Yes, he was the biggest jerk ever! He was like one of the 80s bullies and played the part so well. Still can't believe the way he tossed his milk shake at Eddie. HAHA. There were so many good facts we just couldn't get them all in.
Also Jake steinfeld. The cab driver. Whom kept acting, but was better known as "Body by Jake" who's company and career exploded into the 90s right after. 😅
"It's a blink and you'll miss it moment" says this video. Yet I can't imagine very many people missed it, especially at the time. That was the one audible cheer in the theater when I first saw this movie.
I used to work straightening out bandsaw blades. During the process the machine also puts rust preventative on the stock. But sometimes it wouldn't be enough. So I had to use a spray bottle to cover the rest. We called that Soul Glo. The name spread that even the managers started calling it that.
Her name is Garcelle Beauvais, and she was a supermodel and is now an actor, as well. She’s been in many videos and movies, and has a role in “Survival of the Thickest” on Netflix.
Fun Fact #16: As a native NYer, the location of McDowell's was actually the same location where, later on in the early 90s, there was an actual McDonald's. Its located in Queens near the intersection of Queens Blvd & Grand ave
I just read recently that Wendy's on Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue, that was filmed on for Coming to America. It was tore down to make condos. I was shocked, and I had to go into google maps and look at the street view of it and there it was!!
@BDavinci06 how do you feel about your entire city just being a singular tenament house? nothing but compartmentalized buildings to store people away while rats gnaw on their bodies as they sleep
As a white woman, I watched this movie at LEAST 10 times, and never ONCE did I realize Louie Anderson was the only white actor and that the cast was all black. It's still one of my go-to favorites. Even my daughter, who I let watch the movie when she was 10 or 11, would run around the house saying, "I was Joan of Arc in my former life." 😂😂😂❤
My Sister married a well to do Nigerian Entrepreneur. He and his family were hours late for the rehearsal. In the meantime I cracked all of the jokes from the movie. When I said the boy’s got his own money she chased me out the church 😂😂
I wonder if The Nutty Professor would have happened if not for Coming to America. Of course, Eddie Murphy was doing prosthetics even on SNL, but him playing a whole family really took the bit to the next level.
There's an inside joke in the film you have to be sharp to catch. What Akeem greets and pets his favorite baby elephant he says, "Hello, Barbar". Barbar is the name of an elephant king in a series of beloved children's books.
6:09 King Jaffe Joffer did tell jokes. In a famous line almost at the beginning of the movie, he quoted: "So you see, my son, there is a very fine line between love and nausea..."
I thought when he said he remember when he ordered Ackeem first diaper change was funny and when he said he tied his shoelace once and it was overrated experience.
So many great moments from beginning to end: Oha singing "Queen to Be" The barbershop boxing and MLK discussions. Stu falling down the slum steps and being yelled at by the landlord. "Good morning my neighbors!" Soul Glo commercial. Female Semi wanting to tear Akeem and his friend apart. Reverend Brown and Randy Watson on stage at the Ms. Black Awareness pageant (I still sing his version if the song comes on the radio) Samuel L. Jackson. The three greasy circles on the McDowells' couch. Akeem being recognized in the men's room line. Randolph and Mortimer. King Jaffe's arrival and motorcade music (the disgusted looks the rose bearers give when they step out of the car is underrated) "My son works!?" Dottie attacking Darryl. This movie is awesome! I have seen it thousands of times with my friend and to this day when we get together we are guaranteed to quote it. (Edit: and I am in my 50s, we still do it)
Whenever I think something is a complete ripoff of something else I say, "They have the golden arches. WE have the golden arcs. We both got two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but they use a sesame seed bun. ...My buns have no seeds." 😂
@sawilsondtownpayeah she was one of the women who threw flowers at his feet. You can see her briefly at 6:35 in the middle but if you rewatch it you’ll see her multiple times in the movie.
my favorite scene is when John Amos sicks his Brison Frise on the Soul glo guy. He says "I done told yo' as*, Dottie get him" and The little white powder puff attacks the Soul Glo guy.
you know what the sequel really is a good time capsule in showing a junction in time from the original to the actors reprising their roles decades later. Its just cool to see for sure regardless how well it actually is.
I actually laughed through this. It’s still very funny and brings back so much nostalgia. The funniest scene in this movie to me was when Hakeem was walking gleefully through the streets on New York at night singing at the top of his lungs, “To be loved,” by Berry Gordy. Everyone was screaming at him in New York fashion to shut the …. up. 😂😂😂 One group you missed. The flower girls or at least two of them when on and have had very successful careers. If you mentioned my apologies.
Saw this in the cinema when it was released, still watch it every year. My favourites are either the barber shop or the Reverend, but there are so many great aspects of this movie.
Fun Fact: the transformation of the Wendy's into the McDowell's on Queens boulevard in Elmhurst Queens caused quite a bit of chaos in the neighborhood at the time of filming. I lived nearby and it was all everybody was talking about. Nobody knew it was a movie set and we thought McDonald's was either sold or someone was blatantly ripping them off. We were all taking bets as to how long it would remain open.
6:40 The soul Glo, may not be a legit brand but there was a product called "Sta Sof Fro, curl activator". You applied it to chemically curled hair, it left your hair dripping wet and it did really leave stains behind when you sat down - these segments are actually cultural jokes, that in itself was the joke and no other culture who hasn't experienced this could understand or get the joke.. which is my assumption to you saying it's a fictional product, because the brand is but the product isn't
Aw...you didn't cover my favorite actress in the whole movie: Dotti the dog! That look at head-on, as is she is saying WTF??? right to the camera as Amos races back and forth, slays me every single time.
Remember: McDowell's had the "yellow arcs". A legendary cast, just like Trading Places. As for racial casting, both Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy from Trading Places had cameos. That didn't count? I saw the sequel. Wasn't the original film, but when is it ever? Was still pretty good tho.
One of the barbers in the barbershop was in jail with Eddie on Trading places too. He's the one that says "the phone in the limo is busted...what is ya ignorant??" LOL
Fun fact about the McDonald's lawyer fun fact: the guy taking pictures in the McDowell's intro scene was really hired by the lawyer and it just became an improvisational scene. When John Amos yelled "Get the hell outta here before I bust that camera", he was just trying to save the filming of the scene and it made the cut.
This wasn’t the only time studios used fuzzy math to keep creators from being fairly compensated. “Forrest Gump” producers were supposed to pay the author of the original book on the back end. The film made over $600 million at the worldwide box office, yet, they claimed there was no profit. The author wrote a sequel but never sold the rights, so no sequel film.
That's probably around the time actor's (and probably other creatives) started asking for first dollar gross instead of (I guess) net... which is where the "creative accounting" comes in.
..Also Eddie Murphy sung that tune ..“I Got It” when he & Arsenio Hall were at the Club looking for "Strange Women"..lol! Btw, i've watched this film so many times! .... Classic! 💚 .... ... Shari Headley 💚 The Barbershop 💚!
Mines was when Akeem asked Mr. McDowells did he catch the NFL game from the night before “The Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay” scene
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R.I.P. James Earl Jones, John Amos and Louie Anderson.
And the queen.
And Queen Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair
And Madge Sinclair
What about Madge Sinclair ??? .......................................No love
I think its hilarious that James Earl Jones has a lion draped around him in this movie and a few years later is Mufasa. A Lion King.
You ain't lyin'
Both he and Madge are the king and queen in both. Just makes sense
@Brandi-q7bwow really
True!
@Brandi-q7bthey starred together as Bell & Kunta Kinte….husband & wife - slaves/ - in Roots
You missed Eriq La Salle! He was Darryl, the Soul Glo model, Lisa’s boyfriend and later, Doctor Peter Benton on ER.
Yes, he was the biggest jerk ever! He was like one of the 80s bullies and played the part so well. Still can't believe the way he tossed his milk shake at Eddie. HAHA. There were so many good facts we just couldn't get them all in.
@RememberWhenHQ"Take care of this for me, will you?" 😂
Also missed Garcelle Beauvais, who later became Fancy on the Jamie Foxx Show
Also Jake steinfeld. The cab driver. Whom kept acting, but was better known as "Body by Jake" who's company and career exploded into the 90s right after. 😅
Garcelle Beauvais too. Fancy from Jaime Fox show is one of the flower ladies
Low key is one of the greatest movies of that decade.
High key ❤
Agreed😂😂😂😂
High key for sure... And not just the decade.. one of greatest movies ever
@imtianarenee Thank you for correcting the lost fool
EVER you mean!!!!
One of the most clever movie cameos ever was the Dukes from Trading Places
It was so cute and somehow felt wholesome.
"It's a blink and you'll miss it moment" says this video. Yet I can't imagine very many people missed it, especially at the time. That was the one audible cheer in the theater when I first saw this movie.
Yesssssss
Yeah that was so cool.
