouth.

CU. KEVIN © He looks up at Harry. He looks up at Marv. He looks ahead.

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A WOMAN. A shapely rear en

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_ He sneaks his hand out...

The Fashion Model we saw earlier. Her eyes bulge in alarm. She whips around. CU. MARV

Dumb smile on his face.

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See draws her fist back.

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The Woman decks Marv. He lets go of Kevin's hand.

CU. KEVIN

With his free hand, he takes a mighty swing at Harry. He buries his litde fist in Harry's belly. Harry drops to his knees in agony. Kevin snatches the travel bag and takes off.

Kevin vaults the park wall and races into the underbrush.

The light changes. The crowd moves. Harry suraightens up. Marv picks himself up.

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Tears through the underbrush and breaks into the Mall.

Harry and Marv are trudging through the zoo. They're yanking the coat hoods off the litle BOYS they pass.

Yeah. (looks out at the Park) Good luck, little fella

They tum and head back toward 59th Street. .

Kevin peeks out from behind the boathouse. He's breathing hard, frightened out of his little mind. He looks out across the Park.

HJS POV

JOGGERS finishing their runs. NANNIES hurry their CHARGES home before dark. A straggling BUSINESSMAN cutting across the Park.

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The sun is sinking behind the buildings. CU. KEVIN He looks out across the Park at the long shadows. He's terrified.

KEVIN

I want to go home. (pause) ‘Mom, where are you?

Peter's sleeping in a chair. The phone has roused him. Kate's between the beds on the phone. The kids are watching TV in the next room.

Kate covers the phone.

I's the Orlando Police. Chicago called. They know where Kevin is.

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They have im H T.00 00 0 0 ) l eff and Buzz charge into the room.

Kare shakes her head, no. Megan, Linnie,

I told you he got on the wrong plane. He can't be in

‘crowds. He's too short.

Can you hold on a second? Thank you.

(covers the phone) He must have my bag. He used your credit card to check into a hotel.

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Ask if he spent all the travel money.

Sate waves Buzz off.

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He got away from the hotel people when they questioned him about the card. He must be scared.

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Her face registers disappointment. She looks down to the floor.

. PETER They don't have him?

Kate shakes her head, no.

She hangs up.

Maybe they have a house sitter.

A rransitional neighborhood. Beautiful, restored buildings sprinkled in with the abandoned,

"the burned and the boarded-up.

CU. KEVIN

He looks up from his mother's address book.

Three stories in the eurly stages of renovation. The windows are boarded-up, a scaffold encircles the first floor. A rubbish chute runs from the third floor to a dumpster.

The original floor is torn-up. Plywood sheets ff the joists. The railing is off the

staircase. Tne DOOR KNOCKER BANGS A TO 00

No bannister. Plumbing pipes, wood, cans of paint, bags of plaster. The DOOR KNOCKER BANGS.

- INT. BROWNSTONE. THIRD FLOOR. BEDROOM .

A plastering scaffold fills the room. The FAINT SOUND OF THE DOOR KNOCKER.

Shelves. No floor. Kevin's head appears in the window. He wipes a clean spot on the glass and peers in. .

After a beat. the chute snaps closed.

Kate and Peter are waiting to board. Everyone has come to the airport. Kate kisses the kids goodbye. .

That's the last of my worries, Frank.

Leslie gives Frank a dirty look.

When you give Kev a piece of your mind, give hima litde of mine, too. Enough is enough. This is the second year...

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PETER | My child's been missing for two days and all you care about is your goddamn money..

Kate pushes Peter back.

(to the kids) I'll see you guys at home.

Buzz steps forward. He hugs Peter.

CU. BUZZ | He leans back from Peter. His eyes are filled with tears.

He wipes his arm across his cheeks. -BUZZ But make him swear to everything he holds sacred not to ever tel] anyone.

Peter and Kate hurry down the Jetway.

All eyes are on Uncle Frank. Fuller walks up to him.

The lights are on in the office buildings and hotels of Central Park South. CAMERA SINKS TO...

CU. KEVIN

Walking down Central Park West. Frightened.

HIS POV a

A JUNKIE staggering down a path, stopping at a trash can to forage. CU. KEVIN

LOUD VOICES distract him. He tums his head to see...

HIS POV

Across the strect, a band of YOUNG THUGS marching along in a pack, drinking and shouting.

Kevin picks up his pace. The wind rattles the bare tree branches in the Park. A WOMAN bundled against the cold wind passes quickly and cautiously. Kevin heads south, staying close to the Park wall. He isn't watching his feet. He stumbles into a MAN sleeping against

the wall. The Man sits up angrily.

Kevin jumps back in alarm. He tums.

CU. KEVIN

He looks down the sidewalk.

HIS POV

A DRUNK staggers down the sidewalk toward him.

He moves around the sleeping man in a wide, careful circle and continues quickly down the sidewalk.

A pair of STREET WALKERS coming on duty get out of a cab. Tough, extreme women in

their mid-thirues. H T 1) 0 0 ) Q 0 ]

He walks quickly but aimlessly, looking for any sort of opportunity. He steps to the curb when he sees the Street Walkers’ cab approach. He waves his arm. The cab pulls to the curd. Kevin looks in the window.

