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Kidco | |
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Directed by | Ronald F. Maxwell |
Written by | Bennett Tramer |
Produced by | Frank Yablans David Niven, Jr. |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Paul Lohmann |
Edited by | David E. McKenna |
Music by | Michael Small |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4 million[1] |
Box office | $125-500,000[1] |
Kidco is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Ronald F. Maxwell and starring Scott Schwartz, Clifton James, Charles Hallahan, Maggie Blye, and Vincent Schiavelli.
Although the premise sounds far-fetched, the film was based on the 1979 purchase of the public land in Gorda, California by Kidco Limited Ventures, a corporation owned by four children, all minors from Ramona, California, who were heirs of the family that owned the Cessna Aircraft company.[2] After funding the company, $500,000 was invested as a tax shelter to purchase the town's land. At the time, Dickie Cessna was 14 years old and the other three siblings were June (16), Bette (13) and Nene (11).[3][4] After the Cessna children were paid for the filming rights, a dramatized version of the events was made and distributed by 20th Century.