Coming to America with Eddie Murphy: Blu-ray Cover
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Coming to America Director: John Landis Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, James Earl Jones

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  • Blu-ray Release Date: 06/05/2007
  • Original Release: 1988
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 30,603

Viewer Rating: (7 ratings)

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Features

Prince-ipal Photography: The coming together of America; Fit for Akeem: The costumes of Coming to America; Character Building: The many faces of Rick Baker; Composing America: The musical talents of Nile Rodgers; A vintage sit-down with Eddie and Arsenio; Photo gallery; Theatrical trailer

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Coming to America
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23
24. Chapter 24

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Editorial Reviews

Coming to America casts comedian Eddie Murphy as pampered African prince Akeem, who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. Murphy's regal father (James Earl Jones) agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi (Arsenio Hall) along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "Joe job" at a fast-food restaurant. Murphy and Hall play multiple roles, and there are innumerable celebrity cameos peppered throughout the proceedings -- including the Duke Brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) from Trading Places. Coming to America made further headlines when humorist Art Buchwald sued the film's producers for plagiarizing one of his works. Buchwald carried the case to trial, where he won a sizeable judgement against the film's producers. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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a very good movieby MeganLA

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August 06, 2009: seen it on the AMC channel and i started to watch it a very good movie a comedy about a man going to the city by getting a job and falling in love with a girl plot to the movie even though he was alraedy rich he wanted to see the real world and wanted to work for a living

The Humor Never Grows Oldby Anonymous

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February 09, 2006: Every time I see this movie on television, I cannot keep myself from watching it because I love it so much, but I am always disappointed to see how much language and content has been edited. I'm FINALLY going to get a DVD so I can watch it unfettered!

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