Coming to America (1988)

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NR | 1 hr 57 mins | Comedy, Romance, Urban, Romantic comedy | Released: 6/29/1988 |Box Office Total: $128.1M

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Synopsis:

An African prince decides that Queens, New York is the appropriate place to search for a woman to share his throne.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/29/1988

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
John Landis	Director
Cast	Credit
Eddie Murphy	Clarence
Eddie Murphy	Saul
Eddie Murphy	Prince Akeem
Eddie Murphy	Randy Watson
Paul Bates	Oha
Garcelle Beauvais	Rose Bearer
Feather	Rose Bearer
Stephanie Simon	Rose Bearer
Victoria Dillard	Bather
Felicia Taylor	Bather
Michele Watley	Bather
James Earl Jones	King Jaffe Joffer
Madge Sinclair	Queen Aoleon
Sheila Johnson	Lady-in-Waiting
Arsenio Hall	Extremely Ugly Girl
Arsenio Hall	Semmi
Arsenio Hall	Reverend Brown
Arsenio Hall	Morris
Raymond D Turner	T-Shirt Hawker
Calvin Lockhart	Colonel Izzi
Billi Gordon	Large Woman
Vanessa Bell	Imani Izzi
Jake Steinfeld	Cab Driver
Cuba Gooding Jr	Boy Getting Haircut
Clint Smith	Sweets
Frankie Faison	Landlord
Uncle Ray Murphy	Stu
Ruben Hudson	Street Hustler
Paulette Banoza	Soul Glo Woman
Clyde R Jones	Soul Glo Man
Patricia Matthews	Devil Woman
Mary Bond Davis	Big Stank Woman
Kara Young	Stuck-Up Girl
Carla Earle	Tough Girl
Karen Renee Owens	Ex-Siamese Twin
Sharon Renee Owens	Ex-Siamese Twin
Lisa Gumora	Kinky Girl
June Boykins	Strange Woman
Janette Colon	Fresh Peaches
Vanessa Colon	Sugar Cube
Monique Mannen	Boring Girl
Mindora Mimms	Awareness Woman
Cynthia Finkley	Awareness Woman
John Amos	Cleo McDowell
Allison Dean	Patrice McDowell
Shari Headley	Lisa McDowell
Eriq La Salle	Darryl Jenks
Louie Anderson	Maurice
David Sosna	Cartier Delivery Man
Vondie Curtis Hall	Basketball Game Vendor
Samuel L. Jackson	Hold-Up Man
Dottie	Dottie--the Dog
Arthur Adams	Mr Jenks
Loni Kaye Harkless	Mrs Jenks
Montrose Hagins	Grandma Jenks
Tonja Rivers	Party Guest
Don Ameche	Mortimer Duke
Ralph Bellamy	Randolph Duke
Elaine Kagan	Telegraph Lady
Michael Tadross	Taxi Driver
Steve White	Subway Guy
Helen Hanft	Subway Lady
Birdie M Hale	Elderly Passenger
Jim Abrahams	Face on Cutting Room Floor
Leah Aldridge	Dancer
Paula Brown	Dancer
Stephanie Clark	Dancer
Robin Dimension	Dancer
Eric L Ellis	Dancer
Aurorah Allain	Dancer
Dwayne Chattman	Dancer
Victoria Dillard	Dancer
Shaun Earl	Dancer
Sharon Ferrol	Dancer
Eric D Henderson	Dancer
Debra Johnson	Dancer
Jimmy Locust	Dancer
Karen Renee Owens	Dancer
Donna M Perkins	Dancer
Gina Consuela Rose	Dancer
Robbin Tasha-Ford	Dancer
Eyan Williams	Dancer
Gigi Hunter	Dancer
Tanya Lynne Lee	Dancer
Monique Mannen	Dancer
Sharon Renee Owens	Dancer
Dionne Rockhold	Dancer
Randolph Scott	Dancer
Jerald Vincent	Dancer
Production Credits	Credit
David Sosna	Associate Producer
George Folsey Jr	Producer
Mark Lipsky	Executive Producer
Leslie Belzberg	Executive Producer
Robert D Wachs	Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Writer	Credit
David Sheffield	Screenplay
Art Buchwald	From Story
Barry Blaustein	Screenplay
Eddie Murphy	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Janet Wattles	Production Accountant
Carole A Wattles	Assistant Accountant - production accountant assistant
Raphaella Giugliano	Assistant Accountant - production accountant assistant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Brian McMillan	Animal Supplier - animals supplier
Art Department	Credit
Greg Papalia	Set Designer
Randy Bostic	Lead Person - leadman
Chuck Eskridge	Art Department - production painter
Carole Lee Cole	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Lou Mugavero	Swing Gang
