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Trading Places
Trading Places came out in cinema's in 1983, a year before Dan
Aykroyd's smash hit,
GhostBusters. Although Trading Places did not do that well in Cinema's,
it's still thought of
as one of Eddie Murphy's and Dan Aykroyd's best films.
Dan Aykroyd plays the snooty, rich Louis Winthorpe III, who ends up
being a Human Hamster to commodity brokers Mortimer and Randolph Duke.
Eddie Murphy is the street beggar, Billy Ray Valentine , who is plucked
out of jail to be the other half the of the Brother's experiement. So
follows a classic tale of 2 men who end
up switching places and seeing what it's like to live in the other
half.
Cast
Dan Aykroyd- Louis Winthorpe III
Eddie Murphy- Billy Ray Valentine
Jamie Lee Curtis- Ophelia
Don Ameche- Mortimer Duke
Ralph Bellamy- Randolph Duke
Denholm Elliott- Coleman
Kristin Holby- Penelope Witherspoon
Paul Gleason- Clarence Beeks
Trivia
-James Belushi plays the guy in the monkey suit
towards the end-you'll
have to keep a close
eye out for him, because he's not in it for long!
-Frank Oz also makes an appearence as the "Corrupt
cop". Watch out for
him too!
-In alot of John Landis's (director) films, he often
puts in his
trademark-somewhere you'll see
something saying "See you Next Wednesday". It refers to a film he
wanted to make when he was a teenager.
In the film you can spot it in Ophelia's apartment.
-In the opening montage of Philadelphia there is a
shot of the statue
erected in Rocky III that was released the previous year. (Thanks
to IMDB for this one!)
-Louis'(Dan Ackroyd) prison number is 7474505B,
which is the same
prison number as Jake (John Belushi) in "The Blues Brothers", also
directed by John Landis and starring Dan Ackroyd). (Thanks
also to IMDB for this one!)
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