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Coming to America

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Calorie Rating: 163
Released: 1988-06-29
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Budget: 30000000
Revenue 288752301
Studios: Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount Pictures,


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
Charles Brescia
Additional Second Assistant Director

Richard Patrick
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

Leslie Belzberg
Executive Producer

Mark Lipsky
Executive Producer

Nile Rodgers
Original Music Composer
Sol Negrin
Director of Photography
Woody Omens
Director of Photography


David Sosna
Associate Producer
Richard Macdonald
Production Design

Richard B. Lewis
Art Direction
Christopher Nowak
Art Direction
Cheryal Kearney
Set Decoration

Dan von Blomberg
Set Decoration
Carole Lee Cole
Assistant Art Director

Jerry Fitzpatrick
Construction Coordinator
William Apperson
Construction Foreman

Ken Fisher
First Assistant Camera

Bruce McBroom
Still Photographer
Kelly Kimball
Assistant Costume Designer
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Costume Supervisor

Rolf John Keppler
Makeup Artist
Gerald DeTitta
Set Dressing Artist
Marc Fambro
Carpenter

Paula Abdul
Choreographer
Eddie Jones
Craft Service

Rick Baker
Makeup Effects
Gregg H. Bilson
Property Master
Edward Garzero
Scenic Artist

Greg Knapp
Set Medic
Frank Graziadei
Sound Recordist
John Sherrod
Stunt Coordinator

Cary Kelley
Transportation Coordinator
Michael Tadross
Unit Production Manager

Saul Kahan
Unit Publicist
John Ashby
Utility Stunts
Bob Noland
Color Timer

Richie Ford
Electrician
Michael T. James
Rigging Grip
Charles Miller
Location Manager

Janet L. Wattles
Production Accountant
Terry Ladin
Production Coordinator
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator

Spike Allison Hooper
Assistant Sound Editor
Mike Dobie
Sound Editor

Paul Timothy Carden
Supervising Sound Editor
Danny Cangemi
Special Effects Supervisor

Eddie Murphy
Executive Producer
William Howard
Assistant Hairstylist
Marie Carter
Assistant Makeup Artist

Stan Cockerell
Assistant Property Master
Dean Drabin
Foley Mixer

James Beshears
Supervising ADR Editor
Carlton Holder
Stunt Double
Madelyn Most
Assistant Camera

Jon Falkengren
Dolly Grip
Dennis Gamiello
First Company Grip
Joseph Cosko Jr.
Second Assistant Camera

Brian Fitzsimons
Second Company Grip
Ferne Cassel
Casting Assistant
Bill Christians
Wardrobe Supervisor

John Haggar
Assistant Editor
Chris Schutsky
Location Assistant
Ed Cooper
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

John W. DeBlau
Chief Lighting Technician
Rae Lockett
Extras Casting Assistant
Joseph Banks
Generator Operator

Martha Appel
Production Assistant
Ginny Warner
Production Secretary
Brian Stewart
Story Editor

Rick Baker
Makeup Artist
Drew Struzan
Art Designer