Richard MacDonald	Production Designer
Richard B Lewis	Art Director - art direction
Cheryal Kearney	Set Decorator
Daniel K Grosso	Set Dresser
Edward Garzero	Scenic Artist
John Lewis	Swing Gang
Ron Yates	Set Designer
Chris Vogt	Set Dresser
Ron Von Blomberg	Set Decorator
David Weinman	Lead Person - leadman
Gil Clayton	Set Designer
William Durnin	Set Dresser
Greg Lynch	Swing Gang
Jerry DeTitta	Set Dresser
Erin Cummins	Set Designer
Richard Evans	Swing Gang
Rick Nelson	Set Dresser
Larry Hubbs	Set Designer
Casting	Credit
Ferne Cassel	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Jackie Burch	Casting
Jim Green	Casting
Eddie Smith	Casting
Sylvia Fay	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Eddie Jones	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Norman Glasser	Lighting Technician
Bob Nolan	Color Timer
Woody Omens	Director of Photography
Bruce McBroom	Photography - stills
John Szajner	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Craig DiBona	Camera Operator
Phil Caplan	Camera Assistant
Ed Cooper	Lighting Technician - lighting technician assistant
Mark Freund	Photography - matte photography
Ken Fisher	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Douglas H Knapp	Camera Assistant
Joseph Cosko Jr	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Maurice Brown	Camera Assistant
Mark Sawicki	Photography - matte photography
Christopher Whitman	Lighting Technician - lighting technician assistant
John DeBlau	Lighting Technician
Bill Taylor	Photography - matte photography
Douglas C Hart	Camera Assistant
Ned Martin	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jerry DeBlau	Lighting Technician - lighting technician assistant
John Cambria	Camera Assistant
Doug E Smith	Photography - model photography
John Seakwood	Photography - stills
Stan Keitt	Camera Assistant
Music	Credit
Mark McKenzie	Orchestrations
Nile Rodgers	Music
Nile Rodgers	Song - song producer
Daniel Allen Carlin	Music Editor
The System	Song Performer
Ed Cherney	Music - music scoring mixer
Nile Rodgers	Song - songs
Gerald Levert	Song Performer
Eddie Levert	Song Performer
Nancy Huang	Song - songs
Mic Murphy	Song - song producer
Chico DeBarge	Song Performer
Cover Girls	Song Performer
David Frank	Song - song producer
Gerald Levert	Song - song producer
Laura Branigan	Song Performer
Joe Esposito	Song Performer
Gerald Levert	Song
Eddie Levert	Song
J J Fad	Song Performer
Randy Watson	Song Performer
Mark Gordon	Song
Mark Gordon	Song - song producer
Sexual Chocolate	Song Performer
Michael Rodgers	Song Performer
Jonathan Phillip Moffett	Song - song producer
Jonathan Phillip Moffett	Song
Sister Sledge	Song Performer
Eddie Murphy	Song Performer
Maurice White	Song - song executive producer
Freddie Washington	Song
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)	Song Performer
Smokey Robinson	Song Performer
Alan Roy Scott	Song
Andy Panda	Song - song producer
The Miracles	Song Performer
Paul Chiten	Song
Marvin Gaye	Song Performer
Pamela Phillips Oland	Song
Jackie Wilson	Song Performer
Arif Mardin	Song - song producer
Nona Hendryx	Song Performer
Robbie Buchanan	Song - song producer
Mel & Kim	Song Performer
Dr Dre	Song - song producer
Dr Dre	Song
DJ Yella	Song - song producer
Eric Wright	Song - song producer
Michael Masser	Song
Linda Creed	Song
Michael Rodgers	Song - song producer
Michael Rodgers	Song
Lloyd Tolbert	Song - song producer
Lloyd Tolbert	Song
Gardner Cole	Song
Solomon Linda	Song
Smokey Robinson	Song - song producer
Smokey Robinson	Song
Warren Moore	Song
Norman Whitfield	Song
Marvin Gaye	Song - songs
William Stevenson	Song
William Stevenson	Song - song producer
Tyran Carlo	Song
