Coming to America

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comedy film film romantic comedy film

Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film in which Eddie Murphy plays an African prince who travels to New York City in search of true love, known for its humor, cultural satire, and multiple characters portrayed by Murphy.

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Coming to America canonical 42
Coming to America (1988 film) 4
Coming to America franchise 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide over 280 million USD ⓘ
character Cleo McDowell ⓘ
King Jaffe Joffer ⓘ
Lisa McDowell ⓘ
Prince Akeem Joffer ⓘ
Queen Aoleon Joffer ⓘ
Semmi ⓘ
cinematographyBy Woody Omens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Landis ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Malcolm Campbell ⓘ
featuresFictionalLocation Zamunda ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
followedBy Coming 2 America ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Prince Akeem Joffer ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy Nile Rodgers ⓘ
notableFor Eddie Murphy playing multiple characters ⓘ
cultural satire ⓘ
depiction of African royalty ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Eddie Murphy ⓘ
producer George Folsey Jr. ⓘ
Robert D. Wachs ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1988-06-29 ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 116 ⓘ
screenwriter Barry W. Blaustein ⓘ
David Sheffield ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
starring Arsenio Hall ⓘ
Eddie Murphy ⓘ
James Earl Jones ⓘ
John Amos ⓘ
Louie Anderson ⓘ
Madge Sinclair ⓘ
Shari Headley ⓘ
storyBy Eddie Murphy ⓘ

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