Coming to America: Directed by John Landis. With Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, Feather. An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes.

Coming to America (1988) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Coming 2 America: Directed by Craig Brewer. With Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, Jermaine Fowler. African monarch Akeem learns that he has a long-lost son in the United States and.

Understanding the Context

Immersed in luxury and riches, courteous Prince Akeem, the refined heir apparent to Africa's prosperous kingdom of Zamunda, summons up the courage to reject an arranged marriage proposal on his 21st.

Coming to America: Directed by John Landis. With Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, Feather. An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover.

"Coming to America" is one of these films that best exemplifies the 80's exuberance and unique appeal, it's raunchy and outrageous on the surface but sweet and good-hearted inside. And the film carries.

Prince Akeem: Sir, did you happen to catch the professional football contest on television last night? Cleo McDowell: No, I didn't. Prince Akeem: Oh sir, the Giants of New York took on the Packers of.

Key Insights

The homeless men that receive the money from Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) are the Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) from Trading Places (1983) (also directed by John Landis). In that.

When I rewatched the original Coming To America this week, I was struck by its timelessness - every scene still worked, every laugh line still felt quotable/funny. In 1988, it somehow managed to be both.

Coming to America: Directed by John Landis. With Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais, Feather. An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover.