Coming to America
Coming to America ★★★ 1988 (R)
An African prince (Murphy) decides to come to America in search of a suitable bride. He lands in Queens, and quickly finds American women to be more confus ing than he imagined. Sometimes overly cute entertainment relieved by clever cos tume cameos by Murphy and Hall. Later lawsuit resulted in columnist Art Buchwald being given credit for story. 116m/C VHS, DVD, Bluray Disc, HD DVD . Eddie Murphy, Arse nio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley, Don Ameche, Louie An derson, Paul Bates, Allison Dean, Eriq La Salle, Calvin Lockhart, Samuel L. Jackson, Cuba Good ing Jr., Vanessa Bell Calloway, Frankie Faison, Vondie CurtisHall; D: John Landis; W: David Shef field, Barry W. Blaustein; C: Woody Omens; M: Nile Rodgers.
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