The CABBIE is hidden in shadow.

Kevin leans forward and looks in the window.

He tums into the light. He's a huge and strange-looking man with long, ratted hair, a severe growth of beard, earrings, a fresh bruise on his forehead and a dead, cloudy eye.

Kevin leans back from the cab fearfully. He's not riding in this cab.

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He curs back into shadow.

The cab pulls away. Kevin continues down Central Park West.

* The two Street Walkers are waiting for someone or something. One lights a cigarette for the

other. She blows a long, slow plume of smoke into the air. Kevin approaches.

CU. STREET WALKER

She turns, revealing a ravaged, heavily made-up face, wicked, half-closed eyes. Nails so long they have begun to curl under bring the cigarette to collagen-packed lips.

Deathly thin, a face savaged by low living, a nose ring connected to her ear lobe with a | gold chain. A thick, purple, knife scar across her neck.

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The first Street Walker cracks up. Kevin moves back and sidesteps down the Park wall.

The trollops crack up.

CU. SECOND STREET WALKER

She leans into CAMERA and laughs.

CU. KEVIN |

His eyes are wide with fear.

CU. FIRST STREET WALKER

She leans into CAMERA and blows a lungful of smoke at Kevin.

Kevin breaks into a run.

HIS POV. MOVING

Past all sorts of NIGHT CREATURES.

CU. KEVIN'S FEET

A blur on the littered pavernent.

CU. KEVIN

Running full-out, scared to tears. He looks...

HIS POV. MOVING

Across Fifth Avenue, a trio of TEENAGE BOYS running down the opposite sidewalk. They wait for a break in traffic and run into the street.

* The Boys dan across the street and leap onto the sidewalk. They run behind Kevin.

He glances back over his shoulder

HIS POV

The Boys are gaining on him.

From inside the Park. Kevin jurnps up on the wall and vaults into the Park.

Kevin clambers up a Jarge mass of rocks and squeezes down between them, hiding himself. He's breathing heavily. He's terrified. He looks up.

A bus pulls up to the curb. The Boys race to it and board. They weren't after Kevin. They were running for the bus.

A JANITOR wearing a Santa hat runs a floor waxer past the playhouses.

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He's lying in the playhouse. He's aler: and listening with his pistol at the ready.

He's hidden deep between two boulders. He reaches into his pocket for the cookies he stole from the hotel kitchen. He takes a hungry bite.

. KEVIN _ 1 don't want to ever take a vacation like this again.

He takes another bite. He halts his chewing as he hears a PIGEON COO. He turns slowly to see...

CU. KEVIN

He smiles at the sight of the bird. He breaks offa piece of his cookie and lays it in the palm of his hand. He reaches his hand out to the pigeon.

CU. PIGEON

He studies the hand for a cautious moment, then pecks the cookie.

He watches the pigeon eat the cookie

KEVIN a I guess you missed dinner, too. My parents say I'm never supposed to touch birds. Especially city birds, but you don’t look so bad. You're a lot nicer than the people around here.

Kevin brings his hand back and breaks another piece of cookie off. He looks up. He freezes in surprise.

CU. KEVIN

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CU. KEVIN

He reaches into his pocket. Two cookies lef.

hungry are you guys? Kevin looks down as he crumbles the cookies in his hand. He looks up. HIS POV The pigeons are turned away from him. CU. KEVIN

He's puzzied. He rises up on the rock.

_ KEVIN What're you guys doing? Hey!

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evin. CU. KEVIN He smiles, pleased that the bird has turned back to him. CU. FIRST PIGEON

ment

It begins to rise. Suddenly, the face of the Pigeon Lady appears beneath it. The bird is

sitting on her head. The others are on her outstretched arms. . CU. KEVIN |

The color drains from his face. His jaw drops. His eyes open wide, ECU. PIGEON LADY

The wild, dirty face staring at Kevin.

CU. KEVIN

He SCREAMS! ©

Kevin twists around and tries to jump from the rocks. He's stuck.

CU. KEVIN'S FOOT

‘In his panic, he’s wedged his foot between the rocks.

CU. KEVIN

Tugging furiously on his stuck foot. He looks up. HIS POV

The Pigeon Lady reaches out a gnarled hand.

CU. KEVIN

He covers his face with his arms.

CU. KEVIN'S FOOT

The Pigeon Lady puts her hand around his ankle, pushes down gently and releases his foot.

CU. KEVIN

He uncovers his face and looks.

HISPOV:

The Pigeon Lady backs away from the rock.

exrmrxroece HTOQQOOO0! Kevin leaps off the rock and takes off.

CU. PIGEON LADY

She watches him run away.

He slows his speed a little. Slows a lot. Stops. Turns.

HIS POV .

The Pigeon Lady is walking away, slipping behind the rock.

The Pigeon Lady has retumed to her place behind the rock. She's gathering her

possessions into an old canvas mail pouch -- a piece of carpet, bags of bread and seed, a water bottle, an old umbrella. She slowly stops her work and tums.

HER POV

The rock. Kevin walks around fron behind it and. stands before her.

