Made in America (film)

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Made In America
Directed by	Richard Benjamin
Produced by	Rick Bieber Arnon Milchan Michael Douglas
Written by	Marcia Brandwynne Nadine Schiff Holly Goldberg Sloan
Starring	Whoopi Goldberg Ted Danson Nia Long Will Smith Jennifer Tilly
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	May 28, 1993 (1993-05-28)
Language	English
Budget	Domestic: $95 million Worldwide: $140 million
IMDb profile

Made in America is successful 1993 film released on May 28, 1993 by Warner Bros. starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson, and featuring Nia Long, Jennifer Tilly and Will Smith.

Zora Matthews (Long), whose mother, Sarah (Goldberg) conceived her with the aid of an anonymous sperm donor, discovers her father is a white man named Hal Jackson (Danson). This comes as a major shock to Sarah, who had explicitly requested a black donor. The film revolves around Zora and her mother's rocky relationship with Jackson following the discovery of his ethnicity.

When the film opened in theaters on May 28, 1993, it grossed more than $12 million on its openning weekend. The film was released to more than 2,000 theaters and grossed nearly $50 million in the U.S. alone. Worldwide, the film earned more than $100 million. The film also started Grammy Award-winning rapper Will Smith's successful career as a film actor.

[edit] External links

• Made in America at the Internet Movie Database