Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) on Netflix
Richie Rich, the world's richest boy, has a butler, Cadbury, and a dog, Dollar, but no friends his own age. He watches Gloria and her friends play baseball at United Tool's reopening.
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Plot summary
Richard Rich Jr., called Richie, is the richest boy in the world. He lives in Chicago with his parents, Richard Sr. and Regina, his butler Herbert Cadbury, the inventor Professor Keenbean and his dog Dollar, and he has no friends his own age. At the reopening of the United Tool factory, which his father saved from bankruptcy, Richie watches Gloria, the daughter of the union representative Diane Koscinski, and her friends play sandlot baseball, and he tries to join them. Cadbury arranges for Richie to spend a day with the sandlot kids at the mansion. Meanwhile Laurence Van Dough, the chief financial officer of Rich Industries, and Ferguson, the head of security, plot to take the Rich fortune, which they believe is kept in a secret family vault.
Cast
- Michael Maccaroneas Tony
- Joel Robinsonas Omar
- Jonathan Hilarioas Pee Wee
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Macaulay Culkin was reattached to Richie Rich with a guaranteed $8 million and a $10 million option if a sequel were made, on the condition that Kit Culkin relinquish his director-approval privilege.
- Macaulay Culkin's father and business manager Kit Culkin rejected directors John G. Avildsen and Joe Johnston and refused to meet David Mickey Evans, Peter Hewitt and Bryan Spicer, so Warner Bros. ended negotiations with Culkin and looked for a new actor.
- Harvey Comics had tried to film Richie Rich since the early 1980s, when Ricky Schroder was eyed for the lead before financial problems shelved the project; in 1989 producer Joel Silver had the rights with Fred Savage attached, but Savage aged out of the role and was replaced by Macaulay Culkin in 1991.
