Talk:Coming to America

message: Soul Glo is the name of an American punk-rock band that has nothing to do with this movie. At the very least, a Wiki search for "Soul Glo" should offer a disambiguation page for "Soul Glo" and not for "Coming to America". 73.167.67.59 (talk) 21:33, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove redirect from "Soul Glo" 

message: Yeah. Shouldn't the rating be denoted in the sidebar with all the other relevant data about the film? 68.53.168.153 12:51, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rating 

message: should there be a spoiler warning? -- Crnk Mnky 12:27, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SPOILERS!! 

message: Is the Zamunda article really worthy of a separate article?  I suggest that it simply be merged into Coming to America. Guinness 19:27, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Merging will be fine. Just cut&paste.Lajbi Holla @ me 23:23, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zamunda (merge) 

message: I pose to delete this section, as it already had a Wikiquote page.
*Delete-Does this page really need a quotes section, when it already has a page on Wikiquotes?  23:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: QUOTES Survey

message: Was he really in the movie?  I can certainly see it being true, but can't find any sources that indicate this.  According to Alex_Rodriguez he would have been living in Miami at the time Coming to America was filmed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.77.23.129 (talk) 22:27, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed this entry until a reliable source is found.  So far all I can see are youtube comments and a small scattering of other fan/user-contributed data which is not considered reliable. Tarc (talk) 18:47, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Alex Rodriguez

message: Proposal to merge with Coming to America: (template was added to article page without a reason given on the talk page)
* Oppose There are many fictional restaurants, and this particular one has a good paper trail.  Among New York City history buffs, it has enduring significance as well.  patsw (talk) 03:47, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion of Merge 

message: If not mistaken, the text actually is "We're rich again!". Would anyone like to verify this? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 20:22, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you ought to watch the movie again and check it out for yourself. Thank you.--Eaglestorm (talk) 04:02, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Randolph and Mortimer: "We're back!" 

message: Some of the exterior locations may have been identified by experts/residents as being in Jamaica, Queens, but when they go to the Black Awareness event, the Reverend says quite plainly that they're in Jackson Heights.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rbwitte (talk • contribs) 23:03, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Something else I found. I saw a scene from the movie on Comedy Central this afternoon, and during the segment where Prince Akeem and Semmi told the cabbie to take them to "the most real part of Queens" I saw a Jamaica El bridge and a pre-1984 street name sign for Hooper Street (I originally thought it was "Cooper for some reason. After some research, I realized that was near Hewes Street (BMT Jamaica Line) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. ---------User:DanTD (talk)  00:17, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jamaica 

message: REMAKE? BY MARTIN LAWRENCE ? A REMAKE IS NOT A REVERSAL OF AN IDEA.
THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT FILM,
IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE KING RALPH BUT WITH A BLACK GUY, AND GOING TO AFRICA AND NOT A WHITE AMERICAN GOING TO HIS HISTORIC HOMELAND, ENGLAND.
86.145.144.171 (talk) 03:32, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  REMAKE???? KING RALPH + AFRICA 

message: This article gives one sentence to the compelling, indisputable fact that Buchwald won his lawsuit in court. The article then gives a paragraph to Landis claiming this case has no merit evidenced by multiple suits filed in other films. Landis's statement is inaccurate and promotes inaccurate understanding by refusing to admit that they didn't just settle during he appellate process, they actually lost in court. Not to mention, it's ethically reprehensible that they released the dvd and Landis made this statement after Buchwald died and wasn't able to defend himself. This article caters to and amplifies their lapse in ethics. Perhaps Landis or his people made that edit.
::The above is unsigned, but I agree with the editor. The extended quote is clearly biased. BashBrannigan (talk) 03:09, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. (I hadn't actually seen this before removing it -- I was just reading the article and independently came to the same conclusion.) Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 01:54, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It is highly unlikely that Art Buchwald's story-treatment had anything to do with the "Murphy creation" of CTA. Paramount Pictures and/or Eddie Murphy paid me an out of court settlement of a substantial five figure sum (more than Art Buchwald netted). The name of the case is Ostrowski v. Paramount Pictures and Eddie Murphy. The case number is and was cv-89-4043 Eastern District of New York federal court. Do your homework. Eddie Murphy and/or Art Buchwald had little to nothing to do with the raw and real creation of Coming To America!! 24.187.16.67 (talk) 00:49, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Art Buchwald lawsuit: unbalanced 

message: Why does the description in the introductory paragraph say the movie was "critically acclaimed" when the majority of reviews in the Reception section are negative?
2605:E000:6387:3D00:3406:7486:7C38:CC7 (talk) 10:34, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Done I've removed "Critically acclaimed" from the lede. /wiae ★ /tlk 13:57, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 January 2016 

message: * Coming to America
* Eddie Murphy
189.204.187.161 (talk) 02:10, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  See Also 

message: The trench coat and gun scene at McDonald's was also partly at blame for the shootings at Columbine High School. Kehoe Clown (talk) 22:05, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. EvergreenFir (talk) 00:07, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 January 2017 

message: Change the credits.  The courts have decided that this is not solely based on Eddie Murphy's idea 99.227.196.99 (talk) 06:21, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 06:32, 5 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 August 2017 

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message: Remove the last sentence of the "production" tab about Mussolini. That's probably a prank. 217.105.6.152 (talk) 21:39, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Gulumeemee (talk) 03:52, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 25 November 2017 

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message: Please add there is also an unofficial Bollywood remake for this movie called Prem Yog in the Legacy-Movie Remakes sections Jorawar33 (talk) 17:42, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:13, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2018 

message: The original story for Coming to America was written by Art Buchwald who sued Eddie Murphy and the studio for stealing his story and he WON! But because of dubious accounting the studio claimed they never made any money from the film and Art Buchwald died and was never paid a single penny.
You can read all about it in this WIKIPEDIA article here<<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchwald_v._Paramount>> Lifeinpictures (talk) 01:23, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. This is already in the article.  What change are you asking for? RudolfRed (talk) 01:36, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 16 March 2018 

message: * Cast
Ralph Bellamy as Randolph Duke
Don Ameche as Mortimer Duke
To see: IMDB and sequel: Colin Jost as Mr. Duke, a descendant of the Duke Brothers from the 1983 film Trading Places
Grantorinogood (talk) 01:21, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 6 January 2023