Other Titles • Coming to America • Prince in New York (1988) • Der Prinz aus Zamunda (1988)
Trivia from Coming to America (1988)
1
Landis's trademark SYNW appears on a subway station poster for a fictional movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis (a reference to Landis's TRADING PLACES).
(14 votes)
2
There is a cameo appearance by Mortimer and Randolph Duke (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) from John Landis's TRADING PLACES, as bums that Eddie Murphy's character gives a large sum of money to.
(13 votes)
3
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall have numerous cameo roles in the film, disguised by extremely innovative makeup and hair.
(11 votes)
4
In September 1995, Paramount Pictures settled a lawsuit for breach of contract brought in 1988 by newspaper columnist Art Buchwald and producer Alain Bernheim. The two contended that COMING TO AMERICA was based on a two-page treatment that Buchwald sold to Paramount in 1983. They claimed that their contract with the studio entitled them to a percentage of the film's net profit; Paramount argued that even if the film was based on the treatment, the film had not generated a net profit (based on the byzantine accounting formulae used by movie studios). By that time, the film had grossed in excess of $140 million. Buchwald and Bernheim's settlement came to more than $1 million.
(10 votes)
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