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Coming to America (1988) USA / R / 116 min
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Genre: Comedy / Romance /  more »
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins  more »
User Ratings: 6.8 (35,128 votes)  more »
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Summary: An African prince goes to Queens, New York City to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.  more »
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Filmmakers: John Landis - Director, Eddie Murphy - Writer (story), David Sheffield - Writer (screenplay), Barry W. Blaustein - Writer (screenplay), George Folsey Jr. - Producer / Editor, Robert D. Wachs - Producer, Sol Negrin - Cinematographer, Woody Omens - Cinematographer, Nile Rodgers - Composer, Richard Macdonald - Production Designer, Malcolm Campbell - Editor  more »
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 Eddie Murphy ... Prince Akeem/Clarence/Randy Watson/Saul 337 

 Arsenio Hall ... Semmi/Extremely Ugly Girl/Morris/Reverend Brown 4,614 

 James Earl Jones ... King Jaffe Joffer 1,094 
John Amos ... Cleo McDowell 4,086 
Madge Sinclair ... Queen Aoleon 7,373 
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