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Trading Places
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| | | They're Not Just Getting Rich...They're Getting Even.
Features: DVD, English, Dolby Digital (5.1)
What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy (Norbit, Dreamgirls) with Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters, Christmas with the Kranks) and director John Landis (Animal House, Coming to America)? You get a timeless comedy classic laced with sidesplitting, satiric humor. Murphy stars as a small time con artist who gets a chance to switch lives with Aykroyd's big time stock market maven. But their reversal of fortunes is just a cruel joke perpetrated by two bored mega rich brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) as part of an idle bet. And when the truth comes out...the consequences are sheer comedy gold!
"...one of the best comedies of the 1980s..." Almar Haflidason, BBC Online
"Hilarious chemistry between Aykroyd and Murphy." Bill Clark, From the Balcony
"...a classic comedy in every sense of the word...The premise is genius, and the situational comedy could not be better." BumsCorner.com
"...Murphy and Akroyd at the top of their game..." Christopher Null, FilmCritic.com
"Enjoyable star comedy with pleasant performances." Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress
Editor's Note
In this screwball comedy of manners, millionaire commodity brokers Randolph and Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) wager a bet that pits environment vs. biology and turns the lives of their two unsuspecting victims upside down. Eddie Murphy costars as Billy Ray Valentine, a streetwise hustler who gets dragged off the street and into the proper life of top Duke Bros. broker Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), who in turn gets tossed out of his posh townhouse and onto the mean city streets. The comic team of Murphy and Aykroyd is deliriously funny as they both struggle to comprehend their new lives. Billy Ray is forced to learn proper etiquette, manners, and business sense while uptight Louis scrambles to make it on the streets, befriending a prostitute (Jamie Lee Curtis) who takes him in and saves him from starvation--or worse. When the two innocent victims realize the scheming brothers' plot, they unite and devise a fabulous revenge to prove that their lives can't be controlled by the power-grubbing Duke brothers. The film features outstanding work by Denholm Elliott as the butler and Curtis as the prostitute with a heart of gold. Curtis especially shines in the scene in which she removes all of her hustler accoutrements to reveal her true looks.
Plot Summary
As the result of a bet between two wealthy commodities traders, the lifestyles of a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and a blue-nosed employee (Dan Akroyd) of the brokerage are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. Once they discover the switch played on them, they set out to exact their comic revenge on the execs, played by the grand old actors Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche..
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Stereo | | Audio: French, Spanish, Portugese Dolby Digital Mono | | Dubbed: French, Spanish, Portugese | | Featurette: Insider Trading - The Making Of Trading Places, Trading Stories, Dressing The Part, & The Trade In Trading Places | | Industry Promotional Piece | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English | | The Deleted Scene With Optional Audio Commentary By Executive Producer George Folsey, Jr. | | Trivia Pop-Ups |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 2/3/2009 |
| Running Time: 116 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1983 | | Catalog ID: 138504 | | UPC: 00097361385044 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Portuguese Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Jamie Lee Curtis | | Denholm Elliott | | Ralph Bellamy | | Dan Aykroyd | | Paul Gleason | | Eddie Murphy | | Don Ameche | | John Landis - Director |
| Awards |
British Academy Awards (1984) | | Denholm Elliott, Winner, Best Supporting Actor | |
Golden Globe (1984) | | | Eddie Murphy, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | |
Oscar (1984) | | | Elmer Bernstein, Nominee, Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score | |
British Academy Awards (1984) | | Jamie Lee Curtis, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | | Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod, Nominee, Best Screenplay - Original | |
Golden Globe (1984) | | | Trading Places, Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical |
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