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Coming to America (1988)

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Film details

Featuring

Eddie Murphy James Earl Jones Arsenio Hall
Country

USA
Year

1988
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Prince Akeem of Zamunda breaks free of constraints imposed on his position, including an arranged marriage. He goes to America to find a bride of his choice. When he falls in love with Lisa, he goes to work as a janitor in her father's company in order to attract her attention.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Prince Akeem/Clarence/Saul/Randy Watson
    
    Eddie Murphy
  - King Jaffe Joffer
    
    James Earl Jones
  - Semmi/Morris/extremely ugly girl/Brown
    
    Arsenio Hall
  - Lisa McDowell
    
    Shari Headley
  - Queen Aoleon
    
    Madge Sinclair
  - colonel Izzi
    
    Calvin Lockhart
  - Cleo McDowell
    
    John Amos
  - Patrice McDowell
    
    Allison Dean
  - Darryl jenks
    
    Eriq Lasalle
  - Oha
    
    Paul Bates
  - rose bearer
    
    Garcelle Beauvais
  - rose bearer
    
    Feather
  - rose bearer
    
    Stephanie Simon
  - bather
    
    Victoria Dillard
  - bather
    
    Felicia Taylor
  - bather
    
    Michele Watley
  - lady-in-waiting
    
    Sheila Johnson
  - T-shirt hawker
    
    Raymond D. Turner
  - large woman
    
    Billi Gordon
  - cab driver
    
    Jake Steinfeld
  - boy getting haircut
    
    Cuba Gooding Jr
  - Sweets
    
    Clint Smith
  - landlord
    
    Frankie Faison
  - Stu
    
    Uncle Ray Murphy
  - street hustler
    
    Ruben Hudson
  - soul glo woman
    
    Paulette Banoza
  - soul glo man
    
    Clyde R. Jones
  - devil woman
    
    Patricia Mathews
  - big stank woman
    
    Mary Bond Davis
  - stuck-up girl
    
    Kara Young
  - tough girl
    
    Carla Earle
  - ex-Siamese twin
    
    Karen Renee Owens
  - ex-Siamese twin
    
    Sharon Renee Owens
  - kinky girl
    
    Lisa Gumora
  - strange woman
    
    June Boykins
  - Fresh Peaches
    
    Janette Colon
  - Sugar Cube
    
    Vanessa Colon
  - boring girl
    
    Monique Mannen
  - awareness woman
    
    Mindora Mimms
  - awareness woman
    
    Cynthia Finkley
  - Maurice
    
    Louie Anderson
  - Cartier delivery man
    
    David O. Sosna
  - basketball game vendor
    
    Curtis-hall, Vondie
  - hold up man
    
    Samuel L. Jackson
  - Dottie the dog
    
    Dottie
  - Mr. Jenks
    
    Arthur Adams
  - Mrs. Jenks
    
    Lani Kaye Harkless
  - grandma Jenks
    
    Montrose Hagins
  - party guest
    
    Tonja Rivers
  - Mortimer Duke
    
    Don Ameche
  - Randolph Duke
    
    Ralph Bellamy
  - telegraph lady
    
    Elaine Kagan
  - taxi driver
    
    Michael Tadross
  - subway guy
    
    Steve White
  - subway lady
    
    Helen Hanft
  - elderly passenger
    
    Birdie M. Hale
  - face on cutting room floor
    
    Jim Abrahams
  - dancer
    
    Leah Aldridge
  - dancer
    
    Aurorah Allain
  - dancer
    
    Paula Brown
  - dancer
    
    Dwayne Chattman
  - dancer
    
    Stephanie Clark
  - dancer
    
    Victoria Dillard
  - dancer
    
    Robin Dimension
  - dancer
    
    Shaun Earl
  - dancer
    
    Eric L. Ellis
  - dancer
    
    Sharon Ferrol
  - dancer
    
    Eric D. Henderson
  - dancer
    
    Gigi Hunter
  - dancer
    
    Debra Johnson
  - dancer
    
    Tanya Lynne Lee
  - dancer
    
    Jimmy Locust
  - dancer
    
    Monique Mannen
  - dancer
    
    Karen Renee Owens
  - dancer
    
    Sharon Renee Owens
  - dancer
    
    Donna Perkins
  - dancer
    
    Dionne Rockhold
  - dancer
    
    Gina Consuela Rose
  - dancer
    
    Randolph Scott
  - dancer
    
    Robbin Tasha-Ford
  - dancer
    
    Jerald Vincent
  - dancer
    
    Eyan Williams
  - Imani Izzi
    
    Vanessa Bell
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    John Landis
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures Corporation
  - A Production by
    
    Eddie Murphy
  - Executive Producer
    
    Mark Lipsky
  - Executive Producer
    
    Leslie Belzberg
  - Producer
    
    George Folsey Jr
  - Producer
    
    Robert D. Wachs
  - Associate Producer
    
    David O. Sosna
  - Unit production manager (LA)
    
    William Watkins
  - Unit production manager (NY)
    
    Michael Tadross
  - Production co-ordinator (LA)
    
    Debbie Schwab
  - Production co-ordinator (NY)
    
    Terry Ladin
  - Location manager (LA)
    
    Steven Shkolnik
  - Location manager (NY)
    
    Charles Miller
  - Production assistant (LA)
    
