The Golden Child
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. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (526x755, 100 KB) This image is of a movie poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... Michael Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director Michael Ritchie is also the name of an English college student in East Sussex who is famous for writing three novels for teenagers about teenage life. ... For the article on the baseball player Eddie Murphy, see Eddie Murphy (baseball player). ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... // April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Gos Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... For the article on the baseball player Eddie Murphy, see Eddie Murphy (baseball player). ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... A British actress. ... Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) is an English actor. ... Michael Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director Michael Ritchie is also the name of an English college student in East Sussex who is famous for writing three novels for teenagers about teenage life. ...

Released in December 1986, The Golden Child was a box office success. It took in $79,817,937^[1] in the US 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 US box office. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) is an American comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. ...

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. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an American born Australian actor, director, and producer. ...

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

For the article on the baseball player Eddie Murphy, see Eddie Murphy (baseball player). ... Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) is an English actor. ... A British actress. ... Victor Wong (July 30, 1927 – September 12, 2001) (Chinese: 黃自強; pinyin: Huáng Zìqiáng) was a Chinese American character actor who appeared in supporting roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. ... Randall Tex Cobb (born 1950) was an American prizefighter from Texas who fought champion boxer Larry Holmes for the WBC World Heavyweight title at Houstons Astrodome on November 26 of 1982. ... James Hong (吳漢章, PY: Wu Hanzhang, born February 22, 1929, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a Chinese American actor and the ex-president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists (AAPAA). ... Eric Douglas (June 21, 1958 – July 6, 2004) was an American actor. ...

Trivia

• 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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability The Shadow is a 1994 motion picture based on the character of the same name created by Walter B. Gibson in 1937. ... Alec Baldwin (born Alexander Rae Baldwin III on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated and a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... The Phurba (Tib. ... John Barry. ... Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 — November 14, 2004), was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor. ... John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, film score composer and occasional actor. ... Yodha is a Malayalam language comedy film produced in India in 1992. ...

External links

• The Golden Child at the Internet Movie Database

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References

1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=goldenchild.htm
2. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beverlyhillscop.htm