The Golden Child(Movie, 1986)

Name: The Golden Child
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986
Duration: T01:34:00
Rating: 3

PG-13

| 1h 34min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 458 votes)

The Golden Child is a 1986 American dark fantasy action comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a Los Angeles social worker who is informed that he is "The Chosen One", and is destined to save "The Golden Child", a kidnapped Tibetan boy with mystical powers who is said to be the savior of all humankind. Alongside Murphy, the film's cast includes Charlotte Lewis and Charles Dance. Rated PG-13, Murphy's first film not to be rated R by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), The Golden Child was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and received a total gross of $79,817,937 at the United States domestic box office. ()

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Available languages: English
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Duration: 1h 33min

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Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 33min

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Duration: 1h 34min

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About The Golden Child

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen.".

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Trailer for The Golden Child + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Golden Child - Theatrical Trailer (Fan Remaster) - HD(Trailer, 2:13)

The Golden Child - Theatrical Trailer (Fan Remaster) - HD (Trailer) | The Golden Child (1986) 35mm film Trailer, flat open matte, 2160p trichromy (Teaser) | Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Trailers From Hell (Featurette) | Auf der Suche nach dem goldenen Kind - Trailer - Deutsch HD (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: California

Plays in: Asia

Made by: Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions, Feldman/Meeker Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Tibetan (BO), English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 27 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/12/1986

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis, Victor Wong, James Hong, Peter Kwong, Eric Douglas, Pons Maar, Randall Cobb, Randall Cobb

Director: Michael Ritchie

Producer: Edward S. Feldman

Screenwriter: Dennis Feldman

Film Editor: Richard A. Harris

Director of Photography: Donald E. Thorin

Composer: Michel Colombier

Performer: John Barry

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"L'Enfant sacré du Tibet"

"Zlaté dítě"

"Golden child"

"Golden child, l'enfant sacré du Tibet"

"To hryso paidi"

"To xriso paidi"

"To xryso paidi"

"El Chico de Oro"

Keywords: monk, dark fantasy, anti hero, wretch, social worker, reluctant hero, buddhism, ritual, evil, pocket knife, demon, mysticism, tibet, mystic, missing person

Budget: 25,000,000 USD

Revenue: 79,817,939 USD (= 319%)

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The Golden Child(Movie, 1986)

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