    Janet Wattles
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Martha Appel
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Fetteroff Colen
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Anthony D'esposito
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Emily Freeman
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Kenneth H. Frith
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Matthew Gould
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Greg Hale
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Daniel Hank
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Randy Harris
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Jerome Holmes
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Bridget Jacoby
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Tina James
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Larry Johnson
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Enrico Mastracchi Manes
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Joe Mcdougall
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Lance Mooreland
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Justin Moritt
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Murphy, Charles
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Ray Murphy Jr
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Ray Murphy Sr.
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Frank Serrano
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Beatrice Spencer
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Jeffrey Suttles
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Deehoward B. White
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Lyn Wilson
  - Production assistant (NY)
    
    Nathaniel Woodward
  - Assistant Director
    
    David O. Sosna
  - Assistant Director
    
    Richard Patrick
  - Assistant director (LA)
    
    Tracy Rosenthal
  - Assistant director (LA)
    
    Tomaz Remel
  - Casting
    
    Jackie Burch
  - Extras casting (LA)
    
    Jim Green
  - Extras casting (LA)
    
    Eddie Smith
  - Extras casting (NY)
    
    Sylvia Fay
  - Screenplay
    
    David Sheffield
  - Screenplay
    
    Barry W. Blaustein
  - Original story
    
    Eddie Murphy
  - Director of Photography
    
    Woody Omens
  - Camera operator (LA)
    
    Phil Caplan
  - Camera operator (LA)
    
    Douglas Knapp
  - 2nd camera operator (NY)
    
    Craig DiBona
  - Special visual effects
    
    Syd Dutton
  - Special visual effects
    
    Bill Taylor
  - Matte photography (LA)
    
    Mark Freund
  - Matte photography (LA)
    
    Mark Sawicki
  - Matte photography (LA)
    
    Bill Taylor
  - Model photography (LA)
    
    Smith, Doug
  - Matte artist (LA)
    
    Syd Dutton
  - Matte artist (LA)
    
    Albert J. Whitlock
  - Matte artist (LA)
    
    Mark Whitlock
  - Matte animation (LA)
    
    Catherine Sudolcan
  - Matte line-up (LA)
    
    Mark Dornfeld
  - Special effects supervisor (LA)
    
    Dan Cangemi
  - Chief model maker (LA)
    
    Grant McCune
  - Editor
    
    Malcolm Campbell
  - Editor
    
    George Folsey Jr
  - Editor (NY)
    
    Jill Searchinger
  - Production Designer
    
    Richard Macdonald
  - Art director (LA)
    
    Richard B. Lewis
  - Set design (LA)
    
    Greg Papalia
  - Set design (LA)
    
    Ron Yates
  - Set design (LA)
    
    Gil Clayton
  - Set design (LA)
    
    Erin M. Cummins
  - Set design (LA)
    
    Larry Hubbs
  - Set decorator (LA)
    
    Cheryal Kearney
  - Set decorator (NY)
    
    Ron Von Blomberg
  - Set dresser (NY)
    
    Dan Grosso
  - Set dresser (NY)
    
    Chris Vogt
  - Set dresser (NY)
    
    Bill Durnin
  - Set dresser (NY)
    
    Jerry Detitta
  - Set dresser (NY)
    
    Rick Nelson
  - Scenic artist (NY)
    
    Ed Garzero
  - Costume Designer
    
    Deborah Nadoolman
  - Costume supervisor (LA)
    
    Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
  - Key men's costumer (LA)
    
    Frank Perry Rose
  - Key women's costumer
    
    Violette Jones-Faison
  - Costumer (LA)
    
    Hugo Peña
  - Costumer (LA)
    
    Melissa Franz
  - Costumer (LA)
    
    David Page
  - Wardrobe supervisor (NY)
    
    Bill Christians
  - Wardrobe (NY)
    
    Jennifer L. Bryan
  - Head makeup artist (LA)
    
    Bernadine Anderson
  - Body makeup (LA)
    
    Jane English
  - Makeup (NY)
    
    Marilyn L. Peoples
  - Special makeup effects
    
    Rick Baker
  - Special makeup effects (LA)
    
    Greg Nelson
  - Special makeup effects (LA)
    
    Margaret Beserra
  - Special makeup effects (LA)
    
    Norman Cabrera
  - Special makeup effects (LA)
    
    Bill Fletcher
  - Special makeup effects (LA)
    
    Jim Leonard
  - Special makeup effects (LA)
    
    Greg Punchantz
  - Special makeup effects (LA)
    
    Matt Rose
  - Main title lettering
    
    Douy Swofford
  - Opticals
    
    Cinema Research Corporation
  - Music
    
    Nile Rodgers
  - Orchestrations (LA)
    
    Mark McKenzie
  - Additional orchestrations
    
    Albert Olson
  - Music Editor
    
    Dan Carlin
  - Music Recording
    
    Ed Cherney
  - Choreography
    
    Paula Abdul
  - Sound Recording
    
    Kaplan, William B.
  - Sound recording (NY)
    
    James Sabat
  - Sound recording (NY)
    
    Frank Graziadei
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Larry Stensvold
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Bill Gazecki
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Bill Thiederman
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Richard C. Franklin Jr
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Paul Carden
  - Sound Editor
    
    Mike Dobie
  - Sound Editor
    
    Lenny Geschke
  - Sound Editor
    
    Don Malouf
  - Sound Editor
    
    Charles E. Smith
  - Supervising ADR editor
    
    James Beshears
  - Foley recording
    
    Dean Drabin
  - Foley
    
    Gary Hecker
  - Foley
    
    Dan O'Connell
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    John Sherrod
  - Stunts
    
    Lindell Blake
  - Stunts
    
    Alex A. Brown
  - Stunts
    
    Andy Duppin
  - Stunts
    
    Peter Hock
  - Stunts
    
    Carlton Holder
  - Animals supplied
    
    Brian McMillan

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