Taglines: An adventure so big… even the world’s richest kid can’t afford to miss it!
Ri¢hie Ri¢h movie storyline. Richard “Richie” Rich Jr. (Macaulay Culkin) is the world’s wealthiest kid, the son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist Richard Rich, Sr. (Edward Herrmann). Richie has only his loyal butler Herbert Cadbury (Jonathan Hyde) as a companion, and lacks any friends his own age.
At a dedication to the reopening of United Tool, a factory Richard recently acquired (intending to modernize the factory and give it away to the workers as a token of goodwill) Richie encounters a group of sandlot kids playing baseball. Unfortunately, before he is able to talk to them, the too-strict head of security, Ferguson (Chelcie Ross), stops Richie and sharply pulls him away but Cadbury stops Ferguson.
Richard tries to keep in touch with Richie and spend time with his son whenever he can. Professor Keenbean (Mike McShane) has invented a machine called the “Dadlink” that pinpoints Richard’s location in seconds, so Richie can talk to his dad whenever he’s away on business. Meanwhile, the greedy CFO of Rich Industries, Laurence Van Dough (John Larroquette), is planning to steal the Rich financial fortune, believed to be stored in the Rich family vault. Van Dough, with the help of Ferguson, plots to blow up the plane carrying the Rich family to England.
Cadbury makes a suggestion to Richie’s mother, Regina (Christine Ebersole), and arranges for Richie to stay home in Chicago with the sandlot kids for a weekend of fun. That weekend allows Richie to earn the friendship of the sandlot kids, most importantly, Gloria Pazinski. Cadbury also begins to fall for Gloria’s mother, Dianne.
Richie Rich (sometimes stylized as Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a 1994 American family film, directed by Donald Petrie, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character of the same name created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer.
The film stars Macaulay Culkin as the title character. Edward Herrmann, Michael McShane, Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Hyde, and John Larroquette serve in supporting roles, while Reggie Jackson, Claudia Schiffer and Ben Stein appear in cameo roles. Culkin’s younger brother, Rory Culkin, played the part of young Richie. While in theaters, the film was shown with a Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner cartoon called Chariots of Fur.
Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Edward Herrmann, John Larroquette, Christine Ebersole, Stephi Lineburg, Jonathan Hyde, Claudia Schiffer, Michael McShane, Joel Robinson
Screenplay by: Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein
Production Design by: James H. Spencer
Cinematography by: Don Burgess
Film Editing by: Malcolm Campbell
Costume Design by: Lisa Jensen
Set Decoration by: John H. Anderson, Patricia Malone
Art Direction by: William F. Matthews
Music by: Alan Silvestri
MPAA Rating: PG for mild violence and language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: December 21, 1994
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