Trading Places (1983)
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11/22/21 • 16 min
Eddie Murphy plays the con-man Billy Ray Valentine and Dan Ackroyd plays a spoiled investment banker Lewis Winthorp – one is barely making it while the other is living VERY comfortably...
Let's see what happens when they.....trade places! 😉
Of course, they’re not doing this on their own – it’s all plotted by the evil and powerful Duke brothers played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche who also get help along the way from Denholm Elliott as a wise live-in butler and Jamie Lee Curtis as a hooker with a heart of gold.
If it all sounds silly and cliched, don’t worry because it’s not – as directed by John Landis, this was one of the smartest comedies of the ’80s featuring two comedic stars at the height of their careers.
Host: Geoff Gershon
Producer: Marlene Gershon
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Eddie Murphy plays the con-man Billy Ray Valentine and Dan Ackroyd plays a spoiled investment banker Lewis Winthorp – one is barely making it while the other is living VERY comfortably...
Let's see what happens when they.....trade places! 😉
Of course, they’re not doing this on their own – it’s all plotted by the evil and powerful Duke brothers played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche who also get help along the way from Denholm Elliott as a wise live-in butler and Jamie Lee Curtis as a hooker with a heart of gold.
If it all sounds silly and cliched, don’t worry because it’s not – as directed by John Landis, this was one of the smartest comedies of the ’80s featuring two comedic stars at the height of their careers.
Host: Geoff Gershon
Producer: Marlene Gershon
https://livingforthecinema.com/Warning: Movie clips included feature profane language.
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Living for the Cinema - Trading Places (1983)
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TRADING PLACES - 1983
Directed by John Landis (Audio clip)
Starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Ackroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Paul Gleason
Genre: Social Comedy
In the pantheon of great Eddie comedies, this MIGHT be my personal favorite - from a moment early on when his Billy Ray Valentine feigns getting his legs and sight back when he's caught
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