The Golden Child
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| The Golden Child | |
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| Image:Golden child movie.jpg The Golden Child Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Ritchie |
| Produced by | Charles R. Meeker Richard Tienken |
| Written by | Dennis Feldman |
| Starring | Eddie Murphy |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 12, 1986 (USA) |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Golden Child (1986) is an American mystical comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell, a social worker who is confronted by a young Asian woman (Charlotte Lewis) who tells him that he is the one destined to save The Golden Child, the saviour of all mankind, from the clutches of the demon Sardo Numspa, played by Charles Dance. The film was directed by Michael Ritchie.
Released in December 1986, The Golden Child was a box office success. It took in $79,817,937[1] in the U.S. alone, making it the 8th biggest film of the year. However, the film was considered a disappointment by the studio when compared to Murphy's previous film, Beverly Hills Cop, which garnered $234,760,478[2] at the U.S. box office.
Actor Mel Gibson was originally slated to play the role of Chandler Jarrell in The Golden Child. When Gibson was unavailable, the producers selected Murphy, and changed the movie from a drama to a comedy.
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[edit] Cast
- Eddie Murphy .... Chandler Jarrell
- J.L. Reate .... The Golden Child
- 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 Mar .... Fu
- Peter Kwong .... Tommy Tong
- Wally Taylor .... Detective Boggs
- Eric Douglas .... Yellow Dragon
- Charles Levin .... TV Host
[edit] Trivia
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- The Ajanti Dagger in the film is not the same knife prop used in The Shadow (with Alec Baldwin), but both are based on the Tibetan Phurba dagger.
- John Barry began scoring this film, but during production left the project after differences with the producers, and his music was replaced with a mostly synth-pop/orchestral score by Michel Colombier, however some Barry cues remain in the final film, and one track, "Wisdom of the Ages," appears on the soundtrack.
- John Carpenter was at one point attached to direct, but ultimately dropped out.
- Yodha was a Malayalam remake of this film.
- Until Murphy did The Nutty Professor, this was the only film he starred in that was rated less then R in America. It was also the only such film distributed by Paramount Pictures until the film adaptation of Dreamgirls.
- "Judo" Gene LeBell makes a small, cameo appearance as a drunk member of the Yellow Dragons biker gang with horrible breath from previously-consumed liquor. A tied-up Murphy, as LeBell (in character) coughs near his face, begs him to please take as many Tic Tacs from out of his pocket as he likes.
- The weapons wielded by the villain Tommy Tong are called hook swords.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=goldenchild.htm
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm
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