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Coming to America Movie Behind The Scenes

Making Coming to America

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This summer Prince Akeem discovers America
Coming to America Picture
Just one of the many extra characters played by Eddie Murphy and Aresenio Hall.

Production

Go behind the scenes on the 1988 Comedy movie starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, James Earl Jones

Shari Headley, Samuel L. Jackson, Madge Sinclair, Eriq La Salle, Paul Bates, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Louie Anderson, Allison Dean, Sheila Johnson, Jake Steinfeld, Calvin Lockhart, Feather, Stephanie Simon, Garcelle Beauvais Update Cast


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Thanks to Irving Samaniego
The McDowell's restaurant was actually a Wendy's that they converted to McDowells for 3 weeks.
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Dance sequences were choreographed by 80's pop princess Paula Abdul.
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The apartment building where Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall moved to when they first came to America was actually in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY



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Deleted Scenes

There are often scenes cut from the final version of a movie. Sometimes these will have been seen by preview audiences, or be included in Blu-ray or DVD extras etc.




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Alternate Versions

Sometimes, there will be several versions of a movie floating about on cable, tv or video etc. Other times, a Director may release a special cut of the movie on Blu-ray or DVD.




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