Title: Trading Places / you fix me, I fix you / Exchange
English Name: Trading Places
Director: John Landis
Screenplay:
Timothy Harris
Herschel Weingrod
Starring: Dan Ackroyd
Jamie Lee Curtis
Eddie Murphy
Frank Oz Don Ameche
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1983
Country: United States
Language: English
Rating: 7.3/10 (9845)
Color: Color
Sound: DD51
Length: 118 minutes
Rating: UK: 15 Finland: S Australia: M
Synopsis:
Luis was a financier temperature Thorpe III, in his Randolph - has a prominent position and favorable treatment Mortimer Duke Brothers company. Billy Black is a tramp, in order to discuss anything to eat, he dressed as a disabled soldier begging. Once, Billy hunted police, so he hid in the finest clubs, unfortunately ran into Luis temperature Thorpe, Lewis ordered handed over to the police. Mortimer Duke brothers witnessed the whole process of the matter, the brothers took a different view of this matter, on the issue of the fate of a dispute, in order to prove their case, they decided to bet on winning or losing in this form: If the condition mature, Billy can also become a gentleman, and the temperature can be reduced to the same Thorpe bottom. Next, the Mortimer brothers trying to discredit the temperature Thorpe, that he find any, also lost his job and money, and who is to succeed him Billy. This huge shift will warm and Billy Thorpe dreadfully puzzled, after the discovery of himself out to make the truth. Finally, warm and Billy Thorpe unite revenge Mortimer brothers.
Behind the scenes:
Comedy storyline is nothing new at all, to apply the Mark Twain novel "The Prince and the poor children," and La Nimes "millions of pounds", is that the former 20th-century social comedy processing of the 1930s and copied to the modern society, the latter's "money" bet into a "destiny" bets only. The film with funny win, so that people who like adventures satisfied. Plus a strong cast - actors brought together dozens of wonderful performances, representing several generations of actors in Hollywood style, making this film a place in modern comedies.
Cast:
Dan Ackroyd .... Louis Winthorpe III
Eddie Murphy .... Billy Ray Valentine
Ralph Bellamy .... Randolph Duke
Don Ameche .... Mortimer Duke
Denholm Elliott .... Coleman
Jamie Lee Curtis .... Ophelia
Kristin Holby .... Penelope Witherspoon
Paul Gleason .... Clarence Beeks
Alfred Drake .... President of Exchange
Bo Diddley .... Pawnbroker
Frank Oz .... Corrupt cop
James Bruce .... Harvey
Al Franken .... Baggage handler # 1
Tom Davis .... Baggage handler # 2
Maurice Woods .... Duke & Duke employee |