Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
Language
English
Release Date
November 25, 1987
Revenue
$50,504,655
Cast
Eddie Murphy
Self
Tatyana Ali
Singing Child
Billie Allen
Eddie's Aunt
Samuel L. Jackson
Eddie's Uncle
Deon Richmond
Little Eddie
Barbara Harris
Thanksgiving Guest
J. D. Hall
Thanksgiving Guest
James Brown III
Thanksgiving Guest
Tiger Haynes
Card Player #3
Eyde Byrde
Mrs. Butts
Birdie M. Hale
Aunt Rose
Clebert Ford
Uncle Lester
Leonard Jackson
Uncle Gus
Jody Jones
Eddie's Cousin
Michelle Davison
Thanksgiving Guest
Geri Gibson
Card Player #2
Davenia McFadden
Eddie's Aunt
Gwen McGee
Eddie's Mother
Lex Monson
Card Player #4
Warren Morris
Poetry Reader
Basil Wallace
Eddie's Father
Damien Dante Wayans
Child Running in House
Ellis E. Williams
Eddie's Uncle
Carol Woods
Eddie's Aunt
John Lafayette
Thanksgiving Guest
Kim Wayans
Interviewed Fan (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Robert Townsend
Director
Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor
Sandy McLeod
Script Supervisor
Dwight Williams
First Assistant Director
Michea Caye
Second Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Eddie Murphy
Executive Producer
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Producer
Jeffrey Chernov
Co-Producer
Jeffrey Chernov
Production Manager
Susan Towner
Assistant Accountant
Robert D. Wachs
Producer
Jane Nerlinger Evans
Production Office Coordinator
Pat Golden
Casting
Karen Penhale
Production Office Coordinator
Marilyn Gill
Production Assistant
Richard Tienken
Executive Producer
Douglas J. Kenny
Location Manager
Editing
Art
Wynn Thomas
Production Design
James Mazzola
Property Master
Jeff Mazzola
Assistant Property Master
Dan Curry
Title Designer
Jim Fredericks
Set Decoration
Barbara A. Kastner
Set Dresser
Joan Finlay
Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up
Judi Goodman
Hairstylist
Darlene Jackson
Wardrobe Designer
Marilyn Peoples
Makeup Artist
Andrea Ross
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jody Berke
Wardrobe Assistant
Camera
Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography
Joe Ritter
First Assistant Camera
Craig DiBona
Camera Operator
Craig Haagensen
First Assistant Camera
Stan Keitt
Second Assistant Camera
Angelo Di Giacomo
First Assistant Camera
John Cambria
Second Assistant Camera
Anastas N. Michos
Camera Operator
Bruce W. Talamon
Still Photographer
Robert Fiore
Camera Operator
Don Lenzer
Camera Operator
Paul Gaffney
Second Assistant Camera
Christophe Lanzenberg
First Assistant Camera
Debbie Sarjeant
First Assistant Camera
Richard J. Cartwright
Still Photographer
Marc Hirschfeld
First Assistant Camera
Liz Dubelman
Second Assistant Camera
Joseph F. Coffey
Camera Operator
Ed Marritz
Camera Operator
Victor Huey
First Company Grip
Algernon Ramirez
First Assistant Camera
Sound
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Julia Evershade
Sound Editor
Frank Graziadei
Sound Mixer
Steve Pederson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator
Jay Kamen
Supervising Sound Editor
Curt Sobel
Music Editor
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jon Christodoulou
Sound Assistant
Jon Christodoulou
Sound
Lighting
Crew