McCalist Biography

Computer games the story of the character Kevin McCaliste is the hero of the series of comedy films “One Home” beloved by many. The story of a little boy who accidentally turned out to be far from the family is full of bright scenes, unexpected turns of the plot and touching moments. The hero’s resourcefulness, the ability to stand up for himself, decisive character and quick wits allow McCalister to find a way out of complex and insoluble, at first glance, situations.

The story of the creation of the character The first part of the film was released in the year. The director of the picture was Chris Columbus. The main character of the comedy, Little Kevin, appears to the audience as a typical youngest child in a large family. The boy is constantly lifting the older brother Bazz and the older sister of Megan. Trying to answer the offenders, the hero constantly turns out to be punished parents.

The parents themselves - Kate and Peter McCalisters - do not pay due attention to the younger son. There are no exact indications of the boy’s age in the film. However, according to the events of the picture, it can be assumed that the character in the first part is 8 years old. The child is quite subtle, which contrasts with the appearance of Bazz - the older brother is large, stocky, which allows him to offend the young hero with impunity.

Makole Kalkin was chosen for the role of Kevin for the first films. For a young actor, who at the time of filming of the first part of the comedy turned 10 years old, the role became starry. Kalkin received the Golden Globe Award in the nomination "Best Male Role - Comedy or Musical." In the fourth part of the younger McCalister, another actor, Mike Winberg, embodied on the screen.

The third series of franchises has a plot with new characters not related to the family of maccalisters. The fate of Kevin McCalister in the first part of the film of a little hero awaits exciting adventures. Kevin's family is going to spend the New Year holidays in Paris. On the eve of the boy’s departure, after the next quarrel with Bazz, they are sent as punishment to sleep in the attic.

At night, an electricity failure occurs due to the wind, and the alarm clock does not call at the right time. Having woken up, the family begins to gather in a hurry at the airport, forgetting about Kevin. Realizing that he was left alone, the boy was delighted. Now no one bothers him, does not offend him, and Kevin can do whatever he wants. However, soon the joy of the young hero is replaced by a sense of anxiety - the child is afraid of the terrible neighbor, the old Marley, who, according to rumors, killed his family.

In addition, the boy finds out that the two thieves - Harry and Marv - are going to rob the house of Maccalisters, believing that everyone left to rest.

Embed from getty images Makole Kalkin in childhood now has two tasks: do not get caught an old man and protect the house from the robber invasion. With the second task, the hero copes brilliantly, having arranged many cunning traps for Harry and Marva, after which the police pick up thieves. As for the old man, then, accidentally being next to Marley in the church where the children's choir is performing, Kevin finds out that the neighbor’s frightening his neighbor is not at all terrible.

The man came to listen to how his granddaughter sings in the choir, and also wants to make peace with his son. Kevin soon also reunits with the returning family. In the second part, the hero will have a new test-the boy must fly with his relatives in Florida for the next Christmas, but at the airport, the younger McCalista accidentally serves other flights to New York.

Realizing that he was alone again, Kevin was not lost and settled in the Plaza Hotel, which he learned about from advertising. The child has a father with money with money and a credit card with him. A favorite place in the city of the boy is the store of toys "Dankan's chest." The young hero gets acquainted with the owner of the store, and soon he finds out that the thieves of Harry and Marve plan to rob this place that have been released.

Kevin again includes resourcefulness and quick wits, which allows the neutralization of robbers. In addition, the boy takes a photo proving a crime. In this matter, a new acquaintance helps the younger McCalister - a birdhouse. Like the character of Marli from the first part of the film, an old woman surrounded by pigeons scares the child. But then, having met her better, Kevin changes the opinion of a friend.

The woman leads the boy to the attic of Carnegie Hall, from where the heroes look at the Christmas concert. Soon the hero meets with his mother, and then with the whole family. In the fourth film of the franchise, Kevin is again in the center of exciting events. The action takes place in the castle where the boy’s father lives with a new lover. The youngest McCalister becomes known that the already famous thief Marv, along with his wife Vera, want to rob the castle.

The young hero will again make efforts to destroy the plans of the attackers. Here the hero shares the experience of the child, who was left alone at home. In addition, at the end of December, Google Assistant shot an advertising video in which an adult Makole Kalkin, as if in childhood, repeated several scenes from the first picture. On the Internet, among fans of the horror film “saw” there was a version that the main character John Kramer is an adult Kevin.

The director of the "saw" and Makoley Kalkin liked this theory.The image of the younger McCalister was popular not only in the cinema, but also of computer games. So, in the year the game Home Alone, created on the basis of the plot of the first part. On the game platforms, the concept of the game was varied: in some versions of the NES and SNES platform, Kevin defended only his house, in others, SEGA saved several buildings from robbers.

In the year, the game Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, the basis of which was also the main story lines of the second part of the film. A new version of Home Alone was released in the year. Here, unlike the first series of games, Kevin protected the house from thieves not independently, but with the help of friends.