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film directed by John Landis

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Coming to America (disambiguation).

Coming to America is a American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W.

Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, and Shari Headley. It tells the story of Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry and will love him for who he is, not for his status or for having been trained to please him.

The film was released in the United States on June 29,

In , a pilot for a planned spin-off television series was made, although this was never picked up for a series.^[5]

A sequel, Coming 2 America, was released on March 4,

Plot

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