Trading Places (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
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Cast & Crew.
![Eddie Murphy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5462-eddie-murphy.webp)
Eddie Murphy
Billy Ray Valentine
![Dan Aykroyd](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2186-dan-aykroyd.webp)
Dan Aykroyd
Louis Winthorpe III
![Ralph Bellamy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4073-ralph-bellamy.webp)
Ralph Bellamy
Randolph Duke
![Don Ameche](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38637-don-ameche.webp)
Don Ameche
Mortimer Duke
![Denholm Elliott](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2137-denholm-elliott.webp)
Denholm Elliott
Coleman
![Kristin Holby](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/912-kristin-holby.webp)
Kristin Holby
Penelope Witherspoon
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Paul Gleason
Clarence Beeks
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Maurice Woods
Duke & Duke Employee
![Jamie Lee Curtis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4811-jamie-lee-curtis.webp)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Ophelia
![Jim Gallagher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jim Gallagher
Duke & Duke Employee
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Alfred Drake
President of Exchange
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Anthony DiSabatino
Duke & Duke Employee
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Bo Diddley
Pawnbroker
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Bonnie Behrend
Duke & Duke Employee
![Frank Oz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/415-frank-oz.webp)
Frank Oz
Corrupt Cop
![John Landis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/167-john-landis.webp)
John Landis
Director
![Jim Belushi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/14898-jim-belushi.webp)
Jim Belushi
Harvey
![Al Franken](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/76083-al-franken.webp)
Al Franken
Baggage Handler #1
![Timothy Harris](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Timothy Harris
Writer
![Tom Davis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom Davis
Baggage Handler #2
![Herschel Weingrod](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Herschel Weingrod
Writer
![Aaron Russo](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/72762-aaron-russo.webp)
Aaron Russo
Producer
![Richard D. Fisher, Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard D. Fisher, Jr.
Duke & Duke Employee
![Elmer Bernstein](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/177570-elmer-bernstein.webp)
Elmer Bernstein
Composer
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Robert Paynter
Cinematographer
![Malcolm Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Malcolm Campbell
Editor
![Bonnie Timmermann](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173284-bonnie-timmermann.webp)
Bonnie Timmermann
CastingDirector
![Sunnie Merrill](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sunnie Merrill
Duke & Duke Employee
![Gene Rudolf](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gene Rudolf
ProductionDesigner
![James Newell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Newell
Duke & Duke Employee
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Mary St. John
Duke & Duke Employee
![Bonnie Tremena](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bonnie Tremena
Duke & Duke Employee
![David Schwartz](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Schwartz
Duke & Duke Employee
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Tom Degidon
Duke Domestic
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Duke Domestic
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Duke Domestic
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Duke Domestic
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Duke Domestic
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Duke Domestic
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Duke Domestic
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Duke Domestic
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Todd
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Harry
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Andrew
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Philip
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Cop #3
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Hooker #1
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Bartender
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Muffy
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Constance
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Bunny
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Jr. Executive #1
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Bernie McInerney
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Maurice Copeland
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Ralph Clanton
Official #1
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Bryan Clark
Official #2
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Shelly Chee Chee Hall
Monica
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Jan Saint
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Marlene Willoughby
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![George Folsey Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Folsey Jr.
Executive Producer
![Irwin Russo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Irwin Russo
Producer
![Sam Williams](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sam Williams
Producer
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George DeTitta Jr.
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George DeTitta Sr.
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Deborah Nadoolman
Costume Design
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music
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Linda Conaway-Parsloe
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Gary Jones
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Renee Bodner
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Frank Bianco
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Jack Engel
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![Charles L. Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1105921-charles-l-campbell.webp)
Charles L. Campbell
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Frank Graziadei
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Details.
Release DateJune 7, 1983
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Content RatingR
Budget$15,000,000
Box Office$90,404,800
Filming LocationsUnited States Virgin Islands · Philadelphia, United States of America
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Wiki.
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis, with a screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives cross when they are unwittingly made the subjects of an elaborate bet to test how each man will perform when their life circumstances are swapped.
Harris conceived the outline for Trading Places in the early 1980s after meeting two wealthy brothers who were engaged in an ongoing rivalry with each other. He and his writing partner Weingrod developed the idea as a project to star Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. When they were unable to participate, Landis cast Aykroyd—with whom he had worked previously—and a young but increasingly popular Murphy in his second feature-film role. Landis also cast Curtis against the intent of the studio, Paramount Pictures; she was famous mainly for her roles in horror films, which were looked down upon at the time. Principal photography took place from December 1982 to March 1983, entirely on location in Philadelphia and New York City. Elmer Bernstein scored the film, using Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera buffa The Marriage of Figaro as an underlying theme.
Trading Places was considered a box-office success on its release, earning over $90.4 million to become the fourth-highest-grossing film of 1983 in the United States and Canada, and $120.6 million worldwide. It also received generally positive reviews, with critics praising both the central cast and the film's revival of the screwball comedy genre prevalent in the 1930s and 1940s while criticizing Trading Places for lacking the same moral message of the genre while promoting the accumulation of wealth. It received multiple award nominations including an Academy Award for Bernstein's score and won two BAFTA awards for Elliott and Curtis. The film also launched or revitalized the careers of its main cast, who each appeared in several other films throughout the 1980s. In particular, Murphy became one of the highest-paid and most sought after comedians in Hollywood.
In the years since its release, the film has been reassessed both positively and negatively. It has been praised as one of the greatest comedy films and Christmas films ever made, but retrospective assessments have criticized its use of racial jokes and language. In 2010, the film was referenced in Congressional testimony concerning the reform of the commodities trading market designed to prevent the insider trading demonstrated in Trading Places. In 1988, Bellamy and Ameche reprised their characters for Murphy's comedy film Coming to America.
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