Not clever, just fun
I don't care how many times I watch this movie, any time Soul Glo is on..... LMAO
I used to work straightening out bandsaw blades. During the process the machine also puts rust preventative on the stock. But sometimes it wouldn't be enough. So I had to use a spray bottle to cover the rest. We called that Soul Glo. The name spread that even the managers started calling it that.
its really one of those movies you cant get tired of watching
@TRivera13People really went out searching for Soul Glo for real. 😂 I was living in DA Bronx.
@zumaanandrade3961 Really???🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was living in Brooklyn, where some of the movie was filmed. But I was 8 or 9 at the time.
JUST LETCHO ----
The band's name, "Sexual Chocolate", nearly killed me! 🤣🤣🤣
And this inspired hall of famer Mark Henry to create his wrestling character, after seeing the film
That barbershop scene will never get old
Never😂
"JOE LOUIS WAS 75 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FOUGHT!!!" 😂😂😂
Taste the soup! Ah-ha... Ah-haaa!
Coming To America is my all-time favorite movie.
Mine as well.
Yes!! 👍🏽
Mine too!❤
Me too!
John Amos was in the sequel and has passed on since. RIP to the legends
James Earl Jones and Louie Anderson as well.
This movie is unforgettable. It was a huge success here in Brazil and is still fondly remembered by all of us who lived through the 80s.
rightly said "unforgettable"
its really sad they dont make movies like this anymore
Yup! Same in Africa
@jojocluddy2534 Ya’ll just stay lyin’ 🤦🏽♀️ lol
Same in Russia during 90s. The movie was super popular.
It wasn’t Akeem’s entrance, it was his Queen-to-be’s entrance
Thank You
He all over the place 🤦🏽♀️
Too funny 😂😂😂😂
The queen was my daddy's teacher in Jamaica. She's also a teacher as well.
Wow! That's great!
RIP to her. 🖤
Wow
Cool
RIP
Fancy from the Jamie Foxx show was one of the flower bearers!!
Her name is Garcelle Beauvais, and she was a supermodel and is now an actor, as well. She’s been in many videos and movies, and has a role in “Survival of the Thickest” on Netflix.
And just quit being a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills. 😁😉
And she is my ex 's cousin
As an extra in the crowd during the pageant, was a young director F. Gary Gray
I love that Eddie looked at the camera when the lady he was suppose to marry barked like a dog.
It’s called breaking the fourth wall in cinematography.
I know what it’s called. I thought it was funny in that scene.
🤣🤣🤣
Vanessa Bell Calloway!
My dog loved that scene
Vanessa Bell-Calloway’s role was definitely NOT a “blink and you’ll miss it” moment.
Facts!!! Her role was epic to me… she was stop in your tracks gorgeous and had lines that rival any other memorable scene.
@AllegedlyAlyce.. Exactly my thoughts. She was extremely gorgeous in that movie and her role was a major contribution to the film.
Facts it’s still people reenacting that role to this day‼️
She is beautiful IRL, too...
That scene was definitely on repeat in my house😂
Fun Fact #16:
As a native NYer, the location of McDowell's was actually the same location where, later on in the early 90s, there was an actual McDonald's. Its located in Queens near the intersection of Queens Blvd & Grand ave
Exactly. I know where this is .
They used the Wendy’s that is there on Queens Blvd for the film. And one can tell by the building shape.
I just read recently that Wendy's on Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue, that was filmed on for Coming to America. It was tore down to make condos. I was shocked, and I had to go into google maps and look at the street view of it and there it was!!
@BDavinci06 how do you feel about your entire city just being a singular tenament house? nothing but compartmentalized buildings to store people away while rats gnaw on their bodies as they sleep
Paula abdul did her thing. That entrance was 🔥
One of my favorite movies of ALL times!
Agreed.
The guys that played Sexual Chocolate are all legendary musicians in their own right.
Tori Ruffin
Bruce Sterling
Karl Denson
Melvin Lee Davis
I never knew there was a spinoff show with Tommy Davidson.
“And that’s where the big bucks start rolling in.” 😂😂😂
😂
Beat me to the line smh ---- oh well there's always "Soul Glo"
@Jean120483as long as you don’t sit on my moms couches, we’re cool. 😉
As a white woman, I watched this movie at LEAST 10 times, and never ONCE did I realize Louie Anderson was the only white actor and that the cast was all black. It's still one of my go-to favorites. Even my daughter, who I let watch the movie when she was 10 or 11, would run around the house saying, "I was Joan of Arc in my former life." 😂😂😂❤
Because the movie was not about being black.
