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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 ...
Trading Places was an even greater box office success than 48 Hrs. Murphy appeared in Best Defense (1984), co-starring Dudley Moore. Credited as a "Strategic Guest Star", the former was added to the film after an original version was completed but tested poorly with audiences. Best Defense was both a major financial and critical disappointment.
Denholm Mitchell Elliott CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor. He appeared in numerous productions on stage and screen, receiving BAFTA awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Trading Places (1983), A Private Function (1984) and Defence of the Realm (1986), [a] and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Emerson in A ...
In the 1983 movie “Trading Places,” the life of a financial manager is switched with a Philly street hustler when two filthy-rich commodities brokers — brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke ...
He also is known for his comedic roles in 1941 (1979), Trading Places (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), Dragnet (1987), The Great Outdoors (1988), Nothing but Trouble (1991) and Coneheads (1993). In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Boolie Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
Dan Akyroyd admitted in a recent interview with The Daily Beast that he probably would not put on Blackface for a movie role today like he did 40 years ago in the blockbuster comedy “Trading ...
Jamie Lee Curtis recently told People magazine that she felt “embarrassed” going nude for “Trading Places” when she was 21 years old. Curtis starred as a call girl in the John Landis ...
Willoughby also landed parts in mainstream fare such as No Place to Hide , Up the Sandbox (1972), I, the Jury (1982) [5] and Trading Places (1983), and softcore work such as Voices of Desire and While the Cat's Away... . Following her retirement from porn, she also appeared in the mainstream film Married to the Mob . [12]