![]() The plot centers around flirtatious barista Victoria Tremont (Bure), who’s hit with a spark of love when Jason Holman (Elliott) walks into her coffee shop. “We didn’t think it would work for that,” McLain said. McLain said the goal is to make it to a streaming service like Netflix or Amazon Prime, though their distributor recently pushed for a premier at Sundance Film Festival next year. With a budget of under $1 million, featuring Los Angeles-based lead actors Natasha Bure (“Faith, Hope & Love”) and Ben Elliott (“Paranormal Island”), in addition to a crew of mostly Washington residents, DeWitt and McLain hope to push the romantic comedy for a February release date – specifically, Valentine’s Day. Production wrapped on the project in July after a one-month shoot that spanned much of Spokane and Spokane Valley, with scenes taking place in Sun City Church on Sprague Avenue and The Garden Coffee And Local Eats on University Road. “Everyone on shoot was a local,” said McLain. Home, sweet home – and hopefully for good. ![]() ![]() The title, too – “Home Sweet Home” – could very well serve as the perfect double entendre for the pair whose careers in literature and film brought them from Spokane to the sunny hills of Hollywood and back again, where they were born and raised. It’s fitting that the first feature-length film the two decided to shoot in the Spokane area is about a woman learning the value of community and place. “But I want to highlight our beautiful city.” “This sounds cheesy for me to say, but, because I’m from here, it’s OK,” said DeWitt last week. Local producers JD DeWitt and Robin McLain hope to change that. Some big, most of them small.īut unlike some particularly photogenic cities throughout the rest of the country, it can be few and far between. Similar to the rest of Washington, the Lilac City has seen its share of films shot and set within city limits. Or, if you’re a fan of the classics, all bridges spanning the Spokane River in 1985’s “Vision Quest.” Like the small, olive-green home in Peaceful Valley in Johnny Depp’s “Benny & Joon.” Maybe a few sweeping shots of downtown during 2012’s “Red Dawn” remake supposedly set in the Inland Northwest, but with nearly every scene taking place elsewhere. Both generations of Home Alone movies are now available to stream on Disney+.Odds are you’ve seen Spokane in at least some of a movie. ![]() The original movie is one of the most iconic Christmas movies of our time, so of course it had some winks to the original. We do have to wonder if the McCallister Alarm System did come with a guide book about how to pull off some of those hilarious pranks.ĭid you catch all these references? For fans of the original film, it’s interesting to see how so many elements of Home Sweet Home Alone are influenced by Home Alone. When the MacKenzies do get inside, there’s a mix of old and new tricks, one especially new one being the VR scene. In Home Sweet Home Alone, it’s nostalgic to see our new invaders face the same obstacle upon arriving to steal back the doll they think Max stole. One of the most iconic elements of the first Home Alone movie is when the “Wet Bandits” finally go into Kevin McCallister’s house and are positively floored when they slip on a sticky surface he has created to make it difficult for them to enter his house. (Image credit: Disney) The Slippery Sidewalk
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