Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writers (WGA):

Neil Tolkin (story)
Tom S. Parker (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

An adventure so big... even the world's richest kid can't afford to miss it!

Plot:

The richest kid in the world, Richie Rich, has everything he wants, except companionship. While representing his father at a factory opening...

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Factory | Cage | Rollerblading | Child Boss

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Macaulay Culkin	...	Richie Rich
John Larroquette	...	Lawrence Van Dough
Edward Herrmann	...	Richard Rich
Christine Ebersole	...	Regina Rich
Jonathan Hyde	...	Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury
Michael McShane	...	Professor Keenbean
Chelcie Ross	...	Ferguson
Mariangela Pino	...	Diane Pazinski
Stephi Lineburg	...	Gloria Pazinski
Michael Maccarone	...	Tony
Joel Robinson	...	Omar
Jonathan Hilario	...	Pee Wee
Reggie Jackson	...	Baseball Coach
Claudia Schiffer	...	Aerobics Instructor
Wanda Christine	...	Newswoman at Factory (as Wandachristine)
Stacy Logan	...	Nash
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.	...	Ambler
Kent Logsdon	...	Zullo
Sean A. Tate	...	Reynolds
David Fawcett	...	Chauffeur (as David A. Fawcett)
Bob Riley	...	President
Dawn Maxey	...	Ms. Fairchild
Ben Stein	...	School Teacher
Joel Ellegant	...	Ellsworth
Justin Zaremby	...	Reginald
John Drury	...	Newscaster
Diann Burns	...	Newscaster
Rush Pearson	...	Prison Lowlife
Rachel Stephens	...	Richie's Secretary
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina	...	Richie's Secretary (as Nydia Rodriguez)
Mike Bacarella	...	Police Desk Sergeant
Sam Sanders	...	Detective
Marilyn Dodds Frank	...	Sculptress
Mindy Bell	...	News Reporter
James Deuter	...	News Reporter
Rick Worthy	...	News Reporter
Michael Godleski	...	Foyer Guard
Matt DeCaro	...	Dave Walter
Rory Culkin	...	Young Richie
Peter Lampley	...	Baby Richie
Eddie J. Fernandez	...	Prison Assassin (as Eddie Fernandez)
Lily Semel	...	Little Girl at Factory
James Deeth	...	Helicopter Pilot
Joanne Pankow	...	Maid
Jim Blandford	...	Prison Guard
Dustin Drapkin	...	Boy on Baseball Field
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Green	...	Sherman (uncredited)
C. Michael Haynes	...	State Trooper (uncredited)
Jan Jackson	...	Maid in Mansion (uncredited)
Kevin Mukherji	...	Malik (uncredited)
Robert Oliver	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Keith Schrader	...	Policeman (uncredited)
John Thurner	...	Factory Worker (uncredited)
Frank Welker	...	Special Vocal Effects (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Donald Petrie

Writing credits (WGA)
Neil Tolkin		(story)
Tom S. Parker		(screenplay) &
Jim Jennewein		(screenplay)

Produced by
Joe Bilella	....	executive producer
John Davis	....	producer
Jacqueline George	....	co-producer
Dan Kolsrud	....	executive producer
Jeffrey A. Montgomery	....	co-producer
Jon Shapiro	....	executive producer
Joel Silver	....	producer
Wendy Wanderman	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Don Burgess		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Malcolm Campbell

Casting by
Margery Simkin

Production Design by
James H. Spencer		(as James Spencer)

