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Trading Places (1983)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Dan Aykroyd Louis Winthorpe III
Eddie Murphy Billy Ray Valentine
Ralph Bellamy Randolph Duke
Jamie Lee Curtis Ophelia
Don Ameche Mortimer Duke
Bo Diddley Pawnbroker
Alfred Drake President of Exchange
Denholm Elliott Coleman
Paul Gleason Clarence Beeks
Kristin Holby Penelope Witherspoon
Maurice Woods Duke & Duke Employee
Richard D. Fisher Jr. Duke & Duke Employee
Jim Gallagher Duke & Duke Employee
Anthony DiSabatino Duke & Duke Employee
Bonnie Behrend Duke & Duke Employee
Sunnie Merrill Duke & Duke Employee
James Newell Duke & Duke Employee
Mary St. John Duke & Duke Employee
Movie Details
Genre Comedy
Director John Landis
Producer Aaron Russo; George Folsey Jr.
Writer Timothy Harris; Herschel Weingrod
Studio Paramount Pictures
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 118 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.3
Plot
Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy) are wealthy, bored and amoral commodity brokers in Philadelphia. When Billie Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), pretending to be a blind cripple, is caught and accused of stealing the briefcase belonging to their upper-class employee, Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), the brothers decide on a wager. They bet that the job makes the man and so arrange for Billy Ray and Winthrope to trade places. Billy Ray ends up with Winthrope’s house and job, partying with his friends from the ghetto. Winthrope ends up comedically penniless and homeless. They discover what the Dukes have done and decide to have a wager of their own. Billy Ray and Winthrope decide to trick the Dukes into losing their shirts on frozen orange juice futures. They are assisted by Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis), a street walker who has taken pity on Winthrope, and by Coleman (Denholm Elliott), Winthrope’s (and then Billy Ray's) butler. Through a series of hilarious adventures, the Dukes get their comeuppance and Billy Ray, Winthrope, Ophelia, and Coleman live happily ever after.
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 66
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Trading Places at Movie Collector Connect
IMDB
Amazon US
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen (16:9, Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 097360155143
Release Date 6/24/2003
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned)
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby