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The Ransom of Red Chief

  • Película de TV
  • 1998
  • 1h 30min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
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Christopher Lloyd, Michael Jeter, and Haley Joel Osment in The Ransom of Red Chief (1998)
SlapstickComedyWestern

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaTwo hobos strike on a get-rich quick scheme to kidnap an overly-energetic nine-year-old son of a local banker. Based on the classic story by O'Henry.Two hobos strike on a get-rich quick scheme to kidnap an overly-energetic nine-year-old son of a local banker. Based on the classic story by O'Henry.Two hobos strike on a get-rich quick scheme to kidnap an overly-energetic nine-year-old son of a local banker. Based on the classic story by O'Henry.

  • Dirección
    • Bob Clark
  • Guionistas
    • O. Henry
    • Ed Naha
  • Elenco
    • Christopher Lloyd
    • Michael Jeter
    • Alan Ruck
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    5.5/10
    410
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    • Dirección
      • Bob Clark
    • Guionistas
      • O. Henry
      • Ed Naha
    • Elenco
      • Christopher Lloyd
      • Michael Jeter
      • Alan Ruck
    • 9Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 1Opinión de los críticos
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    Christopher Lloyd
    Christopher Lloyd
    • Sam Howard
    Michael Jeter
    Michael Jeter
    • Bill Driscoll
    Alan Ruck
    Alan Ruck
    • Ambrose Dorset
    Kaitlin Hopkins
    Kaitlin Hopkins
    • Agnes Dorset
    Brent Hinkley
    Brent Hinkley
    • Deputy Muldoon
    Richard Riehle
    Richard Riehle
    • Narrator…
    Sue Bugden
    • Miss Dupa
    Richard Moll
    Richard Moll
    • Filthy McNasty
    Brad Greenquist
    Brad Greenquist
    • Strange Pierre
    Haley Joel Osment
    Haley Joel Osment
    • Andy Dorset
    Nancy Linehan Charles
    Nancy Linehan Charles
    • Temperance Lady 1
    Mary Linda Phillips
    Mary Linda Phillips
    • Temperance Lady 2
    • (as Linda Phillips)
    Nicole Kranidas
    • Temperance Lady 3
    Al Mancini
    Al Mancini
    • Assayer
    Robert Dickman
    Robert Dickman
    • Second Town Man 1
    Tim Farmer
    • Second Town Man 2
    Bob Clark
    Bob Clark
    • Mr. Hooper
    Melissa Bickerton
    Melissa Bickerton
    • Woman Stranger
    • Dirección
      • Bob Clark
    • Guionistas
      • O. Henry
      • Ed Naha
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    Opiniones de usuarios9

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    4nellybly

    Did they just use the title and character names?

    I realize that a short story, unless it's part of an anthology, is difficult to use as a TV or movie story without a certain amount of padding but I think there is just a bit too much padding. It's a good and fun family movie, I'll give it that, but I was hoping it would stick a bit closer to the short story. There were times I felt they'd used the title, character names, and a few of the incidents from the story and that's it.

    It's best for someone who is not expecting it to be the same as the short story.

    I think the 1975 version was much better and it still played rather fast and loose with the story. Being shorter it didn't have a chance to play _quite_ so fast and loose, though.

    I guess I'm just disappointed that they felt they had to change so much of O. Henry's story.

    I'm keeping it around for my grandson who will enjoy it but I'll also introduce him to the source story. He's almost 10 so it won't be a problem with his attention span and also will help him to realize that if you've read a jacket or cover blurb (or even seen the movie) you haven't read the story. He tends to base his book reports on blurbs.

