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Coming to America
Coming to America (Motion picture)
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Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S.,...
Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food restaurant.
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- Creator
- Paramount Pictures presents an Eddie Murphy production ; a Landis/Folsey film ; story by Eddie Murphy ; screenplay by David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein ; produced by George Folsey, Jr. and Robert D. Wachs ; directed by John Landis
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Folsey, George, Jr
- Wachs, Robert D
- Murphy, Eddie, 1961-
- Sheffield, David, 1948-
- Blaustein, Barry W
- Landis, John, 1950-
- Hall, Arsenio
- Jones, James Earl
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Sinclair, Madge
- Headley, Shari, 1964-
- Bates, Paul
- La Salle, Eriq, 1962-
- Faison, Frankie
- Calloway, Vanessa Bell, 1957-
- Anderson, Louie
- Dean, Allison
- Eddie Murphy Productions
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- Special collector's edition
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Physical Details
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- 1 DVD-video (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0792154541, 9780792154549, 141572878X, 9781415728789
- OCLC
- ocn123960470
- Credits
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- Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley, Paul Bates, Eriq La Salle, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell, Louie Anderson, Allison Dean
- Directors of photography, Sol Negrin, Woody Omens ; editors, Malcolm Campbell, George Folsey Jr. ; music, Nile Rodgers ; costume designer, Deborah Nadoolman ; production designer, Richard MacDonald
- Title from container.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
- Special features: Widescreen version; "Prince-ipal photography: the coming together of America" (25 min.); "Fit for Akeem: the costumes of Coming to America (18 min.); "Character building: the many faces of Rick Baker" (13 min.); "Composing America: the musical talents of Nile Rodgers (11 min.); "A vintage sit-down with Eddie and Arsenio (6 min.); theatrical trailer (3 min.); photo gallery.
- DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., surround.
- English or dubbed French dialogue; English, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.