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Directed by | Peter Hewitt |
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Music by | David Kitay |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
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Producer(s) | Kim Todd |
Cinematography | Peter Benison |
Editor(s) | John Coniglio |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company(s) | Fox Television Studios |
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Original network | ABC Family |
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Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (also known as Home Alone 5 or Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist ) is a 2012 American comedy television film and the fifth installment in the Home Alone franchise. It stars Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, Eddie Steeples. The film premiered on ABC Family on November 25, 2012, during the network's annual Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas programming block. It is the second film, after Home Alone 3, not to focus on the McCallister family. It is also the first film in the series not to be set in Chicago, apart from the majority of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. There are numerous homages to the previous movies throughout the film.
The Baxter family move from California to Maine and settle into their new house during the Christmas season. 10-year-old Finn Baxter (Christian Martyn) and his older sister, Alexis (Jodelle Ferland), are technophiles, who isolate themselves from their parents Curtis (Doug Murray) and Catherine (Ellie Harvie) and the outside world. Finn is always playing his video game, "Robo Infantry 3" and Alexis is always on her phone. Encouraged by his dad to socialize, Finn befriends his neighbor, Mason (Peter DaCunha), who informs him about the legend of a smothered gangster whose ghost haunts the Baxters' new home, leaving Finn paranoid.