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Coming To America
My Rating:
(out of 5 stars)
3 Stars
Coming To America Poster
Primary Location: First Saw:In Theatre Saw at/with: With Jessica
Rating: R Year: 1988 Category: Comedy
Director: John Landis Time: 116 min. Writer: Eddie Murphy and Art Buchwald

Reviews
Mine: One of Eddie's best . A lot of fun.
Leonard Maltin/Plot synopsis: Cute change-of-pace film for Murphy, as the genteel prince of an African royal family who wants to choose his own wife, and decides that he will find her in America. Old-fashioned romantic comedy peppered with director Landis' in-jokes (including an update of TRADING PLACES, in which Murphy starred) and some surprise cameos. Subsequent litigation awarded columnist Art Buchwald with original story credit
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Cast
Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy as:
Prince Akeem
James Earl Jones James Earl Jones as:
King Jaffe Joffer
Arsenio Hall as:
Semmi
Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson as:
Hold-up man
Cuba Gooding Jr. Cuba Gooding Jr. as:
Boy Getting Hair Cut
John Amos as:
Cleo McDowell
Allison Dean as:
Patricia McDowell
Louie Anderson as:
Maurice
Frankie Faison Frankie Faison as:
Landlord