Berry Gordy	Song
Gwendolyn Gordy	Song
Edward Holland	Song - song producer
Edward Holland	Song
Lamont Dozier	Song
Lamont Dozier	Song - song producer
Brian Holland	Song - song producer
Brian Holland	Song
Allee Willis	Song
Danny Sembello	Song
Jeff Lorber	Song - song producer
Stock	Song
Stock	Song - song producer
Aiken	Song - song producer
Aiken	Song
Waterman	Song - song producer
Waterman	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Lindell Blake	Stunts
John Sherrod	Stunt Coordinator
Andy Duppin	Stunts
Carlton Holder	Stunts
Alex Brown	Stunts
Peter Hock	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Steve Shkolnik	Location Manager
Debbie Schwab	Production Coordinator
David Sosna	Assistant Director
Michael-McCloud Thompson	DGA Trainee
Antonie L. Douaihy	Location Assistant - location manager assistant
William Watkins	Unit Production Manager
Luca Kouimelis	Script Supervisor
Terry Ladin	Production Coordinator
Aurelia Nelson	DGA Trainee
Charles Miller	Location Manager
Richard Patrick	Assistant Director
Michael Tadross	Unit Production Manager
Tracy Rosenthal	Assistant Director
Tomaz Remel	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Saul Kahan	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Gary A. Hecker	Foley
James Sabat	Sound Mixer
Earl F Sampson	Boom Operator
Dean Drabin	Foley Mixer
Richard C Franklin Jr	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Leigh French	ADR - ADR group
James Beshears	ADR Editor - ADR editor supervisor
William B Kaplan	Sound - sound recording mixer
Paul Timothy Carden	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Bobbi Banks	ADR Editor - ADR editor assistant
Louis Sabat	Boom Operator
Dan O'Connell	Foley
Randy McDonald	Sound - utility sound
Larry Stensvold	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Mike Dobie	Sound Editor
William Joyce Gazecki	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Lenny Geschke	Sound Editor
Mel Neiman	Sound - sound processing
Don Malouf	Sound Editor
Charles Ewing Smith	Sound Editor
Frank Graziadei	Sound - sound recording
Spike Allison Hooper	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Pamela G Kimber	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Visual Effects	Credit
Douy Swofford	Titles - main title lettering
Catherine Sudolcan	Animator - matte animation
Dan Cangemi	Special Effects Supervisor
Syd Dutton	Special Effects - special visual effects
Syd Dutton	Matte Painter - matte artist
Grant McCune	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Bill Taylor	Special Effects - special visual effects
Albert Whitlock	Matte Painter - matte artist
Mark Whitlock	Matte Painter - matte artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Frank Rose	Costumes - key costumer
Robert L Stevenson	Hair - hairstyles supervisor
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck	Costume Supervisor
Rick Baker	Makeup - special makeup
Bernadine Anderson	Makeup Supervisor
Marie Carter	Makeup Assistant
Jennifer L Bryan	Wardrobe
Bill Christians	Wardrobe Supervisor
Deborah Nadoolman	Costume Designer
Bill Howard	Hair Assistant - hairstyles assistant
Violette Jones-Faison	Costumes - key costumer
Robin Levine	Makeup Assistant
Jane English	Makeup
Mona Orr	Hair - hairstyles
Hugo Pena	Costumes - costumer
Greg Nelson	Makeup - special makeup
Melissa Franz	Costumes - costumer
Margaret Beserra	Makeup - special makeup
Norman Cabrera	Makeup - special makeup
David Page	Costumes - costumer
Bill Fletcher	Makeup - special makeup
James Leonard	Makeup - special makeup
Greg Punchatz	Makeup - special makeup
Matt Rose	Makeup - special makeup
Marilyn Peoples	Makeup

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