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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Supporting Actress 1983 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Supporting Actor 1983 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 1984 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 1984 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) 1984 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Original Screenplay 1983 · Nominated
Trading Places Jump to Academy Awards, USA (1) BAFTA Awards (3) Golden Globes, USA (2) Image Awards (NAACP) (1) Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1) Jupiter Award (3) 3 wins & 8 nominations
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written 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 ...
- June 8, 1983
- Aaron Russo
Jun 8, 2013 · Thirty years ago, “Trading Places,” John Landis‘ classic comedy, premiered to critical and commercial success.Not only was it the 4 th highest grossing film of 1983 (making over $90 million ...
- Diana Drumm
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Jun 8, 1983 · Trading Places: Directed by John Landis. With Denholm Elliott, Dan Aykroyd, Maurice Woods, Richard D. Fisher Jr.. A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Oct 10, 2020 · October 10, 2020 10:00am. Stars Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, surrounded by traders on the floor of the COMEX exchange at New York’s World Trade Center in 1983’s 'Trading Places.'. Courtesy ...
"Trading Places" resembles "Tootsie" and, for that matter, some of the classic Frank Capra and Preston Sturges comedies: It wants to be funny, but it also wants to tell us something about human nature and there are whole stretches when we forget it's a comedy and get involved in the story. And it's a great idea for a story: A white preppy snot and a black street hustler trade places, and learn ...
Summary Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy), a street con man and Louis Winthorpe III, a commodities broker (Aykroyd) agree to trade places after monied Mortimer Duke (Ameche) bets Billy Ray could pull in more money than Louis could on the streets. Comedy. Directed By: John Landis. Written By: Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod.
