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12 December 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
Eddie Murphy Is The Chosen OnePlot:
A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child that dark forces want to eliminate. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Composer Colombier Dies (From WENN. 19 November 2004)
Michael Douglas' Brother Dies
(From WENN. 7 July 2004)
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Goofy, but fun comedy/adventure moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| J.L. Reate | ... | The Golden Child | |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Chandler Jarrell | |
| Charles Dance | ... | Sardo Numspa | |
| Charlotte Lewis | ... | Kee Nang | |
| Victor Wong | ... | The Old Man | |
| Randall 'Tex' Cobb | ... | Til | |
| James Hong | ... | Doctor Hong | |
| Shakti | ... | Kala | |
| Tau Logo | ... | Yu | |
| Tiger Chung Lee | ... | Khan | |
| Pons Maar | ... | Fu | |
| Peter Kwong | ... | Tommy Tong | |
| Wally Taylor | ... | Detective Boggs | |
| Eric Douglas | ... | Yellow Dragon | |
| Charles Levin | ... | TV Host |
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94 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) | Netherlands:12 | Iceland:14 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Ireland:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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John Barry was originally hired to compose the score, but backed out of the project during production. Although Michel Colombier completed the score, a few cues by Barry remain in the film, and one, "Wisdom of the Ages" was released on the soundtrack LP. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Kee Nang is "dead" and can be revived only as long as sunlight shines on her body, she is covered in a cheesecloth-like shroud. However, when The Golden Child lifts her foot into the sunlight, her foot is bare - even though there is no evidence that anyone unwrapped the shroud around her foot. moreQuotes:
Chandler Jarrell: Tell me about the Golden Child.Kala: Every thousand generations, a perfect child is born, a Golden Child. He has come to rescue us.
Chandler Jarrell: Rescue us from what?
Kala: From ourselves.
Chandler Jarrell: Ah.
Kala: He is the bringer of compassion. If he dies, compassion will die with him.
Chandler Jarrell: So, if something happens to the kid, the whole world goes to hell?
Kala: The world will become hell.
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"The Golden Child" was Eddie Murphy's first film since his megahit "Beverly Hills Cop". And even though it's not as good as "Cop", it's a fun comic adventure. Murphy stars as a finder of lost children who's assigned a most unusual case. His assignment: to find the title character, a child with mystical powers. This movie could have been titled "Beverly Hills Cop and the Temple of Doom" since parts of this movie plays like a Spielbergian adventure, kinda like an Indiana Jones comedy. It's got comedy with laughs, and adventure with special effects. Lots of fun.
*** (out of four)