Kidco (1984)

Directed by

Ronald F. Maxwell

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of siblings start a corporation and buy a town. The film is a comedy based on the true story of four children who used their inheritance to purchase land in California.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulupbeatfamily-friendlycomicaloptimisticunexpected

What happens

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. 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). After the Cessna children were paid for the filming rights, a dramatized version of the events was made and distributed by 20th Century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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