CU. PIGEON LADY

She's startled to see him. She's nerwous. She steps back. She doesn't respond.

Kevin introduces himself.

KEVIN

I'm Kevin McCallister. I'm from Chicago. Actually, not Chicago. The snotty suburbs of Chicago.

(pause) I'm sorry I screamed at you. You were just rying to help me.

(puzzled pause) Right?

The Pigeon Lady nods uncomfortably. Kevin takes a step toward her. She backs aw ay. Kevin stays put, sensing her discomfort.

KEVIN

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The Pigeon Lady relaxes a bit. She nods her appreciation. Kevin sits down on a sm rock beside the boulder. The Pigeon Lady returns to her work. i

The Pigeon Lady looks around at Kevin. .

The Pigeon Lady considers the long ramble and its gentle objective.

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It's been a long ume since she's spoken. She opens her mouth but nothing comes our. She shakes her head. no. And then...

She shakes her head, no. KEVIN

Will those pigeons come back on their own or do you have to call them?

Kevin looks up.

The pigeons circle above.

She reaches into her pocket for a handful of seed. She reaches out for Kevin's hand. She opens it and puts the.seed in his palm. She motions for him to throw it. Kevin tosses the

seed.

The pigeons circle down.

The pigeons swarm down to the seed. CU.-KEVIN

His eyes twinkle. He smiles.

A 727 touches down.

CO EXT. NEW YORK. BUILDINGS

We The night lights. CAMERA TILTS DOWN toa side street, to the road surface and a sewer grate. Flickering light escapes -

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A massive sewer tunnel. Kevin and the Pigeon Lady are sitting over a small fire.

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Yeah. Sometimes I feel like that with my family. I'm kind of the pigeon of our house. It's because I'm the .

youngest.

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Ww PIGEON LADY I was afraid of getting my heart broken again.

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It's kind of the sare thing. If you aren't gonna use your heart, what's the difference if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe itll be like my roller blades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be Na any good. You should take a chance. You got nothing to lose.

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KEVIN

That's okay. You're really good at it. You're not boring, you don't mumble or spit when you talk. You should do it more often. I think you'd just have to wear an outfit that doesn't have pigeon poop on it.

| PIGEON LADY I was working pretty hard at keeping people away.

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Kevin nods sheepishly. KEVIN Yeah.

The Pigeon Lady nods. It's as she expected.

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extra tonight.

Kevin stands up. He offers his hand to the Pigeon Lady.

Kevin starts up the ladder to the street. CU. PIGEON LADY

She watches Kevin. This won't be the last time she sees him.

A squad and an unmarked car are parked in front.

Peter and Kute are with the NIGHT MANAGER and the Concierge. Kate's furious.

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What kind of hotel lets a child check in alone?

I made the discovery.

- KATE Why'd you let him leave?

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People are going in for Christrnas mass. The BELLS ARE RINGING.

Kevin runs as fast as he can down the street. The BELLS ARE RINGING IN THE DISTANCE.

Kevin run to the building. He scampers in and up the rubbish tube chat runs outa third story window,

Kevin climbs up the tube using the section ribs for grip and footing.

Kevin crawls out of the tube into a room. He looks around. Thinks for 2 moment about what he has to do and exits.

CU. TOOL CHEST

Tt opens revealing an assortment of tools. Kevin takes cut a a wood saw, a hack saw, a harnmer, rope, an electric drill, a screw driver. A butane torch.

Kevin slides the pl ywood flooring away from the floor j joists, revealing the basement below.

Kevin pours Monster Sap on the floor.

_ INT. KITCHEN

Kevin loads a plumber's bag with wrenches.

CU. BACKDOOR

Kevin drives a nail into the door and ties a piece of twine to it.

Kevin fills the toilet bow! with...

INSERT: CAN

PAINT THINNER.

CU. DOORKNOB

Kevin removes the screws with an electric drill and pulls the knob off.

Kevin comes out the front door with four opened cans of varnish.

CU. BRICKLAYER’S SCAFFOLD

Kevin sets the varnish cans in a cluster on the end of the scaffold.

Kevin races up the stairs. H T () () 0) 0 () ]

Kevin drops a rope through a hole in the floor.

Kevin comes out onto the roof. He's carrying a coil of rope on his shoulder. He has a metal can and a plastic bucket in his hand. He looks out over the city. The pigeons circle overhead. He sets the bucket down and puts the coil of rope into it. .

CU. CAN

Kerosine. Kevin unscrews the top.

Kevin pours the kerosine into the bucket.

CU. CAN |

ALL-PURPOSE MECHANICAL LUBRICANT. Kevin digs 2 rag into the Slick goo.

Kevin greases the fire escape stairs.

Kevin drops INTO FRAME. He looks down the alley, turns and takes off.

The lights are dimmed. The store is closed.

Kevin crosses the street to the store. He looks in the window.

HIS POV

Harry and Marv trot down the escalator and cross to the first floor cash register.

He opens the travel bag and takes out... | INSERT: MONSTER SAP H T () 0 ) 0 0 0 i]

He removes the half-empty bottle. .

