Mom, I Missed the Plane: By the way, what movie does Macaulay Culkin watch when his parents aren’t around?

If you find yourself watching Mom, I Missed the Plane and wondering if it’s possible the movie Kevin watches while his parents go on vacation without him, then you’re in for a disappointment: not only , Angels with dirty soulsFrom its title, which can be translated as “Angels with dirty souls”, is not available anywhere, moreover, it is not a real movie!

Indeed, a few Christmases ago in 2018, actor Seth Rogen shared a shocking discovery on Twitter: “All my childhood I thought the old movie Kevin watches Angels in Dirty Souls was a real old movie.“

Nearly three decades after Chris Columbus’ iconic film was released, the revelation shocked many fans…including Macaulay Culkin! “Me too“- he answered Seth Rogen.

And unfortunately they are right: Angels with dirty souls Not a real movie.

A violent black-and-white gangster feature that Kevin McCallister watches while eating candy and trying to bring his missing family out of hiding (“Here, I’m filling myself with cakes and watching a lot of movies, I think you better come!”) will later prove quite useful when it comes to fooling incompetent thieves trying to break into his house – and also useful for scaring the hapless pizza delivery guys! Unfortunately, you won’t find this movie on any streaming service.

The one-minute-and-20-second clip, which resurfaces in its original version above, was actually written and filmed exclusively for Mom I missed the plane And, according to Vanity Fair, it was filmed in one day on set inside an abandoned high school gymnasium.

However, the title refers to the actual 1938 gangster film starring James Cagney called Angels with Dirty Faces or Angels with dirty faces at our place. “I believe the title was chosen only because we needed to create a label for the tape that Kevin puts in the VHS player.Dan Webster, the film’s art director, told Vanity Fair.

A fake sequel to a real sequel

For the fake movie, the role of gangster John was played by actor Ralph Foude, and the snakes were played by Michael Guido. According to Vanity Fair, the roles were initially reversed, but Foody had recently undergone knee surgery and was physically unable to carry out the snakes’ dramatic deaths.

“It suited me perfectly because they were both fun roles“, he said Michael Guido. “But after a few years I realized that I was almost the only actor from the original film who was not invited to the series because my character “died”. Very bad.“

Regret Ralph Food On the other hand, the “sequel within a sequel”, i.e. a fake sequel to a fake movie, is back. Angels with even dirtier souls (“Angels with Even Dirtier Souls”), in the real-life sequel to the 1992 real-life movie Mom I Missed the Plane Again.

To discover or re-watch the full version of each short film, go to the bonus DVD editions of Maman j’ai passe l’avion. And to watch the actual movie again, go to Netflix or Disney+!