@UndergroundMonk I agree, so I don't get why Paramount INSISTED they get a white person to be in it, especially with only 3 min of screen time.
@Matron_of_Metalsame here. Luckily it was a great addition. The fact this movie was not a color is what makes it so timeless.
@UndergroundMonk well maybe someone in Paramount didnt count Irish and italian American actors like Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as white?.
Different times.. people. Love and appreciate 🖖
John Amos pushing the door into Louie and causing him to spill the shake will forever be hilarious. 😂
lol he looked like the ultimate dweeb
One of the best movies ever made. No matter how many times I watch it, each time is like watching it for the first time.
Absolute cinematic gold 🥇!!!
I love the scene with Vondie Curtis Hall. Cracks me up. Shari Headley’s sister cracks me up to…”why does she get all the good ones?”
Why wasn't Lisa's sister at the wedding?
My Sister married a well to do Nigerian Entrepreneur. He and his family were hours late for the rehearsal. In the meantime I cracked all of the jokes from the movie. When I said the boy’s got his own money she chased me out the church 😂😂
😂😂
This must have been so hilarious!!!
I wonder if The Nutty Professor would have happened if not for Coming to America. Of course, Eddie Murphy was doing prosthetics even on SNL, but him playing a whole family really took the bit to the next level.
The guy standing in front of Eddie Murphy in the concession line at the basketball game in the red jacket is his little brother Vernon.
This needs more attention!
Wow!
"this is america Jack!"😂😂😂
I still say that 😂😂
@TruthbBtoldfacts
I'm shocked even anyone thought the sitcom was a good idea! 😅
The lesson I learned the most is that there is a fine line between love and nausea
LOL . Thanks for sharing .
One of my favourite films from release and still, to this day, I often greet a blue sky day with "It's another beautiful day in Zamunda!"
There's an inside joke in the film you have to be sharp to catch. What Akeem greets and pets his favorite baby elephant he says, "Hello, Barbar".
Barbar is the name of an elephant king in a series of beloved children's books.
We all caught that one.
@jfliguyLMAO!
I missed that one and I remember Barbar from books growing up
Yup caught that soon as he said it cause I use to watch the show 😂
*Babar
The queen pronounces her name in the movie. It’s like this guy has never even seen it
And Simi !
1:38 took me out😂😂😂
6:09 King Jaffe Joffer did tell jokes. In a famous line almost at the beginning of the movie, he quoted: "So you see, my son, there is a very fine line between love and nausea..."
I thought when he said he remember when he ordered Ackeem first diaper change was funny and when he said he tied his shoelace once and it was overrated experience.
He also said “I always assumed you were sleeping with your bathers. I know I have.”
Two of his lines I'll never forget...
"Let them wait, I'm talking to my son!"
"MY SON WORKS???!!!"
😂
@AzamoorC😂
. What abouttheline, "I assume you have sex with your bathers, I know I do"...or something to that extent 😂😂
So many great moments from beginning to end:
Oha singing "Queen to Be"
The barbershop boxing and MLK discussions.
Stu falling down the slum steps and being yelled at by the landlord.
"Good morning my neighbors!"
Soul Glo commercial.
Female Semi wanting to tear Akeem and his friend apart.
Reverend Brown and Randy Watson on stage at the Ms. Black Awareness pageant (I still sing his version if the song comes on the radio)
Samuel L. Jackson.
The three greasy circles on the McDowells' couch.
Akeem being recognized in the men's room line.
Randolph and Mortimer.
King Jaffe's arrival and motorcade music (the disgusted looks the rose bearers give when they step out of the car is underrated)
"My son works!?"
Dottie attacking Darryl.
This movie is awesome! I have seen it thousands of times with my friend and to this day when we get together we are guaranteed to quote it. (Edit: and I am in my 50s, we still do it)
Rev Brown also wanted us to "hold on to god's unchanging haaand....help gilligan get off the island." lol
Stu was actually Eddie Murphy's uncle IRL...
"MY SON WORKS???!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂
I didn’t realize Cuba Gooding Junior was in it
This cast was spectacular! Eddie Murphy is a genius! My kids love this movie too!
I just wanna see the what’s going down episode of That’s My Mama
It's not a real episode. That's my mama is a real show but the episode is fake.
I heard Joe the Policeman stole the scene.
