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George Joseph Folsey Jr. (born January 17, 1939) is an American film producer, editor, assistant director and cinematographer who frequently worked with director John Landis in the 1980s. Folsey was acquitted in a manslaughter case brought over the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two children in a helicopter accident on the set of ...
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Eight months before his death, he was honored with the first...
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George Folsey Jr. Editor. Producer. Editorial Department. George Folsey Jr. is known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Clue (1985) and Coming to America (1988). More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Add to list. Awards. 1 nomination. Photos. Known for. The Blues Brothers. 7.9. Editor. 1980. Clue. 7.2. Producer. 1985. Coming to America.
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In the wealthy African nation of Zamunda, crown prince Akeem Joffer grows weary of his pampered lifestyle on his 21st birthday and wishes to do more for himself. When his parents, King Jaffe and Queen Aoleon, present him with an arranged bride-to-be, Akeem takes action. Seeking an independent woman who loves him for himself and not his social statu...
Coming to America reunited star Eddie Murphy with director John Landis. The two men had previously worked together on the comedy hit Trading Places. Landis recalled the differences in working with Murphy on the two movies: "The guy on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great. The guy on Coming to America...
Paramount cancelled press screenings of the film after initial negative reactions to a press screening in New York City.
Coming to America was released on DVD on June 3, 2008. The Film was released on Blu-Ray on June 3, 2008, and re-released on Blu-Ray on January 1, 2013 and on June 12, 2018. Coming To America was released on 4K Blu-Rayon December 1, 2020.
The soundtrack to the film was released on LP, cassette and CD. The songs "Coming to America" by The System, "Better Late Than Never" by The Cover Girls and "Come into My Life" by Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito were released as singles from the album. "That's The Way It Is" by Mel & Kim had been released as a single in the UK, before the film's re...
Television pilot
A television pilot of a weekly sitcom version of the film was produced for CBS, following the film's success, starring Tommy Davidson as Prince Tariq, and Paul Bates reprising his role as Oha. The pilot went unsold, but was televised on July 4, 1989, as part of the CBS Summer Playhousepilot anthology series.
Remakes
A Tamil film, My Dear Marthandan, was produced based on the plot of Coming to America. A Hong Kong film, The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon, also has the same plot.
Influences in music
The melody heard in the bathroom scene, where Prince Akeem is being washed by female servants, was sampled in Snoop Dogg's 2006 song "That's That" featuring R. Kelly; a remix of the song featuring American rapper Nas includes a woman's voice saying "the royal penis is clean, Your Highness", a line taken from the same scene.[citation needed]
In early 2017, an announcement was publicized which addressed the impending production of a sequel to the film. Kevin Misher was named as producer, and Sheffield and Blaustein, the original screenwriters, were also attached to the project. However, a possible participation of lead actors Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall was left undefined. On January ...
Coming to America at IMDbComing to America at Box Office MojoComing to America at Rotten TomatoesComing to America at the American Film Institute CatalogLanguage. English. B.B. King "Into the Night" is a 1985 documentary film directed by Jeff A. Okun and co-directed by John Landis for Universal Pictures; it was produced by Leslie Belzberg, John Landis and George Folsey Jr.
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical action comedy film directed by John Landis. [4] It stars John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch "The Blues Brothers" on NBC 's variety series Saturday Night Live. The script is set in and around Chicago ...
Birth Details. January 17, 1939. Los Angeles, California, United States. Famous Works. Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES. Making Michael Jackson's Thriller, Palace/Virgin Vision/Gold, 1983. Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK. Producer and editor, Glass Houses, Columbia, 1972. cinematographer and editor, Bone, Jack H. Harris, 1972.
