Coming To America Trading Places Blu Ray 2 Pack Back

coming to america 1988 casts comedian eddie murphy as pampered african prince akeem who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to america to find a new bride murphy s regal father james earl jones agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the u s sending the prince s faithful retainer semmi arsenio hall along to make sure nothing untoward happens to avoid fortune hunters prince akeem conceals his true identity and gets a joe job at a fast food restaurant murphy and hall play multiple roles and there are innumerable celebrity cameos peppered throughout the proceedings including the duke brothers don ameche and ralph bellamy from trading places coming to america made further headlines when humorist art buchwald sued the film s producers for plagiarizing one of his works buchwald carried the case to trial where he won a sizeable judgement against the film s producers trading places 2007 what happens when you combine the comic genius of eddie murphy with dan aykroyd and director john landis 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 when the truth comes out the consequences are sheer comedy gold