😂😂😂
@Pimp88081🎯
😂😂ok
Whenever I think something is a complete ripoff of something else I say, "They have the golden arches. WE have the golden arcs. We both got two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but they use a sesame seed bun. ...My buns have no seeds." 😂
😂
😂
I'm hollering 😂😂😂😂😂
Hilarious 😂
Great video but I’d like to add Garcelle Beauvais (Fancy from Jamie Foxx Show) & Eriq La Salle
Fancy was in there?
@sawilsondtownpayeah she was one of the women who threw flowers at his feet. You can see her briefly at 6:35 in the middle but if you rewatch it you’ll see her multiple times in the movie.
Yup “throwing flowers at my son’s feet!”
@sawilsondtownpayes
It’s amazing how much cultural impact this film had and how many iconic actors were part of it. RIP James Earl Jones
Sexual Chocolate!
.....
SEXUAL CHOCOLATE!
LOL
And here’s where Mark Henry’s character was born
He Goood!!
That boy good!!
You’d think it’s a joke but it’s true
my favorite scene is when John Amos sicks his Brison Frise on the Soul glo guy. He says "I done told yo' as*, Dottie get him" and The little white powder puff attacks the Soul Glo guy.
8:52 I had no clue about this show lol
Me, neither
Me too..😅
You must be babies!!
I wanna tear you apart … and your friend too! 🤣
Saul's joke was HILARIOUS!!! I STILL tell thatjoke! "Waiter:
...where's the spoon?
Saul: Ah-HA! (finger wag)
Ah-HA!!!" 🤣🤣🤣
Me too!!!
"Taste the soup" 🤣🤣🤣classic👌🏾
7:21 It absolutely delivered
Can’t believe people tried to buy that greasy Soul Glo😄
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The way he explains it in this video, it killed me with laughter😂😂😂😂
16:46 This surprised me about the Queen and Lion King
Me too! I had no idea but can definitely see it now.
When people ask me to name my top movies it’s always Harlem nights, Life and coming to America. All Eddie movies😂
🖤🖤🖤 Great Choices 👍
you know what the sequel really is a good time capsule in showing a junction in time from the original to the actors reprising their roles decades later. Its just cool to see for sure regardless how well it actually is.
13:43 - John Amos also passed away in August 2024. Not sure if it was his last role, but let's honor him as well. RIP.
I thought his final role was as Meghan Markle's dad in Suits?
That was actually Wendell Pierce who played her father in Suits. 🤎
@olubukonla7352It was in Suits LA, but not Meghan Markle wasn't in it.
I actually laughed through this. It’s still very funny and brings back so much nostalgia. The funniest scene in this movie to me was when Hakeem was walking gleefully through the streets on New York at night singing at the top of his lungs, “To be loved,” by Berry Gordy. Everyone was screaming at him in New York fashion to shut the …. up. 😂😂😂
One group you missed. The flower girls or at least two of them when on and have had very successful careers. If you mentioned my apologies.
Favourite: "I don't know what you've come to do but, iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii've come to praise his name!" xD
“…He helped GILLLIIIIGGGGGAAANNNNN off the island, Lord…” 😂
Saw this in the cinema when it was released, still watch it every year. My favourites are either the barber shop or the Reverend, but there are so many great aspects of this movie.
Randy Watson and Sexual Chocolate are my favs 😂😂
The scene where the guy is singing “ She’s Your Queen to Be”…lol love this movie !!!!
One of my all time favorite movies! Never pass up a chance to watch it! Shari Headley and Vanessa Calloway are still heavenly to this day!
Paramount never complained about no blacks being in all white cast movies make it make sense
Paramount is still eating from this movie
Fun Fact: the transformation of the Wendy's into the McDowell's on Queens boulevard in Elmhurst Queens caused quite a bit of chaos in the neighborhood at the time of filming.
I lived nearby and it was all everybody was talking about.
Nobody knew it was a movie set and we thought McDonald's was either sold or someone was blatantly ripping them off.
We were all taking bets as to how long it would remain open.
Then you grew up to put a vile human being as your You Tube photo 🤢🤮
Randy Watson carried this movie on his shoulders. He will always be the GOAT of the Coming To America universe.
The fact that an actual manager and lawyer showed up on set makes the "get out of here before i bust that camera" scene even funnier
I loved this movie ❤. I miss comedies like this❤
Clean and funny.
I've been listening to "Soul Glo" to this day🤣 That was a real masterpiece
😂
McDowell getting visits from real lawyer interested me most
One of my all time favorite movies. I do yell sexual chocolate at random times and quote this movie almost daily. I really miss Louie Anderson.
Rick Baker's make up shined in the barber scene.
The Busta Rhymes video Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See pays homage to this film.