Art Direction by
William F. Matthews

Set Decoration by
John H. Anderson
Patricia Malone

Costume Design by
Lisa Jensen

Makeup Department
Don Abbinanti	....	hair stylist
Steve Artmont	....	makeup artist
Linell Curtis	....	makeup artist
Deborah K. Dee	....	hair stylist
Linda Melazzo	....	key makeup artist
K.G. Ramsey	....	hair stylist
Linda Rizzuto	....	key hair stylist
Rick Sharp	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Richard H. Prince	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ellen Dux	....	trainee assistant director
Geoffrey Hansen	....	first assistant director
Douglas S. Ornstein	....	additional second assistant director (as Douglas Ornstein)
Michael Samson	....	second assistant director
Bob Saunders	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Peter Bankins	....	property master
Gary Baugh	....	assistant art director
Nigel A. Boucher	....	lead man
Karen Fletcher Trujillo	....	set designer
Marcie Friedman	....	art department researcher
Michael D. Gianneschi	....	property master: Chicago
Cydney M. Harris	....	set designer
Dick Lasley	....	illustrator
Bob Lucas	....	construction coordinator: Chicago
John Mikels	....	stand-by painter
Jason Muscarella	....	construction foreman
Michael Muscarella	....	construction coordinator
Patrick O'Donnell	....	art department researcher
Pat Raney	....	construction foreman
James F. Truesdale	....	assistant art director
John Vargo	....	lead man
Suzan Wexler	....	set designer
Jamie Arbuckle	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Anthony Joseph Fatigato	....	painter (uncredited)
Frank M. Fleming	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Dick Hansen	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Lillian Heyward	....	painter (uncredited)
Doug Mackenzie	....	construction foreman: Asheville (uncredited)
John W. Morgan	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
James Passanante	....	paint supervisor: Ashville (uncredited)
John J. Slove Jr.	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Lisa Wolff	....	on-set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kevin Bartnof	....	foley artist
Fred Burke	....	foley editor
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alessandra Carlino	....	assistant sound editor
Chic Cecchini	....	cable person
Midge Costin	....	sound editor
Juno J. Ellis	....	supervising adr editor
John P. Fasal	....	special sound effects
Marva Fucci	....	assistant sound editor
Howell Gibbens	....	sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley mixer
Matthew Harrison	....	foley editor
Denise Horta	....	adr editor
Frank Howard	....	sound editor
Chris Ingram	....	assistant sound editor
Angela Jackson	....	assistant sound editor
Stephen Janisz	....	adr editor
Dale R. Janus	....	boom operator
Suhail Kafity	....	sound editor
James Likowski	....	foley editor
Victoria Martin	....	supervising foley editor
F. Hudson Miller	....	sound editor
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Maggie Ostroff	....	assistant sound editor
R.J. Palmer	....	sound editor
Jonathan Phillips	....	assistant sound editor
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Catherine Rowe	....	foley artist
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher C. Schiavo	....	assistant sound editor
Scott D. Smith	....	production sound mixer
George Watters II	....	supervising sound editor
Rick Bozeat	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
James Reedy	....	special effects foreman
Gary Schaedler	....	special effects
Brian Wood	....	special effects
David Wood	....	special effects
Michael Wood	....	special effects coordinator
Gene Young	....	special effects props (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Carol Ashley	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Dale Baer	....	digital animator
Thomas Boland	....	visual effects coordinator
Bobby Bryne	....	visual effects photography
Patrick Denver	....	model maker: Grant McCune Design (as Pat Denver)
Peter Donen	....	visual effects supervisor
Gilbert Draper	....	model maker: Grant McCune Design (as Gil Draper)
John Eaves	....	model maker: Grant McCune Design
Theresa Ellis	....	digital animator
Gil Gagnon	....	digital associate producer: Cinesite
Mitzi Gallagher	....	digital executive producer: Cinesite
Brad Kuehn	....	digital effects supervisor: Cinesite
Edward Lawton	....	model maker: Grant McCune Design (as Ed Lawton)
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	digital paint supervisor: Cinesite
Grant McCune	....	minature supervisor: Grant McCune Design
Thomas J. Smith	....	digital compositing supervisor: Cinesite (as Tom Smith)
Smokey Stover	....	chief model maker: Grant McCune Design
Wayne Strong	....	sculptor: Grant McCune Design
Doug Tubach	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Alan Barnett	....	digital effects supervisor: Sight Effects (uncredited)
Melissa Davies	....	digital effects supervisor: Sight Effects (uncredited)
Ari Golan	....	digital effects (uncredited)
Rudy Hassen	....	digital effects supervisor: Sight Effects (uncredited)
Rick May	....	lead character animator (uncredited)
David J. McGraw	....	video operator: visual effects unit (uncredited)
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects compositor: Cinesite (uncredited)
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite (uncredited)
Michael S. Pryor	....	digital effects coordinator: Cinesite (uncredited)
Rebecca Ramsey	....	title producer (uncredited)
Earl Wiggins	....	Aerial Rigging Coordinator (uncredited)
Eric Withee	....	digital film technician: RGA/LA (uncredited)