He squirts the remaining soap onto the sidewalk.

Harry and Marv are cleaning out the cash registers, stuffing the money into 3 gym bag.

Kevin has his hands cupped around his eyes as he looks into the store. He takes a deep breath and steels himself for the challenge ahead. He looks to his hand...

INSERT: KEVIN'S HAND |

He wraps a Kensington Towers envelope around a paving stone. He secures it with a rubber band and sets in on the window ledge. The envelope is marked in Kevin's

“handwriting -- TO: MR. DUNCAN (THE ELF GUY WHO OWNS THE STORE).

Kevin bangs his fist on the window.

Harry and Marv look up in alarm, fists loaded with cash.

ry THEIR POV Kevin waves. CU. HARRY AND MARV Their jaws drop. THEIR POV Kevin raises his camera and snaps a picture. FLASH!

Washed with FLASH LIGHT. HARRY (incredulous)

He took our picture.

THEIR POV

Kevin holds up the paving stone.

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~ He sees the stone. He opens his mouth to yell. Too late.

- EXT. STORE

Kevin heaves the stone through the window, setting off the BURGLAR ALARM. He takes off down the sidewalk.

Harry and Marv.scramble over the check-out counter in a panic to exit the store.

Harry and Marv leap out through the broken window. They hit the Monster Sap. Their legs fly out from under them and they shoot across the sidewalk into a pair of newspaper boxes.

THE STORE ALARM BLARES.

He runs down the block, slowing at the comer, looking both ways and crossing. He stops on the opposing corner and loaks up the street.

He raises his Camera and takes another picture.

Harry points to the FLASH.

| - HARRY There he is!

They take off after Kevin.

SIRENS ARE WAILING in the distance. Kevin wheels around a comer running full-out. He cuts into the street and crosses. .

Harry and Marv min around the corner. .

Kevin runs down the street to the brownstone. He scoots up the refuse chute.

Kevin crawls out of the chute. He dashes out of the room.

Harry and Marv pound down the pavement.

Kevin bursts out of the roof door and runs to the street side. He looks over.

HIS POV

Harry and Marv arrive. They look around frantically. y CU. KEVIN |

He cups his hands to his mouth and yells down.

KEVIN | Tm up here. Come and get me!

They look up.

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THEIR POV

Kevin snaps another picture. FLASH!

Marv makes a move toward the brownstone. Harry grabs his sleeve and holds him back.

better than his plan. MARV This ain't like last time, Harry. This ain't his house. He's runnin’ scared. He ain't got a plan. . HARRY May I do the thinking, please?

Harry looks back up at Kevin.

Looking down. He doesn't answer.

Looking up.

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He takes the camera from around his neck.

CVU. ROOF. CORNICE

Kevin sets the camera down and picks up a brick.

Harry takes a step forward and holds out his arms to receive the camera.

Picking his teeth. A beat and the brick srmashes him on the head.

Marv collapses on the sidewalk.

CU. KEVIN

He's looking over the edge. Smiling.

He sits up with a lump on his forehead. 2 HIS POV a Ww | OUT OF FOCUS for a moment. Sharpens. Harry’s leaning over him. |

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(pause) You okay? (holds up three fingers) How many fingers am J holding up? CU. MARV Squinting.

Kevin scrambles down the the staircase from the roof to the third floor ballroom.

Marv is on the porch. HTOO 0000 1

WW Harry marches down the alley to the back of the brownstone.

Marv is picking the deadbolt on the door. It CLICKS. He grabs the doorknob and turns it. It comes off in his hand.

_ The string is pulled through the doorknob hole. The barrel of Kevin's dart pistol rises up to the hole. The string is tied to the barrel.

Mary continues pulling on the string.

The barrel of the pistol slides into the hole. The body of the gun is lifted to reveal that the String runs down the barrel and around behind the grip to the trigger.

CU. MARV'S CROTCH

The barrel of the gun is pointed at his groin. CU. MARV

There's tension on the string now. He gives a little tug. } Nothing happens. He wraps it around his hand and gives a sharp pull.

CU. GUN. TRIGGER

It's pulled. The spring releases with a BOING! -

CU. MARV

His eyes bugle. His mouth opens in a silent scream. _

Harry climbs up on a durnpster and positions himself to leap onto the fire escape. He coils

and jumps. He catches a support brace on the bottom of the fire escape. It's greased. His body swings forward, parallel with the ground, and his grip fails. He falls flat on his back.

Mary is on the sidewalk in front.of the building. He shakes off his pain and charges up the porch steps and throws his weight into the door.

The front door bursts open and Marv flies in. The flooring is gone. Marv drops OUT OF

meer HTOO0000!

Marv plummets to the basement floor.

Harry picks himself up and marches to the back porch, He stomps up the steps. He tries the door, it's locked. .

A nail has been driven into the top of the door. A string is attached to it. The scring runs to the zipper of a plumber’s bag suspended from the porch ceiling.

Harry raises his leg and kicks in the door.

CU. PLUMBER'S BAG

The door opening yanks the zipper open. Wrenches spill out.

Harry gets clocked by the wrenches.

