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** As King Jaffe Joffer, [[James Earl Jones]] tells Cleo McDowell "Do not alert him [Akeem] to my presence. I will deal with him myself.", referencing two different lines as Darth Vader in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. |
** As King Jaffe Joffer, [[James Earl Jones]] tells Cleo McDowell "Do not alert him [Akeem] to my presence. I will deal with him myself.", referencing two different lines as Darth Vader in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. |
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** Also, cameos by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as the Duke Brothers, who Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd sent to the poorhouse in ''[[Trading Places]]''. This film is also the ''source'' of a later allusion: [[Samuel L. Jackson]] played an armed robber holding up a cheap diner in this movie, and [[Pulp Fiction|several years later]] would ''foil'' a pair of armed robbers holding up a cheap diner. |
** Also, cameos by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as the Duke Brothers, who Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd sent to the poorhouse in ''[[Trading Places]]''. This film is also the ''source'' of a later allusion: [[Samuel L. Jackson]] played an armed robber holding up a cheap diner in this movie, and [[Pulp Fiction|several years later]] would ''foil'' a pair of armed robbers holding up a cheap diner. |
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* [[Dawson Casting]]: The movie opens on Prince Akeem's 21st birthday. Eddie Murphy, who played the prince, does not look 21, which makes sense considering he was 37 at the time. |
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Revision as of 04:39, 9 January 2015
- Acting For Three: Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall.
- Actor Allusion:
- As King Jaffe Joffer, James Earl Jones tells Cleo McDowell "Do not alert him [Akeem] to my presence. I will deal with him myself.", referencing two different lines as Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
- Also, cameos by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche as the Duke Brothers, who Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd sent to the poorhouse in Trading Places. This film is also the source of a later allusion: Samuel L. Jackson played an armed robber holding up a cheap diner in this movie, and several years later would foil a pair of armed robbers holding up a cheap diner.
- Dawson Casting: The movie opens on Prince Akeem's 21st birthday. Eddie Murphy, who played the prince, does not look 21, which makes sense considering he was 37 at the time.