Yes it does and does it very stylistically and very well. A mesmerizing video. Thanks for reminding me. 👍🏼
Busta likes boys
Who ever went looking for soul glow had to be on that rock 😂
We left out "Vernon Lynch Jr" of "K-9 Posse" and Eddie Murphys brother in red hat, in line at 11:04.
Mr Jame Earl Jones with that lion hanging off his shoulder......Respect!!
This movie will never get old!!! Legendary and my favorite ❤❤❤
6:40 The soul Glo, may not be a legit brand but there was a product called "Sta Sof Fro, curl activator". You applied it to chemically curled hair, it left your hair dripping wet and it did really leave stains behind when you sat down - these segments are actually cultural jokes, that in itself was the joke and no other culture who hasn't experienced this could understand or get the joke.. which is my assumption to you saying it's a fictional product, because the brand is but the product isn't
My favorite scene is the legendary Randy Watson 😂
FUN FACT: Prince Akeem’s parents later became Simba’s parents on The Lion King movie.
And they were husband and wife on a movie called "Roots"
Aw...you didn't cover my favorite actress in the whole movie: Dotti the dog! That look at head-on, as is she is saying WTF??? right to the camera as Amos races back and forth, slays me every single time.
Yeah, I just remember that, it was dang funny 😂. Thanks...
Yes! 😂😂😂
😂
No.7 wasn't prince Akim's entrance, it was his bride to be entering which Paula Abdul choreographed...
Remember: McDowell's had the "yellow arcs".
A legendary cast, just like Trading Places.
As for racial casting, both Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy from Trading Places had cameos. That didn't count?
I saw the sequel. Wasn't the original film, but when is it ever? Was still pretty good tho.
ThErE wErE OtHeR WHiTeS - oh look at Mr Critical Thinking.
It's one of the best romance movies of all. I can't tell you how many times I watch this movie. And every time is like the first time
One of the barbers in the barbershop was in jail with Eddie on Trading places too. He's the one that says "the phone in the limo is busted...what is ya ignorant??" LOL
Yep I got that too when I first saw the movie. I still quote that line.
That is Clint Smith who played the barber named Sweets. He is also Eddie's best friend from their childhood....
"To be loved" LOL
Arsenio's mom didn't recognize him? Recognizing him as her, was a part of what made it hilarious.
My favorite scenes are in the barber shop. When they're arguing about Ali changing his name. "His mama call him Clay, I'ma call him Clay!"
😂😂😂
"A man has the right to change his name to whatever he wants it to be. And if a man wants to be Muhammad Ali..."😂
@forwardpaunganwa4135. “You’re all putzes! You should change the name on the sign to The Three Putzes!”
I didn't know Cuba Gooding Jnr was in it😱
Used to have a video cassette of this movie n a vcr, watch it at least 50 times pretty much, remembered every line when I was a kid
Fun fact about the McDonald's lawyer fun fact: the guy taking pictures in the McDowell's intro scene was really hired by the lawyer and it just became an improvisational scene. When John Amos yelled "Get the hell outta here before I bust that camera", he was just trying to save the filming of the scene and it made the cut.
This wasn’t the only time studios used fuzzy math to keep creators from being fairly compensated. “Forrest Gump” producers were supposed to pay the author of the original book on the back end. The film made over $600 million at the worldwide box office, yet, they claimed there was no profit.
The author wrote a sequel but never sold the rights, so no sequel film.
That's probably around the time actor's (and probably other creatives) started asking for first dollar gross instead of (I guess) net... which is where the "creative accounting" comes in.
Favorite John Amos falling up the stairs. And Eddie singing to be loved on the fire escape.
SEXUAL CHOCOLATE
One of the best movies of all times
..Also Eddie Murphy sung that tune ..“I Got It” when he & Arsenio Hall were at the Club looking for "Strange Women"..lol!
Btw, i've watched this film so many times! .... Classic! 💚 .... ... Shari Headley 💚 The Barbershop 💚!
John Amos played for the Chiefs, Broncos, and other teams too!
Mines was when Akeem asked Mr. McDowells did he catch the NFL game from the night before “The Giants of New York took on the Packers of Green Bay” scene
Garcelle as a flower girl. I was sooooooooo obsessed ❤❤❤❤
"Let them wait, I'm talking to my son. " Now that was funny King Joffe.
Oh no, its "LET THEM WAIT!!!! im talking to my son" hahaha that change in tone to show his vulnerability to his child lol
Coming to America is the movie I have watched the most times.