Richie Rich (film)
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| German title | Richie rich |
| Original title | Ri ¢ hie Ri ¢ h |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Donald Petrie |
| script |
Jim Jennewein , Tom S. Parker , Neil Tolkin |
| production |
Joe Bilella , John Davis , Dan Kolsrud , Jon Shapiro , Joel Silver |
| music | Alan Silvestri |
| camera | Don Burgess |
| cut | Malcolm Campbell |
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Richie Rich ( Ri ¢ hie Ri ¢ h is) an American film comedy by Donald Petrie from the year 1994 . The film is a comic adaptation of the comic of the same name from the Harvey Comics publishing house. Macaulay Culkin played the leading role, Claudia Schiffer can be seen in one of the cameo roles .
action
Richie Rich is the underage son of seventy-time billionaire Richard Rich and his wife Regina Rich. His parents went missing after a plane crash caused by a bomb on a trip that Richie should have taken. Dishonest employees who have carried out the attack on the family then take possession of the family's property and want to rob the “treasury” where they suspect the most expensive valuables. Richie and the faithful servant Cadbury organize the defense. They are supported by some children with whom Richie has become friends in the meantime.
The parents are saved and return. It turns out that the "treasure chamber" keeps personal belongings of the family, which only have an emotional but hardly any financial value for the rich.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on December 21, 1994 that the film shows the ancient story of a rich child. He compared the film to the films of the 1930s , which it resembles more than the modern films about children. Ebert wrote that he was surprised that he liked the film.
The lexicon of international films judged: “A film perfectly staged with unobtrusive socially critical tones based on a successful comic; carefully also in character drawing and representation. "
Awards
Macaulay Culkin was nominated for the Golden Raspberry negative award in 1995 .
background
The film was in Asheville ( North Carolina ), in Chicago , the amusement park Six Flags Great America in Gurnee ( Illinois ) and Gary ( Indiana turned). It grossed approximately $ 38.1 million in US cinemas .
In 1998 , the sequel Richie Rich: The Christmas Wish ( Richie Rich's Christmas Wish ) with David Gallagher in the lead role was released.
The plot of the film features a roller coaster that Richie Rich got from his father for Christmas and that is in the garden of the Riches estate . The shooting for these movie scenes took place on the roller coaster Iron Wolf in the amusement park Six Flags Great America (USA). Today this roller coaster stands under the name Firebird in the theme park Six Flags America (USA).
The cinema release in the USA was on December 21, 1994. In Germany, the film was shown on February 9, 1995.
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ^ Richie Rich in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Filming locations for Ri ¢ hie Ri ¢ h
- ↑ Business Data for Ri ¢ hie Ri ¢ h
- ↑ Entry of the roller coaster Iron Wolf in the Rollercoaster Database
- ↑ Entry of the Firebird roller coaster in the Rollercoaster Database
- ↑ Richie Rich on filmstarts.de
Web links
- Richie Rich in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Richie Rich at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Richie Rich in the online film database