Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Coming to America / Paramount Pictures presents an Eddie Murphy production ; a Landis/Folsey film ; story by Eddie Murphy ; screenplay by David Sheffield & Barry W. Blaustein ; produced by George Folsey, Jr. and Robert D. Wachs ; directed by John Landis.

Edition:

Special collector's edition, Widescreen version.

Publisher, Date:

Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2017]

Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

auditory captions

visual audio description

Summary:

Pampered African prince Akeem rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi 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.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R.

Subjects:

Princes -- Africa -- Drama.

Fast food restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Food service employees -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Comedy films.

Romance films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Landis, John, 1950- film director.

Wachs, Robert D., film producer.

Folsey, George, Jr., film producer.

Murphy, Eddie, 1961- actor, creator.

Hall, Arsenio, actor.

Jones, James Earl, actor.

Amos, John, 1939-2024 actor.

Sinclair, Madge, actor.

Headley, Shari, 1964- actor.

Anderson, Louie, actor.

Sheffield, David, 1948- screenwriter.

Blaustein, Barry W., screenwriter.

Omens, Woody, director of photography.

Campbell, Malcolm (Film editor), editor of moving image work.

Folsey, George, Jr., editor of moving image work.

Rodgers, Nile, composer (expression)

Landis, Deborah Nadoolman, costume designer.

MacDonald, Richard, 1919-1993, production designer.

Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927), presenter, publisher.

Other Title:

Container of (work): Coming to America (Motion picture)

Notes:

Title from container.

Special 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, theatrical trailer, photo gallery.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.

Wide screen.

Directors of photography, Woody Omens ; editors, Malcolm Campbell, George Folsey Jr. ; music, Nile Rodgers ; costume designer, Deborah Nadoolman ; production designer, Richard MacDonald ; story by Eddie Murphy.

Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley, Louie Anderson.

DVD; widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1, English and French 2.0 Dolby digital; NTSC, region 1.

English or French dialogue; Spanish, Portuguese or English subtitles.

American Comedy Awards, USA: 1̀989: American Comedy Award - Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Arsenio Hall)

Image Awards, 1990: Image Award - Outstanding Motion Picture ; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Arsenio Hall)

English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (CC)

ISBN:

9786316725486 : DVD

6316725485 : DVD

Publisher Number:

59159912000

Other Number:

967593858

System Availability:

5

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

5

Control Number:

898059

# Local items in:

4

# System items in:

4

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Coming t