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Made in America
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Synopsis
Richard Benjamin directed this farce that plays like "Guess Who's Coming for Insemination?" Whoopi Goldberg stars as Sarah Matthews, who runs an African-American oriented bookstore in Oakland. She is raising her daughter, a beautiful high school student named Zora (Nia Long), on her own after her husband's death many years earlier. As a result of a science class blood test, Zora discovers that the man she thought was her father actually wasn't. Instead Zora finds she was the result of artificial insemination. After researching the sperm bank's records, Zora discovers, much to the surprise of Sarah and herself, that the anonymous sperm donor is in fact, Hal Jackson (Ted Danson), a loud, crude obnoxious (and white) used-car dealer who advertises on late-night television. Zora visits Hal while he is filming a commercial and Hal brushes her off. Enraged, Sarah tells Hal off, but after meeting Zora he now feels a paternal itch. Not only that, but he is beginning to feel an attraction to Sarah. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

Ted Danson Hal Jackson
Whoopi Goldberg Sarah Matthews
Nia Long Zora Matthews
Peggy Rea Alberta
Paul Rodriguez Jose
Will Smith Tea Cake Walters
Jennifer Tilly Stacy

Production Crew

Suzanne Rothbaum Associate Producer
Lester Wilson Choreography
Ralf Bode Cinematographer
Patrick Palmer Co-producer
Mark Isham Composer (Music Score)
Elizabeth McBride Costume Designer
Richard Benjamin Director
Jacqueline Cambas Editor
Marcia Brandwynne Executive Producer
Nadine Schiff Executive Producer
L. Dean Jones, Jr. First Assistant Director
Newt Arnold First Assistant Director
Dan Striepeke Makeup
Michael Germain Makeup
Richard Lightstone Musical Direction/Supervision
Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc Pilot
Arnon Milchan Producer
Michael Douglas Producer
Rick Bieber Producer
Steven E. Reuther Producer
Evelyn Sakash Production Designer
Holly Goldberg Sloan Screenwriter
Marcia Brandwynne Screenwriter
Nadine Schiff Screenwriter
Hilton Rosemarin Set Designer
Thomas F. Sindicich Special Effects
Year: 1993
Runtime: 111
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for sexual situations and language
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Color type
Deluxe
Technicolor prints

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Warner Brothers