Marv picks himself up. He's shaken and sore. He takes a step forward... CU. FLOOR > |

The floor is glistening with Monster Sap.

Marv slips, catches himself. Slips again, catches himself. He skates slowly to a length of rope strung across the basement. He lunges forward and grabs it.

From the floor. The shelving unit HTO forward. The O00 0 1.

The shelving unit crashes down on Marv. |

It's dark. Harry feels his way in. He sees a light string. He pulls it. The light goes on.

Harry enters a dark hallway. He pulls the next string and tums on the light. CAMERA HOLDS ON HIM as he crosses into the next room and pulls another string. A light goes

On.

Marv stands up from the collapsed shelving unit. He's covered in paint. He wipes his face with his sleeve. His eyes are stinging. He looks for something to clean his face with.

CU. MARV

He puts the cheesecloth to his face. It sticks. He tugs on the towel. It won't come off. He grips it firmly with both hands and gives a fierce pull. It tears free with a dreadful RLUIP! He SCREAMS and clutches his face. He notices something. He feels his face. When he ’ lowers his hands, he's missing his eyebrows, moustache and goatee. He looks at the :

towel, INSERT: TOWEL

Two eyebrows, a moustache and a fluff of goatee stuck to the towel. -

Harry steps into a gutted bathroom. He pulls the light string. CU. BUTANE TORCH ©

The string is attached to the trigger starter. A flame shoots out. . | CU. HARRY — . | His hat igrutes. .

NEW ANGLE. MIRROR IMAGE

Harry, his hat blazing, SCREAMING ar himself in the bathroom mirror. He grabs the sink faucet handles and tums them.

CU. FAUCET

Nothing comes out. H T Q) 0 0 0 0 ) ]

Harry ties to pat the fire out. Too hot. He looks to the toilet.

HIS POV

There's fluid in it

Harry grabs the seat, kicks up to a handstand and dunks his head in the toilet.

The first floor windows light up with a brilliant FLASH OF LIGHT. A sharp CRACK! accompanies the flash.

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"INT, BATHROOM Harry's sall on his hands, head in. the bowl. Smoke rises from the bowl. — :

—

Marv looks for another way out. He scans the area.

Marv tests the rope with a gentle tug. It's firm. He tugs a little harder. It's still firm. He grips it with both hands, takes a deep breath and pulls himself up.

The rope is tied to a 75 pound bag of plaster. It shoots OUT OF FRAME and tumbles through a wide opening in the floor. .

. Marv's frozen in a crouch on the basernent floor, holding the rope in both hands. The rope & is spooling down around him. He looks up.

The bag of plaster smacks Marv, drives him to the floor and bursts into a cloud of white dust.

Harry slowly lowers himself off the toilet and stands up. His face is blackened, his head’s sizzling. The collar.of his coat is smoldering.

Marv pushes himself up on his knees. He spits out a mouthful of plaster dust and stands.

He grabs the rope up off the floor and crosses to beneath the foyer. He tosses the rope up and over a floor joist. He tests.it and begins climbing.

stile,

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Kevin stands at the closed double doors leading into the library.

Harry's at the mirror rubbing black soot off his teeth. He HEARS KEVIN. He takes off.

Kevin Jistens at the doors. He HEARS HARRY APPROACHING. He runs.

Marv's hand, then his head, pokes up through the joists. —

THS POV

Kevin races from the double doors to a wooden ladder that goes up into a hole in the living room ceiling. He scampers up the ladder.

Marv pulls himself up through the floor. MARV HARRY! HE'S IN THE LIVING ROOM!

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Harry bursts through the double doors. He runs to the ladder and scrambles up.

: It strains under Harry's weight and SNAPS!

Harry, holding the ladder, hands and feet on the rungs, caught in mid-step, falls forward and slams down on the living room floor. Murv skids into the room.

Harry rolls off the ladder. Marv helps him up.

MS INT. LIVING ROOM. CEILING Kevin leans over the edge of the opening.

-He takes off.

Harry and Marv dash out.

Harry and Marv stop at the bottom of the stairs.

HARRY | Hold on.

Harry jumps on the first step and stomps his feet as if he was coming up. He jumps back

Drops a paint Can. »

ed Harry and Marv lean away as the can swings down.

HARRY —_

Ow!

| , HARRY (whispers)

That's one.

Til get him. Harry.

Marv jumps up on the step. He stomps his feet.

He drops a second can.

The can swings down.

They turn to run up the stairs.

Kevin holds a four foot wide length of iron sewage pipe over his head. He lets it fly.

Harry and Marv run up the stairs. They SCREAM.

THEIR POV

The sewage pipe swings down.

The pipe clips both of them, lifting them off their feet. They sail down the stairs and into

the opening in the floor.

Harry and Marv crash down on the basement floor.

Stunned. Frozen expressions of pain.

That's three.

He cuts the sewage pipe rope.

The pipe falls to the stairs and rolls down to the floor. It rolls to the edge of the flooring.

Still frozen, looking up.

C-Q

CLANG!

Kevin threads a length of rope through the hole in the door where the doorknob was. He makes a loop of the end.

Marv climbs up through the joists again. He reaches down and helps Harry up. They craw! to the floored section at the foot of the stairs.

