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Made in America (1993) -- A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Made in America (1993) -- A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.

Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Marcia Brandwynne (story) &
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Release Date:
28 May 1993 (USA) more
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At the sperm-bank she asked for a tall, intelligent, black man. One out of three ain't bad.
Plot:
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Whoopi Goldberg ... Sarah Mathews

Ted Danson ... Halbert 'Hal' Jackson

Will Smith ... Tea Cake Walters

Nia Long ... Zora Mathews

Paul Rodriguez ... Jose

Jennifer Tilly ... Stacy
Peggy Rea ... Alberta

Clyde Kusatsu ... Bob Takashima

David Bowe ... Teddy

Jeffrey Joseph ... James
Rawley Valverde ... Diego

Fred Mancuso ... Bruce

Charlene Fernetz ... Paula

Shawn Levy ... Dwayne
Lu Leonard ... Sperm Bank Nurse
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Rated PG-13 for sexual situations and language.
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111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Carrie Fisher was an uncredited script doctor on the film. more
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Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when the bear attacks Hal during the commercial shoot. more
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Tea Cake Walters: There's a white man at the door! more
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Many careers were crippled here..., 15 January 2008
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Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Richard Benjamin was such an interesting actor in the 1970s (indifferent, unafraid to appear dishonest, sharp-tongued) that his transformation into a film director of complete and utter piffle is both surprising and disheartening. Here he helms a crass comedy laced with old-fashioned trimmings: Whoopi Goldberg plays the mother of teenage girl who gets the news she was the result of mom's visit to a sperm bank. Worse, her biological father is both white and an obnoxious car-salesman! Shrill, misguided piece flails about trying to be funny and does not succeed. Goldberg can't rise above the cheap, smarmy writing, nor can she do much under Benjamin's even smarmier handling. * from ****

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