Richie Rich (film)
1994 film directed by Donald Petrie
Richie Rich (stylized as Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a 1994 American adventure comedy film directed by Donald Petrie. The film is loosely based on the comic character of the same name created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label. The film stars Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette, Edward Herrmann, Jonathan Hyde, and Christine Ebersole, while Reggie Jackson, Claudia Schiffer, and Ben Stein appear in cameo roles. Culkin's younger brother, Rory Culkin, played the part of Young Richie Rich. In theaters, the film was shown with a Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon called Chariots of Fur. It was followed by the 1998 direct-to-video sequel Richie Rich's Christmas Wish without Culkin.
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Richard "Richie" Rich Jr. is "the world's richest boy", living in Chicago with his billionaire parents Richard Sr.
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