Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)

A rich young boy finds his family targeted in an inside job and must use his cunning to save them.

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writers:

Neil Tolkin (story), Tom S. Parker (screenplay)

Stars:

Macaulay Culkin, Edward Herrmann, John Larroquette

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

The richest kid in the world, Richie Rich, has everything he wants, except companionship. While representing his father at a factory opening, he sees some kids playing baseball across the street. Richie wants to join in, but they don't want him around. When a plot to kill the Rich family is devised by Rich Industries' top executive, Laurence Van Dough, Richie must take over control of the company while searching for his lost parents with the help of some new friends.

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Plot Keywords:

villain | head of security | mansion | gardening | eavesdropping | 

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Taglines:

Five buddies, one butler, and a dog on an adventure so big... Even the world's richest kid can't afford to miss it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Latin

Release Date:

21 December 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Richie Rich

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$38,087,756

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Silver Pictures, Davis Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is was the fourth film that Composer Alan Silvestri had scored for a Joel Silver production and with four different directors. These films include Predator, Predator 2, Ricochet, and Richie Rich.

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Goofs

The bag of twinkies: one is eaten, but later it is refilled.

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Quotes

Van Dough: [as he steps out of his limo and into a puddle] 37-and-a-half miles of driveway, and you park in the 5 feet with a puddle!
Chauffeur: I'm very sorry, sir.
Van Dough: You're very sorry? Well, in that case, find another job.

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Crazy Credits

The film is bookended with the opening and closing of a vault at the opening titles and closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

The version shown on NBC blurs the Reese's Nutrageous bar during the "taste test" scene for legal reasons.

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Connections

Referenced in Lights Out (2016)

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Soundtracks

Happy Go Lively
(uncredited)
Written by Laurie Johnson

User Reviews

Culkin's last movie

Macaulay Culkins's sweet, childish cuteness is at it's climax here, cause he was 14 when it was was released, so he was 13 1/2 when they were filming it. He seemed about as close to growing from boy to man as you can get, while still being a boy. His voice was deeper than in any of his movies back then, and on the verge of growing. The Rich's own $70,000,000,000, and Richie has his own Mcdonald's, extreme roller coaster, a diversion I forget what you call that launches you up in the air and lands you on a mattress, and four wheelers to name a few! Reggie Jackson is his baseball coach and Arnold is his fitness trainer! he has Herbert Cadberry, as his very likable and proper butler. Richie Miraculously possesses all this, while still being likable and not a brat. Mac may seem like a spoiled brat in real life, but I know he's a likable person, his parents just gave him it. he's not like Brad Renfro. Richie has class with a hilarious teacher played once again by Ben Stein, in the same way he plays the economics teacher that gave him his name, only funnier here. The only thing he doesn't have is friends. He meets some sandlot kids, which makes him yearn deeply for friends, so he becomes aqquainted with them. The kids include, the Mr. COOL kid, the overweight kid that eats a lot, the jock, and one that seems stuck-up and bossy until a little later. the villain is the industries top executive, Laurence Van Dough (John Larroquette) who arranges for Richie and his parents to be killed in a plane by a bomb, but Richie wasn't even in it, and his parents survive by floating on the inflatable boat. The action is great and goes on for a long time with violence and weapons, and Cadberry dresses up like a gangster, high tech spying, fatal suspense in the science lab, and a great climax on Mt. Richmore. Profanity, one damn, and one "s" word.