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Coming to America

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Calorie Rating: 164
Released: 1988-06-29
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Budget: 30000000
Revenue 288752301
Studios: Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount,


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.

Director / Directors

John Landis
Director
David Sosna
First Assistant Director
Richard Patrick
Second Assistant Director

Charles Brescia
Additional Second Assistant Director
Tomaz Remec
Second Second Assistant Director


Cast

Eddie Murphy
Character: Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Arsenio Hall
Character: Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Shari Headley
Character: Lisa McDowell

John Amos
Character: Cleo McDowell
James Earl Jones
Character: King Jaffe Joffer
Madge Sinclair
Character: Queen Aoleon

Eriq La Salle
Character: Darryl Jenks
Allison Dean
Character: Patrice McDowell
Frankie Faison
Character: Landlord

Louie Anderson
Character: Maurice
Paul Bates
Character: Oha
Samuel L. Jackson
Character: Hold-Up Man

Vanessa Bell Calloway
Character: Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart
Character: Colonel Izzi
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Character: Basketball Game Vendor

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Character: Boy Getting Haircut
Feather
Character: Rose Bearer #1
Stephanie Simon
Character: Rose Bearer #2

Garcelle Beauvais
Character: Rose Bearer #3
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Character: Street Hustler
Birdie M. Hale
Character: Elderly Passenger

Clyde Jones
Character: Soul Glo Man
Jim Abrahams
Character: Face on Cutting Room Floor
Victoria Dillard
Character: Bather / Dancer

Felicia Taylor
Character: Bather
Midori
Character: Bather
Sheila Johnson
Character: Lady-in-Waiting

Jake Steinfeld
Character: Cab Driver
Clint Smith
Character: Sweets
Uncle Ray Murphy
Character: Stu

Paulette Banoza
Character: Soul Glo Woman
Patricia Matthews
Character: Devil Woman
Mary Bond Davis
Character: Big Stank Woman

Carla Earle
Character: Tough Girl
Karen Owens
Character: Ex-Siamese Twin / Dancer
Sharon Owens
Character: Ex-Siamese Twin / Dancer

Lisa Gumora
Character: Kinky Girl
June Boykins
Character: Strange Woman
Janette Colon
Character: Fresh Peaches

Vanessa Colon
Character: Sugar Cube
Monique Mannen
Character: Boring Girl / Dancer
Mindora Mimms
Character: Awareness Woman

Cynthia Finkley
Character: Awareness Woman
David Sosna
Character: Cartier Delivery Man
Arthur Adams
Character: Mr. Jenks

Loni Kaye Harkless
Character: Mrs. Jenks
Montrose Hagins
Character: Grandma Jenks
Tonja Rivers
Character: Party Guest

Ralph Bellamy
Character: Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Don Ameche
Character: Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
Karl Denson
Character: 'Sexual Chocolate' Saxophonist (uncredited)

Elaine Kagan
Character: Telegraph Lady (uncredited)
Michael Tadross
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Steve White
Character: Subway Guy (uncredited)

Helen Hanft
Character: Subway Lady (uncredited)
Leah Aldridge
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Aurorah Allain
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Paula Brown
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Dwayne Chattman
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Stephanie Clark
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Robin L. Dimension
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Shaun Earl
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Eric L. Ellis
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Sharon Ferrol-Young
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Eric D. Henderson
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Gigi Hunter
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Debra Johnson
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Tanya Lynne Lee
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Jimmy Locust
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Donna M. Perkins
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Dionne Rockhold
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Gina Consuela Rose
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Randolph Scott
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Robbin Tasha-Ford
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Jerald Vincent
Character: Dancer (uncredited)

Eyan Williams
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Roy Milton Davis
Character: Homeless Man Around Garbage Can Bonfire (uncredited)
Dorian DeMichele
Character: Viola (uncredited)

Alison Gordy
Character: Blond Hooker / Bag Lady in Fast Food Place (uncredited)
Mary Young
Character: Stuck-Up Girl (uncredited)
Tobe Hooper
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)

Raymond D. Turner
Character: T-Shirt Hawker


Production and Crew

Sol Negrin
Director of Photography

Nile Rodgers
Original Music Composer

Mark Lipsky
Executive Producer
Leslie Belzberg
Executive Producer

Woody Omens
Director of Photography
David Sosna
Associate Producer

Richard B. Lewis
Art Direction
Gregg H. Bilson
Property Master
Frank Graziadei
Sound Recordist

Terry Ladin
Production Coordinator
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Costume Supervisor
Rick Baker
Makeup Effects

Greg Knapp
Set Medic
John Sherrod
Stunt Coordinator
Bob Noland
Color Timer

Paul Timothy Carden
Supervising Sound Editor
Christopher Nowak
Art Direction

Jerry Fitzpatrick
Construction Coordinator
Charles Miller
Location Manager

William Apperson
Construction Foreman
Richie Ford
Electrician
Carole Lee Cole
Assistant Art Director

Gerald DeTitta
Set Dressing Artist
Saul Kahan
Unit Publicist

John Ashby
Utility Stunts
Mike Dobie
Sound Editor
Kelly Kimball
Assistant Costume Designer

Michael Tadross
Unit Production Manager

Spike Allison Hooper
Assistant Sound Editor
Deborah Nadoolman
Costume Design
Ken Fisher
First Assistant Camera

Rolf John Keppler
Makeup Artist
Cary Kelley
Transportation Coordinator
Richard Macdonald
Production Design

Eddie Jones
Craft Service
Michael T. James
Rigging Grip
Danny Cangemi
Special Effects Supervisor

Marc Fambro
Carpenter
Janet L. Wattles
Production Accountant
Dan von Blomberg
Set Decoration

Paula Abdul
Choreographer
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator

Cheryal Kearney
Set Decoration

Bruce McBroom
Still Photographer
Edward Garzero
Scenic Artist

Stan Cockerell
Assistant Property Master
Chris Schutsky
Location Assistant
John W. DeBlau
Chief Lighting Technician

Martha Appel
Production Assistant
Dennis Gamiello
First Company Grip
William Howard
Assistant Hairstylist

Joseph Cosko Jr.
Second Assistant Camera
Marie Carter
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jon Falkengren
Dolly Grip

Brian Fitzsimons
Second Company Grip
Bill Christians
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carlton Holder
Stunt Double

John Haggar
Assistant Editor
Rae Lockett
Extras Casting Assistant
James Beshears
Supervising ADR Editor

Ed Cooper
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Joseph Banks
Generator Operator
Brian Stewart
Story Editor

Dean Drabin
Foley Mixer
Madelyn Most
Assistant Camera

Ferne Cassel
Casting Assistant
Ginny Warner
Production Secretary
Rick Baker
Makeup Artist