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Coming to America is an Eddie Murphy film about romance in being "new to town." You can see ample information about it below. It is available for a small fee on the web.

Coming to America Comedy, Romance | 117min | June 29, 1988 (United States)

7.1

Director: John LandisWriter: Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield, Barry W. BlausteinStars: Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle BeauvaisSummary: 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 twenty-first birthday. As a result, bent on finding true love, the young blue blood finds himself in the strange urban jungle of New York City's Queens. Now, to mask his regal descent, Akeem, and his trusted valet, Semmi, have to pose as humble exchange students, doing their best to mingle with their neighbours. But, more than anything in the world, the noble bachelor yearns to be loved for who he is, and not for his title. Is Prince Akeem destined to find his soulmate in America's bustling Big Apple? —Nick Riganas

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Coming to America (1988)

R 117 min - Romantic Comedies, Romance - 29 June 1988

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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.

Director: John Landis

Stars: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Shari Headley, Frankie Faison, Louie Anderson, Eriq La Salle, Allison Dean, Madge Sinclair, Paul Bates, Samuel L. Jackson, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Calvin Lockhart, Garcelle Beauvais, Cuba Gooding Jr., Birdie M. Hale, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Clyde Jones, Jim Abrahams, Feather, Stephanie Simon, Victoria Dillard, Felicia Taylor, Midori, Sheila Johnson, Jake Steinfeld, Clint Smith, Uncle Ray Murphy, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Paulette Banoza, Patricia Matthews, Mary Bond Davis, Carla Earle, Karen Owens, Sharon Owens, Lisa Gumora, June Boykins, Janette Colon, Vanessa Colon, Monique Mannen, Mindora Mimms, Cynthia Finkley, David Sosna, Arthur Adams, Loni Kaye Harkless, Montrose Hagins, Tonja Rivers, Elaine Kagan, Michael Tadross, Steve White, Helen Hanft, Leah Aldridge, Aurorah Allain, Paula Brown, Dwayne Chattman, Stephanie Clark, Robin L. Dimension, Shaun Earl, Eric L. Ellis, Sharon Ferrol-Young, Eric D. Henderson, Gigi Hunter, Debra Johnson, Tanya Lynne Lee, Jimmy Locust, Donna M. Perkins, Dionne Rockhold, Gina Consuela Rose, Randolph Scott, Robbin Tasha-Ford, Jerald Vincent, Eyan Williams, Roy Milton Davis, Dorian DeMichele, Alison Gordy, Mary Young, Tobe Hooper

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Storyline

Tagline: The four funniest men in America are Eddie Murphy.

Genres: Romantic Comedies, Romance

Details

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Country: United States of America

Language: English

Release Date: 29 June 1988

Box Office

Budget: $39,000,000

Revenue: $288,752,301

Company Credits

Production Companies: Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

The Money Pit is a Tom Hanks and Shelley Long film about the role of the external environment in causing stress on couples, forcing them to find their Skills of Commitment. You can see ample information about it below. It is available for a small fee on the web.

The Money Pit Comedy | 91min | March 26, 1986 (United States)

6.4

Director: Richard BenjaminWriter: David GilerStars: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander GodunovSummary: Walter Fielding and Anna Crowley must start looking for a new house--but they can't afford much. This changes when they meet a lonely con artist who sells the a beautiful mansion at a ridiculously-low price. The catch: the second they move into the house, it falls apart, starting with the stairway collapsing, to the bathtub falling through the floor, to the chimney eventually falling into the house. Finally, they must renovate the house before the frame collapses, but the renovations also prove disastrous. —Michael Feller <reb@magna.com.au>

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The Money Pit (1986)

PG 91 min - Romantic Comedies, Romance - 26 March 1986

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After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.

Director: Richard Benjamin