Taglines: At the sperm-bank she asked for a tall, intelligent, black man. One out of three ain’t bad.
Made in America movie storyline. 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.
Made in America is a 1993 American comedy film released on May 28, 1993 by Warner Bros. starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson, and featuring Nia Long, Jennifer Tilly and Will Smith. The film was directed by Richard Benjamin. It was shot in various locations in Oakland, California and at Oakland Technical High School.
A notable song on the soundtrack is “Colors of Love,” written by Carole Bayer Sager, James Ingram and Bruce Roberts, and produced by David Foster, which alludes to the story line.
Made in America (1993)
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Will Smith, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Jennifer Tilly, Peggy Rea, Clyde Kusatsu, Charlene Fernetz, Shawn Levy, Fred Mancuso
Screenplay by: Marcia Brandwynne, Nadine Schiff, Holly Goldberg Sloan
Production Design by: Evelyn Sakash
Cinematography by: Ralf D. Bode
Film Editing by: Jacqueline Cambas
Costume Design by: Elizabeth McBride
Set Decoration by: Hilton Rosemarin
Music by: Mark Isham
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual situations and language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: May 28, 1993
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