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Trading Places (1983) 7.4
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7.4/10 from 65,944 users
Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 132 user | 61 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. Director:John Landis |
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Cast
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Maurice Woods | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Richard D. Fisher Jr. | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Jim Gallagher | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Anthony DiSabatino | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Bonnie Behrend | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Sunnie Merrill | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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James Newell | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Mary St. John | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Bonnie Tremena | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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David Schwartz | ... |
Duke & Duke Employee
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Tom Degidon | ... |
Duke Domestic
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Plot Synopsis
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Louis Winthorpe is a businessman who works for commodities brokerage firm of Duke and Duke owned by the brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke. Now they bicker over the most trivial of matters and what they are bickering about is whether it's a person's environment or heredity that determines how well they will do in life. When Winthorpe bumps into Billy Ray Valentine, a street hustler and assumes he is trying to rob him, he has him arrested. Upon seeing how different the two men are, the brothers decide to make a wager as to what would happen if Winthorpe loses his job, his home and is shunned by everyone he knows and if Valentine was given Winthorpe's job. So they proceed to have Winthorpe arrested and to be placed in a compromising position in front of his girlfriend. So all he has to rely on is the hooker who was hired to ruin him. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 June 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Black or White See more »Filming Locations:
The New York Chamber of Commerce Building - The Great Hall, 65 Liberty Street, New York, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Gross:
$90,400,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Coleman: [holding a breakfast tray while Louis is still asleep] Your breakfast, sir.
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By Joseph Beal & James Boothe (as Jim Boothe)
Performed by Brenda Lee
Courtesy MCA Records, Inc.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The original title: "Black and White". See more »Goofs
In the park after the 2 cops expose Billy Ray, the cop on the right is standing with his legs slightly apart facing the camera. The shot from behind shows him standing with his hips to the right, one leg behind the other. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Coleman: [holding a breakfast tray while Louis is still asleep] Your breakfast, sir.
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Crazy Credits
The names of the major actors/actresses are shown superimposed on short clips from the film. The clips showing Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy and Jamie-Lee Curtis respectively are obvious outtakes as they all crack up and burst into smiles and/or laughter. See more »Soundtracks
"JINGLE BELL ROCK"By Joseph Beal & James Boothe (as Jim Boothe)
Performed by Brenda Lee
Courtesy MCA Records, Inc.
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This is probably one of the funniest films of the 1980's. It not only is a play on the classic nature vs. nurture theme, but it is also a somewhat comedic commentary on the "greed is good" decade of the 80's. However, it is also a nice bridging of the generations as it features two of the biggest stars to come from "Saturday Night Live" Eddie Murphy does a fine job as con man Billy Ray and Dan Ackroyd is great as Louis. Jamie Lee Curtis is also wonderful as Ophelia. In fact, it was good to see her do something other than the "scream queen" roles which she became famous for during the early part of her career. She definitely shows the comedic timing that she would display later in her career and would make her one of the finest comedic actresses in film today. However, the one that really steals it for me is Denholm Elliot as Coleman. He delivers a very low key performance that is befitting for that role. This is a real gem.