The Golden Child (1986)

Regisseur:

Michael Ritchie

Drehbuchautor:

Dennis Feldman (written by)

Premierendatum:

12. Dezember 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Komödie | Fantasy | Mystery

Werbezeile:

Eddie Murphy Is The Chosen One

Plot:

A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child that dark forces want to eliminate.

Plot Keywords:

Temple | Unlikely Hero | Hallucination | Social Worker | House

Filmpreise:

2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

How did this movie do so well?

Besetzung

J.L. Reate	...	The Golden Child
Eddie Murphy	...	Chandler Jarrell
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 Maar	...	Fu
Peter Kwong	...	Tommy Tong
Wally Taylor	...	Detective Boggs
Eric Douglas	...	Yellow Dragon
Charles Levin	...	TV Host

Alternativ:

Auf der Suche nach dem goldenen Kind (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

94 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Iceland:14 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Ireland:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Eddie Murphy Productions

Dies und das:

According to an early-1990s interview with Eddie Murphy, a love scene between him and Charlotte Lewis was filmed, but cut from the final print.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Chandler and Kee Nang are ambushed at home after bringing the dagger back to America, Kee Nang twice utilizes a series of backward handsprings (once for evasion, and once for the protection of Chandler.) The first time, a white leotard is visible beneath her blue nightshirt; the second time, a pair of white bikini briefs are seen.

Dialogzitate:

Chandler Jarrell: They're not gonna let me on the plane with this 2 foot knife.
Kee Nang: Yes they will.
Chandler Jarrell: No they won't. I’m going to jail.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Kickin It Old Skool (2007)

Soundtrack:

THE CHOSEN ONE

How did this movie do so well?

I am guessing the reason this movie did so well at the box office is of course Eddie Murphy. I think this was his first movie since "Beverly Hills Cop" so at the time he was hot. Considering that one made over two hundred million and it was R and this one made about 80 million and it was pg does say it was not all that popular. I have never been a big Eddie Murphy fan, so that is probably another reason I didn't care for it much at all. This one has Eddie as some sort of finder of lost kids. He must find the golden child or the world is in terrible peril. The plot is very bad, but as bad as it is it does not compare to the special effects. I had seen better stuff done in the 70's than some of the stuff this one offers, Ray Harryhausen did better stuff. Still the main reason you see a movie like this is because of Eddie, unfortunately he is not very funny in this one at all and it just seems stupid to put him in the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" type scenes. I guess they were hoping for a fish out of water effect, but to me it just did not work.