When was coming to america released

CNET editors pick the products and services we write about. When you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Mark Serrels. March 7, a. Coming 2 America is available now. Prime Video Coming 2 America is finally here, and despite doing that weird thing where you put a literal number inside the title, we're quite looking forward to it. Akeem : Prepare the royal jet. We are going back to America! Semmi : Oh, hell no, your Majesty!

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More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Immersed in luxury and riches, courteous Prince Akeem, the refined heir apparent to Africa's prosperous kingdom of Zamunda, summons up the courage to reject an arranged marriage proposal on his twenty-first birthday. As a result, bent on finding true love, the young blue blood finds himself in the strange urban jungle of New York City's Queens. Now, to mask his regal descent, Akeem, and his trusted valet, Semmi, have to pose as humble exchange students, doing their best to mingle with their neighbours.

But, more than anything in the world, the noble bachelor yearns to be loved for who he is, and not for his title. Eddie Murphy is Prince Akeem Did you know Edit. Trivia After the make-up and clothing was applied for the Jewish character Saul, Eddie Murphy wanted to test the make-up and costume out. He got a golf cart and drove from one studio department to another in Paramount Studios. He would get out of the cart and say in his regular voice, "Hi.