Movie
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Overview
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his family — especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and compensates the boy with a blank check. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget.
Details
- Release date
- 1994-02-11
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brian Bonsall as Preston Waters
- Karen Duffy as Shay Stanley
- James Rebhorn as Fred Waters
- Jayne Atkinson as Sandra Waters
- Michael Faustino as Ralph Waters
- Chris Demetral as Damian Waters
- Miguel Ferrer as Quigley
- Tone Loc as Juice
- Michael Lerner as Biderman
- Rick Ducommun as Henry
- Debbie Allen as Yvonne
- Alfredo Huereca as Party Guest
Crew
- Rupert Wainwright - Director
- Blake Snyder - Writer
- Colby Carr - Writer
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