Stunts
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
Michael Cassidy	....	stunts
Mickey Cassidy	....	stunts
Danny Epper	....	stunts
Jeff Evans	....	stunts
Greg Gault	....	stunts
Jack Gill	....	stunt coordinator
Jack Gill	....	stunts
Tabby Hanson	....	stunts
Julie Adair	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James Blanford	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Jim Blanford)
Josh Bleibtreu	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Andrew Casey	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Terry Dee	....	rigging gaffer
David M. Dunlap	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Dave Dunlap)
Jeff 'Moose' Howery	....	dolly grip
Peter James	....	additional photographer
Dave June	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Peter Kuttner	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Morgan Michael Lewis	....	key grip (as Mike Morgan)
Mark E. Matthys	....	best boy grip
David Morenz	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Dick Oakes	....	chief lighting technician
Don Smetzer	....	still photographer
Nick Thomas	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Joe Tomko Jr.	....	dolly grip
Joel David Warren	....	still photographer (as Joel Warren)
Larry Cottrill	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Dean M. Simmon	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Mark N. Woods	....	electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Jay Johnson	....	animator

Casting Department
Jane Alderman	....	casting: Chicago
Erica Arvold	....	casting associate: Chicago
Shirley Fulton Crumley	....	casting: North Carolina
Belinda Gardea	....	casting assistant: Los Angeles
Catherine Jane Holzer	....	extras casting: Chicago (as Holzer-Ridge)
Mark A. Ridge	....	extras casting: Chicago (as Holzer-Ridge)
Theresa Phillips	....	casting assistant: North Carolina (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karyn Fields	....	costumer
Keith G. Lewis	....	costume supervisor
Elizabeth Shelton	....	assistant costume designer (as Liz Shelton)
Amanda Zenil	....	assistant costume supervisor
Joan Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)
Kathy Oberlin	....	costume constructor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Margaret Adachi	....	assistant editor
John Currin	....	assistant editor
Sandy French	....	assistant editor (as Sandra French)
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Rick Sparr	....	first assistant editor (as Rick R. Sparr)
Jim Suhy	....	assistant editor: lightworks

Music Department
Gillian L. Hutshing	....	assistant music editor
Kenneth Karman	....	supervising music editor
William Ross	....	orchestrator
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Andrew Silver	....	music editor
Jacqueline Tager	....	assistant music editor
Frank Welker	....	special vocal effects
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Steven Scott Smalley	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
William T. Hogan III	....	transportation coordinator
Dave Lampert	....	transportation co-captain
Vicki Lybrand	....	transportation dispatcher
Danny Maxwell	....	transportation captain
John Rice Sr.	....	transportation captain (uncredited)

