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Coming to America (1988)
Directed by John Landis
“This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.”
Comedy, Romance · 1h 57m
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Cast
Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Shari Headley
Lisa McDowell
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
Eriq La Salle
Darryl Jenks
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
Allison Dean
Patrice McDowell
Madge Sinclair
Queen Aoleon
Samuel L. Jackson
Hold-Up Man
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Boy Getting Haircut
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Colonel Izzi
Crew
- Director
- John Landis
- Screenplay
- David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein
- Director of Photography
- Sol Negrin, Woody Omens
- Original Music Composer
- Nile Rodgers
- Editor
- Malcolm Campbell, George Folsey Jr.
- Producer
- George Folsey Jr., Robert D. Wachs
Details
- Release date
- 1988-06-29
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $30,000,000
- Box office
- $288,752,301