Trading Places | | Cast : | Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy | | Director : | John Landis | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 08, 1983 | | DVD Released Date : | June 24, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 03, 2005 | | Summary | 80's Comedy Classic that survives the test of time! | Content
 | Definitely one of the funniest movies I've ever seen... Not only are the characters ridiculous stereotypes and characters, but both the dialogue and the plot are absurd... Billy Ray Valentine, a street hustler-turned-Wall Street executive explaining why clients should buy pork bellies at 64 because the pork bellie producers are worried about their wives not making love to them or being able to afford a GI Joe with the Kung Fu Grip for their sons right after starting his new job at Christmastime? "My God, Mortimar, he's right!" Or Billy Ray explaining three good reasons why not to long on April Wheat with everyone in the entire restaurant listening to his analysis? If that alone isn't the price of admission, I'm not sure what is... Plenty of over-the-top absurdity. I could watch this flick over and over! |
| Rating | | | Date | January 30, 2005 | | Summary | Trading Places | Content
| Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd are perhaps one of the funniest duos of all time. They were hilarious together Saturday Night Live, so it's no surprise they repeat that same chemistry on the big screen. The movie ultimately about betrayal, greed, love, irony, friendship, deception, revenge, and comedy. The story basically tells you about two eccentric billionaires that decide to bet how two completely opposite individuals would react in different environments while cornering the stock market. Switching a homeless con artist Eddie Murphy to a rich stock broker while turning a successful businessman Dan Akroyd into a homeless drug attic. Upon discovering of this wager, Eddie and Dan form an alliance in their ultimate quest for revenge. The movie will take you on a great thrill ride that'll leave you begging for more. Overall, this is a must see film. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 31, 2004 | | Summary | REALLY REALLY BAD | Content
| How do they get the crop report to the US government? Clarence Beeks is on a ship to Africa. Does the US Gov't accept the orange crop report from any old idiot???
Seriously, I love this movie forever. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 12, 2004 | | Summary | Good movie but horrible DVD! | Content
| Please do not get the DVD because some of the scenes were cut. They need to make a new edition. The DVD is really bad! |
| Rating | | | Date | November 12, 2004 | | Summary | Mind Your Manners | Content
| What do you get when two Saturday Night Live performers from different generations team up with a "former" scream queen, a couple of Hollywood legends, and noteworthy director? Why, Trading Places, of course. It's a free for all that's a lot of fun.
A pair of millionaire Wall Street commodity traders, Randolph and Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) wager a bet that pits environment vs. biology and turns the lives of their two unsuspecting victims upside down. Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) is a streetwise hustler who gets dragged off the street and into the proper life of top Duke Bros. broker Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), who in turn gets tossed out of his ritzy townhouse and on to the street. Both men struggle to comprehend their new lives. Billy Ray is forced to learn proper etiquette, manners, and business sense while uptight Louis must figure out how to get by, befriending a prostitute, Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis) who takes him in and saves him from starvation--or worse. When the two innocent victims realize the scheming brothers' plot, they team up to teach the brothers a lesson and take control of their respective lives.
The team of Akroyd and Murphy is pure gold. Both men show off their respective comedic talents alone and as a team. Aided with plenty of punch by Bellamy, Ameche, Curtis, who proved that she could escape the clutches of killer Michael Myers if she had to, and scene stealer Denholm Elliott as butler Coleman. Director John Landis makes sure things stay funny while moving Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod's story along nicely. This film was a great pick me up for Ackroyd-pre Ghostbusters and a launch of sorts for Murphy's film career.
The movie is a true comedy classic from the 80's that has held up rather well. That being said, and given the film's popularity, I am perplexed as to Paramount's decision not to include any extras on the DVD. Heck, not even the theatrical trailer can be found. What gives? Retrospective material already exists out there--I have seen a few snipets. Trading Places deserves better. Until a special edition arrives...The movie is well worth a look |
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