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The central storyline of Trading Places—a member of society trading places with another whose socio-economic status stands in direct contrast to his own—has often been compared to the 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.
On the commodities trading floor, the Dukes commit all their holdings to buying frozen concentrated orange-juice futures contracts; other traders follow their lead, inflating the price. Before the real crop report is broadcast, Valentine and Winthorpe sell futures heavily at the increased price.
Jul 12, 2013 · It's been 30 years since Trading Places came out. And, to be honest, I never really understood what happened at the end of that movie. Sure, Louis Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) and Billy Ray...
Jun 27, 2013 · In June of 1983, “Trading Places” was released in theaters. It remains the greatest Wall Street movie ever made. Thirty years later, most regard it as part of the canon of American comedies...
Jun 14, 2023 · From the '80s-style racism to arguments about biological essentialism to what actually happens on the market floor, there's a lot to unpack in Trading Places.
Jun 8, 2013 · The film is about two beyond-wealthy yet bored brothers ( Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) who swap out a well-to-do finance guy in their employ ( Dan Aykroyd) with a homeless conman ( Eddie Murphy)...
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. It stars 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...