    A nice cast was assembled and they all gave good performances. Christoper Lloyd and the late Michael Jeter are very dependable and a pleasure to watch. Child actors, by their very nature, are often a bit cutesy and the boy should have been a couple of years older with a certain rough and readiness about him but I think they managed to make him a bit annoying, which is almost as good.
    7MMiicchheellllee

    Feel-good movie

    I thought this movie was indeed a little bland at points, but overall it's a good movie to watch, sitting at home with your family, and gives a sense of warmth into the picture. I have always liked Christopher Lloyd (Back to The Future, Dennis The Menace, etc.) and I feel that he has done well in this movie. Haley Joel Osment (I'll Remember April, The Sixth Sense, Forrest Gump etc.) has always been one of my favourite child-actors, (next to Trevor Morgan of course), and does an explicitly wonderful job. I can admit, maybe he was a little too soft and, the little boy he played, is anything but nice. A dastardly, mischievous, little wretch, who enjoys nothing more than breaking the rules, (and no, no-one imagined Alex Linz playing the role of the little boy in a previous movie, he did, and played the role with much more trouble in him) but, I can say, that I did enjoy this movie immensely. And so did my kids, sat through it and watched it the whole way through without any interruptions. (Which is actually quite of a miracle, because usually all they enjoy watching is cartoons and The Disney Channel). I say well done, apart from the mishaps, and unfortunate casting in some parts (that I won't mention) a feel-good movie that I enjoyed, and would watch again! Also, I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a little mischief, and also, quite some feeling.
    6BadWebDiver

    Okay, I guess?

    I'm a big fan of Christopher Lloyd, and I really love the original short story of this. But I'm not a really huge fan of this version (though I don't exactly hate it either).

    Christopher is very good in this (and it is the sort of role that seems tailor-made for him). Alan Ruck makes a pretty good job with the small role of the thankless father. And Haley does show a lot of personality and charisma as the main kid, even if he is a bit too "soft and nice". (I swear I saw a version with Alex Linz in the role - who is a lot more inheritantly mischevous. Maybe I just imagined it).

    What I don't like about this is that fact that a lot of the broad wit of the original story has been severely toned down and "cutsified". I half-suspect it's because of the mid-90s era, the time of PC and everyone in America is expected to to be gushingly sweet to each other, and nothing bad or mean should ever be shown of tv, or that sort of thing. The whole while feels really tame (and cheap), and really lacks the dynamic punch that made the original story so good.

    It's alright as a cutsey family film for undiscerning kids, but it could have been a lot funnier and more "rascally".
    6Atreyu_II

    Haley Joel Osment is the big surprise here - and an unexpected one.

    This is the typical TV movie. You can tell from its budget, from its look, from its minimalism...

    Seriously, this movie is nothing (and I mean, nothing) special. Although very far from being good, it does offer some fun to its audiences, particularly by Haley Joel Osment (he really is the one who steals the show). This was before Haley got widely known. Even in his early years he already possessed great potential for dramatic roles ('Bogus' is one good example of that) and he is better known for his acting skills in drama rather than in comedy. However, in this TV movie he is hilarious (I never thought I'd say this about him one day), particularly anytime he mimics indians and calls himself Red Chief. Not just that, he is way funnier than gloomy in this movie. This is the living proof that Haley could do comedy as well as he could do drama.

    As a movie, it actually deserved a 5 rating, but I gave it a 6 as a gratitude gesture over Haley's fantastic performance in an unusual role for him.
    8wxman-6

    Not that bad

    I saw this movie in Language Arts and it's a well acted, well written, generally funny. There are some very corny cliché' jokes at the beginning (bad guys falling into mud, been there, done that). It's based on O Henry and of course the storyline and especially the ending is fantastic (he is famous for those ironic twist endings, like THE GIFT OF THE MAGI. Girl sells hair to buy husband chain for watch but husband sold watch to buy girl combs. Classic.) This film does have some great jokes and really surprisingly great acting. I was surprised to find out this was only a TV movie! The plot basically is that a troublemaking little boy is kidnapped by two bad guys (your average bumbling, kinda stupid, yet nice,) trying to make some money when their recent purchase of a mine fails. Since the boy is a trouble maker so, naturally, the parents don't believe him at first. I can't spoil the ending now can I?

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    • Trivia
      Christopher Lloyd had previously played the kidnapper of another precocious child in "Dennis the Menace" (1993).
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      Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Baby Geniuses (2015)

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 16 de agosto de 1998 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
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      • Inglés
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      • Okup za czerwonego wodza
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Laramie Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, Estados Unidos(demolished in May 2003 and replaced by Warner Village)
    • Productora
      • Hallmark Entertainment
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 30 minutos
    • Mezcla de sonido
      • Dolby SR
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.33 : 1

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