The Golden Child (1986) [PG-13]

Featuring:
Eddie Murphy, J.L. Reate, Charles Dance

Written by:
Dennis Feldman

Directed by:
Michael Ritchie


Release Date:
December 12, 1986

Original Title:
The Golden Child

Alternate Titles:
El Chico de Oro
El chico de oro
Golden child
Golden child, l'enfant sacré du Tibet
L'Enfant sacré du Tibet
To hryso paidi
To xriso paidi
To xryso paidi
Zlaté dítě

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Comedy

Production Companies:
Eddie Murphy Productions
Feldman/Meeker Productions
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 12  DE: 12  FR: U  GB: PG  GR: 12  HU: 16  IE: 12  JP: G  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 94

Eddie Murphy is the chosen one.

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."

Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the 'Chosen one' who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates.

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Rankings and Honors

The Golden Child (1986) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes 21%
Metacritic 37/100
Awards Won: 2 nominations

ADR Editor:
Jay Kamen

Art Direction:
Lynda Paradise

Assistant Art Director:
Cameron Birnie

Assistant Editor:
Christopher Rouse

Camera Operator:
Michael Gershman
Rob Hahn

Casting:
Patricia Mock

Chief Lighting Technician:
James F. Boyle

Construction Coordinator:
George Stokes

Costume Design:
Wayne A. Finkelman

Costume Supervisor:
Eddie Marks

Director:
Michael Ritchie

Director of Photography:
Donald E. Thorin

Editor:
Richard A. Harris

Executive Producer:
Charles R. Meeker
Richard Tienken

First Assistant Director:
Thomas J. Mack

Foley Editor:
Gary Wright

Foley Supervisor:
Pamela Bentkowski

Hairstylist:
Susan V. Kalinowski

Location Manager:
Ira S. Rosenstein

Makeup Artist:
Steve LaPorte

Makeup Designer:
Ken Chase

Orchestrator:
Michel Colombier
Robbie Buchanan
Albert Woodbury

Original Music Composer:
Michel Colombier

Producer:
Edward S. Feldman
Robert D. Wachs

Production Design:
J. Michael Riva

Production Sound Mixer:
James R. Alexander

Prop Designer:
Linda Bond

Property Master:
Barry Bedig

Screenplay:
Dennis Feldman

Script Supervisor:
Marshall Schlom

Second Assistant Director:
Emmitt-Leon O'Neill

Set Decoration:
Marvin March

Set Designer:
Virginia Randolph-Weaver
Judy Cammer

Sound Editor:
Marshall Winn
Kimberly Harris
Julia Evershade
Mike Dobie

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Robert J. Litt
Gregg Landaker
Elliot Tyson

Special Effects:
Gregg Bond

Still Photographer:
Bruce W. Talamon

Stunt Coordinator:
Chuck Waters
Mickey Gilbert

Stunts:
Karen Chase
Troy Gilbert
Jeff Imada
Gene LeBell
Larry Holt
Al Leong
Spiro Razatos
John C. Meier
Noon Orsatti
Matt McColm
Ray Bickel
Jeff Cadiente
Simone Boisseree
Larry Duran
Bob K. Cummings
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Phil Chong
Emil Farkas
George Fisher
Donna Garrett
Joe Finnegan
Len Glascow
David LeBell
Orwin C. Harvey
Bill McIntosh
Pat McGroarty
Gary Morgan
Lonnie Parkinson
Bernie Pock
Alan Oliney
Karen Price
Walter Robles
Vernon Rieta
Bill Saito
Felix Silla
Kimberly L. Ryusaki
John Sherrod
Jim Wilkey
Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon
Cris Thomas-Palomino
Elizabeth Barrington

Supervising ADR Editor:
Juno J. Ellis

Supervising Music Editor:
Jeff Carson

Supervising Sound Editor:
Ronald Jacobs
Cecelia Hall

Transportation Coordinator:
Craig Pinkard

Unit Production Manager:
Gordon A. Webb

Visual Effects:
Phil Tippett

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Pamela Easley

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Ken Ralston

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