Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
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| Directed by | John Murlowski |
| Written by | Jason Feffer Mark Furey Rob Kerchner |
| Produced by | Mike Elliott Amy Goldberg |
| Starring | David Gallagher Eugene Levy Keene Curtis |
| Cinematography | Christian Sebaldt |
| Edited by | John Gilbert |
| Music by | Deddy Tzur, Saban |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Saban Entertainment Harvey Home Entertainment CineGroupe (Canada) |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish is a 1998 direct-to-video sequel to the 1994 film Ri¢hie Ri¢h, released by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, Harvey Home Entertainment and Saban Entertainment (and also CineGroupe in Canada) and starring David Gallagher as the titular character. Like many of the Saban films, it was seen mostly on Fox Family. Currently, it airs annually during ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. The plot is very similar to It's a Wonderful Life.
Plot
Richie Rich (David Gallagher) tries to do something nice for the orphans at the orphanage by delivering presents in a remote control sleigh dressed as an elf. But his mean cousin Reggie (Jake Richardson) gets a hold of the remote and drives Richie into people and buildings, and is therefore blamed for ruining Christmas. Back at home, he accidentally wishes near a machine, That he earlier learned was a wishing machine although it was believed to be broken. His wish granted, that he had never been born, he finds himself in an alternate universe to his, where he was never born, and must find his way to return home, after learning that things are not better without him. He rallies the friends he knew (who don't remember him) and gets home, and is much more grateful for being alive, and is able to fix the mistake from the sleigh ride earlier.
Location shots
The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa, in Pasadena, CA, was used for exterior scenes of the sprawling Rich Family Mansion. The interior lobby and vault of the disused (currency exchange) Valuta Bank building, in downtown Los Angeles, was used for the scene in which Richie traps the pursuing Rich security men (this same bank was also used for the bank-robbery scene in Spider-Man 2). The background music in some scenes such as when the wishbone was taken out of the wishing machine by Dollar, and the characters standing in front of the Professor's shop for the first time was used in Digimon, obviously because the music was done by Saban. Colonial Street at Universal City, previously used in The Munsters, Leave it to Beaver, and The 'burbs, is also featured.