On New Year's holidays, many recall the most successful work of Hollywood called "Home Alone." The main character of the picture was Kevin McCallister. What was the creation of the nineties of the last century and its main star?
Movie info
The author of the picture was John Hughes. It took him several years to realize his plan. The director was Chris Columbus. The film remains the highest grossing Christmas work of the American film industry. 18 million dollars were spent on making the film, and more than 400 million dollars were raised.
After the success of the picture, three more sequels were created. Home Alone in 1992 was a sequel to the first film. Other works have become completely independent with a separate plot and cast.
Home Alone (1990 film) received many nominations and awards. Most critics appreciated the musical accompaniment of the film and the game of the protagonist.
The plot of the picture
Home Alone (1990 film) begins with the chaos that occurs in the Maccalister family home. Adults and children make noise, scream, laugh. They are all preparing to spend the Christmas weekend in Paris. The owners of the house are Peter and Kate. It was very difficult to understand how many children they had from the film, because relatives with their offspring joined the Maccalister family. In total, there were eleven children in the house, one of whom was eight-year-old Kevin McCallister.
In the evening, the boy quarreled with his parents and was forced to sleep in the attic. At night there was a problem with electricity, which led to the failure of the clock. As a result, everyone woke up later than was necessary for normal fees. All family members were in such a hurry that they completely forgot about the punished Kevin.
Children with adults left for the airport, from where they were supposed to fly to Paris. On the plane, the mother discovers that her son is not. The Christmas weekend went bad, as my parents had all thoughts about Kevin, who was left alone at home.
Meanwhile, the boy woke up and realized that his dream of the disappearance of the family came true. He is engaged in all kinds of affairs, examines the room of his elder brother, makes purchases and has fun.
Serenity ends when the hero realizes that two criminals want to rob his parents' house. He is developing a robbery prevention plan. Not without the help of an elderly neighbor, he manages to neutralize the criminals who are taken away by the police. On Christmas Day, the mother returns home, which the lonely son was extremely happy about. Soon the whole family is reunited.
McCallister Family
There were four adults in the family - this is Peter with Kate and Leslie with Frank. Now you should deal with the children.
Family minors:
- Kevin McCallister is the main character.
- Buzz is the elder brother of the protagonist.
- Megan is Kevin’s sister, who was worried about him, unlike other children.
- Jeff is a red-haired brother.
- Linnie is a sister who wore braces on her teeth.
- Fuller is a pissing cousin that caused Kevin to spend the night in the attic.
Less remembered children were Rod, Tracy, Sondra, Brooke, Hazer.
Main character
Kevin McCallister was not flexible, he didn’t like that everyone in the family considered him small. The boy wanted to be listened to. Since this did not happen, he dreamed of being alone and living as he wanted.
Left alone, he realized that he had to fight his fears. He succeeded, because he was able to go down to the basement, talk with a terrible neighbor, and speak out against the bandits.
And yet in his heart he remained a child who was waiting for a miracle at Christmas. The main event for him was the appearance of his mother and all relatives.
Film critics and viewers were delighted with the image and those who embodied it on the screens. Who played Kevin McCallister?
Actor
The leading role was born on 08.28.1980 in New York. At birth, he received the name Macaulay Carson Culkin. In honor of the writer and the general. He became famous for participating in several box office paintings and was considered one of the most successful child actors in Hollywood.
His father, Christopher Cornelius, was a former Broadway actor who became a minister of the Catholic Church. Mother, Patricia Brentrap, worked as a telephone operator. Parents lived in a civil marriage. In total, they had seven children, some of them connected their lives with cinema.
Macaulay first appeared on stage at the age of four; he played at the Philharmonic. At the age of five, the boy received a cameo role in the film At Midnight. Then there were several more works with his participation. A real breakthrough in his career was the role of Kevin McCallister. The boy’s biography has changed dramatically at ten years old. His manager was a father who was little interested in the child. The man was more attracted by fees.
Big money led to disagreements between the spouses, the producers did not want to consider Macaulay's candidacy because of the overestimated requests of the father-manager. The actor decided to take a break in his career.
Later he worked on theatrical productions, starred in several films, tried himself in the field of music, starred in commercials. But this did not allow him to achieve his former recognition. In 2017, he joined the cast of the new film, directed by Seth Green.