Other crew
Lark Bernini	....	production associate
David Bifano	....	auricle programmer
Brooke Brooks	....	assistant: Mr. Davis
Raymond Bulinski	....	craft service
Thomas J. Busch	....	location manager
Paul A. Calabria	....	animal trainer
Mary J. Carlson	....	script supervisor
Claudia Ciardelli	....	production secretary
Almarie Clifford	....	studio teacher
Valeria Migliassi Collins	....	production office assistant (as Valeria Collins)
Kyle Cooper	....	title designer
Dan Cracchiolo	....	assistant: Mr. Silver
Wileen Dragovan	....	assistant location manager
Stasia Droze	....	set runner
Joe Everett	....	unit publicist
Jennifer Freedman	....	assistant: Mr. Petrie
Jennifer Garces	....	set runner
Richard Greenberg	....	title producer: main and end titles
Susan Hopper	....	assistant: Mr. Culkin
David Hyman	....	set runner
Michael R. Kern	....	assistant accountant
Anya Kochoff	....	production office assistant
Kathryn Madden	....	first aid
Stephen Mapel	....	production secretary: North Carolina
Lisa Masseur	....	production office assistant (as Lisa Haleski)
Jack Messitt	....	production office assistant (as John Messit)
Eric A. Pot	....	production office assistant (as Eric Pot)
Mark Raff	....	set runner
Debbie Skatchke	....	studio teacher
Maria Spaeth	....	assistant production secretary
Cheryl A. Stone	....	production accountant
Veronique Vowell	....	production liaison: Biltmore
Aaron M. Weinberg	....	production office assistant (as Aaron Weinberg)
Andy Wilson	....	set runner
Andrea Winters	....	animal trainer
Edward Allen	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Stephen Brain	....	production executive (uncredited)
Max Holechek	....	office production assistant (uncredited)
Alan Jacques	....	projectionist (uncredited)
Joseph Kuhr	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Tom Lent	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Thomas Parris	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mia Ries-Wicklund	....	location scout (uncredited)
Peter Alun Thomas	....	weapons (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (presents) (as Warner Bros.)
• Silver Pictures
• Davis Entertainment (in association with) (as Davis Entertainment Company)

Distributors

• Warner Bros (1994) (USA) (theatrical) (asWB Family Entertainment A Time Warner Entertainment Company)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1997) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Gemini Film (1995) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1994) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1995) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Cinesite (Hollywood)
• Gene Young Effects
• Grant McCune Design
• Illusion Arts
• Men in White Coats
• Post Group, The
• Sight Effects
• Video Image

Other Companies

• Chicago Audio Works  production sound services
• Harvey Comics Publications  based on the characters appearing in (as Harvey Comics)
• Reed Rigging  rigging crew and equipment supplied by
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild violence and language

Runtime:

95 min | Finland:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Latin

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/6

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

Filmed (almost) entirely on location at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Richard opens the plane window to throw the TNT out of the plane, there is so little wind that even his hair doesn't move.

Quotes:

Van Dough:I'm all in favor of charity, sir. But your donations are costing the corporation $1 billion a year, and I think it's time we asked ourselves: What are we getting for it?
Regina Rich:[incredulous] What are we getting for it? Why, we're getting food banks, medical clinics, shelters for the homeless-!
Richard Rich Sr.:Now, Regina, calm down! It's my job to keep an eye on the bottom line.
Van Dough:Which is why I have to oppose the United Tool acquisition. We should be getting rid of dead weight, not acquiring more.
Richard Rich Sr.:I agree. That's why I am getting rid of United Tool...
Regina Rich:Richard! All those people and their jobs!
Van Dough:That is brilliant. I should've thought of it myself. We buy the company in bankruptcy, level the factories...
Richard Rich Sr.:No, I'm keeping the factory open.
Van Dough:Then we go in and bust the unions, slash benefits, and after that sell the company. Right?
Richard Rich Sr.:No. We give it away.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Raising the Bar: Richie Richer (#1.4)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Happy Go Lively

Money Can't buy happiness

This movie - Macaulay Culkin's Last movie as a child is not his best but not his worst - that goes to the unfunny Ted Danson Action 'comedy' Getting even with dad which came out the same year- But it's pretty sickly sweet and you can see why it bombed at the Box Office. The plot concerns the richest boy in the world 'Richie Rich' Played by Culkin, But by this time he was at 14 looking too old to play the title role. He's the boy who has everything, wealthy parents lives in a big mansion has a butler (wonderfully played by Johnathan Hyde) - But he's very lonely, he has no friends. So one day he tries to join a group of inner city kids playing baseball but they don't want to know him. one of Richie's father's associates Lawrence van dough (John Larroquette) wants to get his hands on the company and the family's fortune, so he tries to kill mum and dad -Ritchie needs the other kids's help to save the company, his parents and his fortune aided by The butler.

Not a bad movie it has a very good moral story (all the money in the world can't make you happy)- But strictlty for KIDS or easily amused adults

Rating 7/10