Kevin pokes his head out the door.

KEVIN

Harry and Marv charge up the stairs, ducking and shielding themselves with their arms.

Kevin pushes a large, metal tool case to the edge of the stairs. He attaches a rope that runs dow’n the Stairs to one of the handles on the chest. He secures it.

He takes off. .

Harry and Marv run down the hall to the third floor stairwell. The door's closed. Harry grabs the loop of rope thinking it’s the door handle. He gives it a mighty rip!

101°

The tool chest tumbles down the stairs.

Harry looks at the rope in his hand. He listens to the RACKET on the stairs.

HARRY | What's that sound?

Marv steps around Harry and puts his ear to the door.

The tool chest chatters down the stairs at a ferocious speed.

Harry puts his ear to the door.

The tool chest crashes into the door.

The door bursts off its hinges and flacens Harry and Marv. The tool chest flips over and lands on top of the door. A moment of silence.

Kevin races up the stairwell"

Kevin runs out the roof door and crosses to the edge. He tests a rope he's secured toa 100 pound bag of cement. He slips on leather work gloves and pulls the length of the rope: out of the bucket of kerosine. He tosses the rope over the side of the building. He slings his leg over the side, grips the rope and begins lowering ‘himself.

_ Marv and Harry hobble up the stairs.

. HARRY . I don't care if I get the chair, I'm killing that kid.

Gil tee tee : ~s7tro 1: er - -.

-) If we can catch him. Nw ss EXT. BROWNSTONE | Kevin slides down the rope to a bricklayer's scaffold on the first floor. He whips off the gloves.

Harry and Marv step out onto the roof. HARRY Where are you kid? | MARV

I don't see him, Harry.

Kevin yells up to Harry and Marv.

Harry and Marv run to the side of the building. They look over.

Kevin's below. He waves to them.

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Harry unties the rope from the bag of

It holds him. It ain't gonna hold us. We get on the rope and down we go. We'll just...

He ties the rope to an iron vent pipe.

Harry climbs over the edge of the roof. Marv grabs the rope. He follows Harry.

CU. KEVIN

He strikes a kitchen match on the stack of bricks on the scaffold. He grins devilishly.

Climbing down.

HARRY

That ain't after-shave. It's kerosine. The rope’s soaked In if.

Why would somebody soak a rope in kerosine? CU. HARRY Good question. Deeply puzzled. He looks down.

Kevin three floors below holding the match.

GO UP! CU. MARV He looks down. His eyes bulge. HIS POV The flame shoots up the rope.

Kevin jumps down off the scaffold and runs down the street.

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Like spastic caterpillars, Harry and Marv cry to outrun the flame. They get a few feet and are overtaken. They SCREAM and release the rope. They fall to...

Harry and Marv slam down on the scaffold. It tips under the impact.

As the scaffald is struck and tips up, the cans of varnish are launched into the air.

Harry and Marv are hying on their bucks under the scaffold in the tiny, sunken front garden. They're staring up in shock.

THEIR POV

The cloudless sky. A full moon and a wave of varnish arcing overhead, holding for the briefest moment and falling.

Harry and Marv are doused with varnish.

Kevin runs to the phone. He grabs it and dials...

INSERT: KEY PAD .

Kevin presses 9-1-1. H T 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CU. KEVIN _ : Breathless, chest heaving. Scared. He looks up.

HIS POV

A huge swarm of pigeons is circling overhead.

CU. KEVIN

He forgets the pigeons as his call is answered.

Harry and Marv pull themselves up on the iron railing surrounding the sunken garden. They're battered and bruised and dripping with varnish. Their heads are peppered with

lumps.

Kevin yells down the street toward the building.

Harry and Marv climb over the iron railing. They look down the street. They give chase. Limping, painful strides.

He turns and stops for traffic. A bus slows as it crosses the intersection. Kevin runs around behind it and takes off across the avenue, heading for the park. He's lost a few

precious seconds. |

Harry and Marv in pursuit. H T

He jumps the curb, hits ice, loses his footing and slams to the sidewalk. The travel bag strap breaks. The bag goes flying. Kevin skids into the park wall.

CU. KEVIN

He's knocked the wind out of himself. He looks over his shoulder. HIS POV

Harry and Marv are at the corner. Marv points.

Kevin picks himself up and hobbies to the bag. A bus pulls up to the curb, blocking his view of the street. .

CU. KEVIN

He grabs the bag.

HIS POV

The bus clears. Harry and Marv are gone.

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CU. KEVIN

He's puzzled. He turns and takes off. He runs into...

Harry reaches out.

CU. KEVIN

He gasps in horror. Harry grabs him by the collar and lifts him off his feet.

EXT, SIDEWALK

Harry carries Kevin to the park wall and slams him down. He grabs the bag away from him. He unzips it and digs out the film and a cassette. He looks at them.

INSERT: FILM

On the film is wrinen: BAD GUYS ROBBING TOY STORE. On the cassette is written: BAD GUYS SAYING THEY'LL KILL ME.

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. Harry chuckles.

He tosses Kate's bag into the park.

