Coming to America (1988)

Directed by John Landis

Coming to America movie poster

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Language: en

Production

Cinematographers: Woody Omens, Sol Negrin · Composer: Nile Rodgers · Editors: Malcolm Campbell, George Folsey Jr. · Production Design: Richard Macdonald

Production: Eddie Murphy Productions

Budget: $30.0M

Script: Read the script on Script Slug

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