A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total
James Newell
- Duke & Duke Employee
- (as Jim Newell)
- Director
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- TriviaRalph Bellamy (Randolph) and Don Ameche (Mortimer) make cameo appearances in Coming to America (1988) as the same characters; the two are now homeless, and Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) gives them a large amount of money to get them back off the streets.
- GoofsThe train leaving Washington, D.C. has a different style locomotive than the same train shown later in a pass-by shot.
- Crazy creditsJon Tenney is credited as "Big Black Guy" and James D. Turner as "Even Bigger Black Guy".
- Alternate versionsA scene that is available only in the television version is where Valentine first enters the Duke and Duke building. The cut version shows Coleman dropping off Valentine for his first day of work, then shows a smiling Valentine exiting an elevator and speaking to a receptionist. The uncut scene (television version) has Valentine entering the main hall of the building and going through a series of interactions with the same people that was nearly identical to the scene near the beginning when Winthorpe enters the building to go to work. This scene is one of the many ways of portraying contrasts in the movie; in this case "not knowing what to expect rookie" versus "veteran snob". This scene also shows why Valentine has a smile on his face as he exits the elevator and speaks confidently to the receptionist. Valentine surely was nervous before he entered the building talking to Coleman, but he gains confidence as he progresses down the main hall toward the elevator.
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Murphy and Aykroyd are Perfect!
When it comes to great comic films, nobody recalls the magic between Murphy and Aykroyd in Trading Places. In the early 80's Eddie Murphy was considered the funniest black comedian next to Richard Pryor. Dan Aykroyd was one of the all time great cast members of Saturday Night Live. Both actors started on SNL and were ready to make their career in films. Trading Places is an example of a perfect comedy. It is funny yes, but there is so much more. With its story, the acting, and the political, racial, and economical plots in the film add to its greatness. One of the best comedies to come out of the 1980's, it stands as one of Eddie Murphy's best earlier films as well as Aykroyd's performances as a character actor. A wonderful and somewhat good family film. If you're that kind of family that is.
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $90,404,800
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,348,200
- Jun 12, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $90,404,800
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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