Pigeons land in the trees.

Pigeons land on the street.

Pigeons crowd the street light.

CU. HARRY AND MARV

Looming over Kevin, Harry unzips his gym bag and stuffs the film and the cassette into it MARV

You may have won the bate, litle dude, but you lost the skirmish.

\ You oughtn’'t not mess around with us, pal. We can be dangerous.

Harry puts his hand to Kevin's neck. He grins.

' CU. KEVIN “ATOOHO 0 0 1

Harry has. him by the.neck. Kevin's in horror and pain.

CU. SDEWALK

A pair of old boots step INTO FRAME.

CU. HARRY AND MARV

Harry pulls out his gun. Marv grins fiendishly.

He lowers the gun on Kevin. Marv looks up. HIS POV

The trees are filled with pigeons.

CU. HARRY AND MARV

Marv looks to Harry.

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; MARV Let's get outta here.

(continues) I didn’t get past the sixth grade. Looks like you won't

either. He cocks the gun. The Pigeon Lady moves up behind Harry and Marv.

Harry and Marv are startled. They turn quickly.

She's standing behind Harry and Marv with a bucket of birdseed. She lets it fly.

Stunned. The seed showers down on them and sticks in the wet varnish. Harry drops Kevin. He rears back. Mary Spits.

ECU. SIDEWALK

The stray seed hits the pavementpy T 0 0 0 0 ) 0 1

The pigeons swoop down.

The pigeons swoop down.

The pigeons swoop down.

He wipes the seeds from his eyes. His face is covered with seed stuck in the varnish. He . blinks and clears his vision. He recoils in horror.

CU. MARV

His eyes are wide with shock. His mouth is open. He SCREAMS. HJS POV

FEATHERS!

Swarming with cops. Two squads squeal away.

Kevin leaps a rock outcropping and scampers away.

CU. TRAVEL BAG

Lying on the ground. Kevin scoops it up as he runs past.

Harry and Marv are covered head- lo-toe with pigeons. They’ re leaping and twisting and SCREAMING. SIRENS ARE WAILING.

The two squads from Duncan's arrive froin downtown. Two more squads arrive from ‘uptown. They converge on Harry and Marv.

The COPS jump out with guns drawn. The highesc ranking Cop fires his revolver into the “air. .

The pigeons take to the air.

They stare dumbfounded at...

THEIR POV.

Harry and Mary, hands to their faces, battered, splattered and covered with feathers. They lower their hands to see the cops. Slowly they raise their hands over their heads. A Cop approaches and picks up the gym bag lying on the pavement. He unzips it.

INSERT: BAG

Money, a roll of film, a cassette. The Cop picks up the film.

He's stopped running and is looking back at the light show on Central Park West. He smiles.

Harry and Marv are loaded into the back of a squad. . COP You guys should have started a little earlier. The ‘Prisoners have already exchanged gifts.

Harry tries to whack Marv. His hands are cuffed behind him. He tes to knee Marv.

The Cop shoves Hay in the backseat. H T 0 0 0 0 ft) 0 I

. He's a litde cranky. wen wast got out of jail a week ago.

The Cop shoves Marv into the squad and slams the door. A beat and OS we HEAR a LOUD THUMP followed by a YELP from Marv.

The Pigeon Lady is standing at the wall. She's nervous and shy. CU. COP | The Cop tips his hat to the Pigeon Lady. COP (cautious)

Merry Christmas, Annie. CU. PIGEON LADY

After a long beat, she grins.

. PIGEON LADY | (softly) Merry Christmas.

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Cop We're having a little holiday party back at the station house for the night guys. Would you like to come

along?

CU. PIGEON LADY

She looks down. It’s been a long time since she’s been invited anywhere. She looks up

with a smile. She nods.

The Cop escorts Annie to his car.

oP You a beer drinker? ANNIE No. COP Egg nog? ANNIE I like egg nog. . COP You sing? He opens the door for her. H 7 () f) Q) 0 4) Q 1 ANNIE | I don’: sing. COP

Aw, come on. Everybody sings on Christrnas.

She laughs to herself and gets in the car.

He closes the door.

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Peter's asleep in a chair. Kate's sitting in the window. She's thumbing through a magazine.

INSERT: MAGAZINE

A hotel magazine. New York highlights. She turns a page to the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center. She turns to the next page.

Kate turns back to the Christmas tee.

He wanders down the street. CHURCH BELLS ARE PEELING. He slows.

Midnight mass. The SOUND OF THE CHOIR is leaking out.

CU. KEVIN |

He feels lonely and sad. He lowers his head and continues.

UP ANGLE. | .

REVERSE

DOWN ON KEVIN. Small and alone in the plaza.

CU. KEVIN —

He stares up reverently at the massive tree.

A long pause and he lowers his head. The wind picks up. A TINY BELL RINGS. Kevin looks up slowly. The BELL CONTINUES TO RING. Kevin's puzzled. He's heard the

sound before.

CU. MCCALLISTER CHRISTMAS BELL

It's hanging on the tee, moving in the breeze.

Kevin approaches the tree. He spats the bell and carefully removes it. He looks at it

INSERT: KEVIN'S HAND

He tums the bell over to see the monogrammed "M."

