Coming To America 116 Min. R 1988
The morning dawns bright sunny in Zamunda, a small African monarchy, it is the 21st birthday of Crown Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy), he is told by his father, King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones) that he must marry a woman he is never seen before. Akeem decides that he wants to find his own wife so he sets of to find this woman, he decides that the most likely place to find a proper woman is “Queens” New York in the United States. Along with his best friend Semmi (Arsenio Hall) he sets off on his hilarious search for the perfect Queen. The fact that Akeem is a Prince must be a secret as they pass themselves off as “typical” American citizens in order to find the proper bride.
Coming To America 2 110 Min. PG-13 2021
Three long, prosperous decades after Prince Akeem and Lisa McDowell's opulent wedding in Coming to America (1988), King Jaffe Joffer and Semmi, sensing that trouble is brewing in the African kingdom of Zamunda, drop a bombshell. As a result, with three lovely daughters and no sons, Prince Akeem's back is against the wall as General Izzi, the megalomaniac despot of the neighboring country of Nexdoria, dreams of seizing power through a political marriage of convenience. Now, newly-crowned King Akeem and his trusted confidante Semmi must return to where it all began, the bustling borough of Queens, New York, to retrieve Lavelle, the illegitimate son unsuspecting Akeem never knew existed. Can the prince of Zamunda restore peace and stability in less than a week?
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Paul Bates | Oha |
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Eddie Murphy | Prince Akeem |
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Garcelle Beauvais | Rose Bearer |
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Feather | Rose Bearer |
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Stephanie Simon | Rose Bearer |
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Victoria Dillard | Bather |
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Felicia Taylor | Bather |
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Midori | Bather |
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James Earl Jones | King Jaffe Joffer |
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Madge Sinclair | Queen Aoleon |
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Sheila Johnson | Lady-in-Waiting |
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Arsenio Hall | Semmi |
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Raymond D. Turner | T-Shirt Hawker |
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Calvin Lockhart | Colonel Izzi |
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Billi Gordon | Large Woman |
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Vanessa Bell Calloway | Imani Izzi |
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Jake Steinfeld | Cab Driver |
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Cuba Gooding Jr. | Boy Getting Haircut |
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Clint Smith | Sweets |
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Frankie Faison | Landlord |
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Uncle Ray Murphy | Stu |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Street Hustler |
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Paulette Banoza | Soul Glo Woman |
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Clyde Risley Jones | Soul Glo Man |
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Patricia Matthews | Devil Woman |
| Director | John Landis |
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| Writer | Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein | |
| Producer | Leslie Belzberg, George Folsey Jr., Mark Lipsky, David Sosna, Robert D. Wachs | |
| Musician | Nile Rodgers | |
| Photography | Woody Omens | |
| Edition | Collector's Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 4 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] |
| Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Paramount |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jun 03, 2008 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 3295 |
| Added Date | Dec 12, 2012 01:15:23 |
| Modified Date | Oct 08, 2023 17:12:56 |