COMING TO AMERICA: Join Eddie Murphy (Norbit, Dreamgirls) on an unforgettable comic quest to the New World. As an African prince, it's time for him to find a princess...and the mission leads him and his most loyal friend (Arsenio Hall) to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince relishes the chance to test his mettle in the urban wilderness. Keep an eye out for both Murphy and Hall in some unforgettable cameo roles!

TRADING PLACES: What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy with Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters, Christmas with the Kranks) and director John Landis (Animal House, Coming to America)? You get a timeless comedy classic laced with sidesplitting, satiric humor. Murphy stars as a small time con artist who gets a chance to switch lives with Aykroyd's big time stock market maven. But their reversal of fortunes is just a cruel joke perpetrated by two bored mega rich brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) as part of an idle bet. And when the truth comes out...the consequences are sheer comedy gold!
 
"[Trading Places] ...one of the best comedies of the 1980s..."  Almar Haflidason, BBC Online
"[Coming to America] Eddie Murphy does everything in this movie successfully."  Brad Laidman, Film.com
"[Trading Places] ...a classic comedy in every sense of the word...The premise is genius, and the situational comedy could not be better."  BumsCorner.com
"[Trading Places] ...Murphy and Akroyd at the top of their game..."  Christopher Null, FilmCritic.com
"[Coming to America] Murphy's most hilarious performance!"  Peter Travers, People Magazine
"[Coming to America] Landis' last great comedy is a true Eddie Murphy-fest."  Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
 


Editor's Note

COMING TO AMERICA: In this modern-day fairy tale, Eddie Murphy stars as a wealthy and pampered African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. His destination, of course, is Queens, New York. Accompanied by his closest companion (Arsenio Hall), the Prince quickly finds a job, new friends, new digs, new enemies, and more trouble than he ever imagined. COMING TO AMERICA is a hysterical fable with Murphy and Hall playing hilarious multiple roles with the help of astounding makeup effects.

TRADING PLACES: In this screwball comedy of manners, millionaire commodity brokers Randolph and Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) wager a bet that pits environment vs. biology and turns the lives of their two unsuspecting victims upside down. Eddie Murphy costars as Billy Ray Valentine, a streetwise hustler who gets dragged off the street and into the proper life of top Duke Bros. broker Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), who in turn gets tossed out of his posh townhouse and onto the mean city streets. The comic team of Murphy and Aykroyd is deliriously funny as they both struggle to comprehend their new lives. Billy Ray is forced to learn proper etiquette, manners, and business sense while uptight Louis scrambles to make it on the streets, befriending a prostitute (Jamie Lee Curtis) who takes him in and saves him from starvation--or worse.