CU. KEVIN

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He knows that it's the family bell. He slowly turns.

CU. KEVIN. FROM BEHIND

He turns to see...

HIS POV

Kate's standing at the street end of the plaza.

CU. KEVIN

He's bewildered. As if he doesn’t trust his vision.

HIS POV. MOVING

Toward Kate. She's as stunned as he is.

CU. KEVIN

He stops.

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Mom? CU. KATE She smiles through her tears. KATE Merry Chrisumas, sweetheart. CU. KEVIN He's. dumbstruck. KEVIN Wow. That worked fast.

Kate kneels. Kevin runs into her arms. She folds him tight into her embrace.

_ KEVIN How did you know I was here?

She breaks the embrace.

i KATE I know you and Christmas gees. This is the biggest one around. | had a hunch...

She kisses him and rises. H T 4) ) 0 0 0 0 1

Let's go and let Dad know you're alright.

Kevin runs to him. Peter lifts hirn into his arms.

_ EXT. DUNCAN'S TOY CHEST

Police cars are stil! in front.

EVIDENCE SPECIALISTS and a CLEAN-UP CREW are working.

An EVIDENCE SPECIALIST finds the paving stone Kevin threw through the window. He removes the envelope.

A POLICE SERGEANT enters and crosses to MR. DUNCAN and his WIFE. He's 75, round and jolly, dressed in his elf suit with a cashmere overcoat slung over his shoulders and a homburg on his head. His Wife is wearing.a festive Christmas gown under her

overcoat.

and recovered your moncy.

Mr. Duncan bearns. His wife excitedly clutches his arm.

The Evidence Specialist upproaches.

The Cvideace Specialist hands him the envelope. EVIDENCE That was wrapped arnund a paver we found in the window. Looks like 4 kid Like your window.

Mr. Duncan opens the envelo He rakes ou Ki) 60 0 1 | INSERT: LETTER i T () 0 7

Kensington Tower stationary. It ieads, in Kevin's handwriting -- Dear Mr. Duncan, 1

broke your window. to catch the bad guys. I'm sorry. Do you have insurance? If you don't

Til send you same money when it snows more (if I ever get back Ww Chicago). Merry Christmas, Kevics McCallister.

(lio MR. DUNCAN

He's amused by the note.

CU. SERGEANT

-He nods.

DXT. HOTEL

Kate, Peier and Kevin retum to the hotel.

Kate, Peter and Kevin walk in. They're stopped by a great commotion in the lobby.

THEIR POV

The remainder of the family is at the check-in counter with their bags. Frank is arguing with the DESK CLERK. FRANK . $190-for a single? Are you nuts? I got ten kids here. Ill have to sell my house to pay for a tab like that.

Buzz glances to the door.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

The kids swarm Kevin. Frank and Leslie join them.

night here?

aa hes

is cool.

Apple? KEVIN (with 2 Knowing grin) Sarne thing J did last year.

Two large Duncan's Toy Chest trucks are parked in front of the hotel. Uniformed DELIVERY MEN are unloading gifts.

DELIVERY MEN pushing handearts and baggage carts loaded with gifts scream across the lobby. HOTEL EMPLOYEES follow with a great, fat Christmas cree.

Kevin, Fuller and Brooke are sleeping in a double bed. Fuller pops up.

_- FULLER Holy Smokes! It's morning!

Kevin sits up.

FULLER

It's Christmas moming, man! KEVIN

Fuller? Don't get your hopes up. FULLER

Huh? KEVIN

I'm not sure Santa Claus goes to hotels. FULLER

Are you nuts? He's omnipresent He goes everywhere.

He leaps out of the bed. Brooke follows.

_. FULLER EVERYBODY WAKE UP!

Fuller and Brooke race through Frank and Leslie's room. Rod and Tracey are sleeping on cots.

Fuller and Brooke charge into the room. They slam on the brakes. THEIR POV

A decorated Christmas uee and hundreds of wrapped gifts.

Peter and Kate come out of their bedroom, yawning. They stop as suddenly as the kids. Buzz, Jeff, Linnie and Megan walk in and are struck just as hard.

_ BUZZ Are we in the right room?

Frank and Leslie, followed by Rod and Tracey, walk in. Frank's yawning and scratching

‘his ass. He freezes in mid-yawn and mid-scratch.

Fuller and Brooke wade into the gifts. The parents exchange shrugs. They slowly look to Kevin.

. PETER . _ Kev? Did you have something to do with this?

CU. KEVIN

He smiles.

_

i

NY

KEVIN

You never know.

An orgy of gift opening. Kevin looks our the window. CU. KEVIN

He looks down to the park.

_ HIS POV

The Pigeon Lady is below, arms held wide, covered with pigeons. They take to the wing. She waves to Kevin.

CU. KEVIN

He smiles and returns the wave. He looks up.

HIS POV

The pigeons soar into the air.

~ The flock of pigeons grows and grows as it makes sweeping circles over the city.

CAMERA BOOMS DOWN TO to the Christmas tree at Rockefeller center. MUSIC UP. ,

END