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Trading Places (Blu-Ray)

"Blu-Ray Disc, Beyond High Definition."|They're Not Just Getting Rich...They're Getting Even.

What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy (Norbit, Dreamgirls) with Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters, Christmas with the Kranks) and director John Landis (Animal House, Coming to America)? You get a timeless comedy classic laced with sidesplitting, satiric humor. Murphy stars as a small time con artist who gets a chance to switch lives with Aykroyd's big time stock market maven. But their reversal of fortunes is just a cruel joke perpetrated by two bored mega rich brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) as part of an idle bet. And when the truth comes out...the consequences are sheer comedy gold!

"...one of the best comedies of the 1980s..."  Almar Haflidason, BBC Film Review
"Hilarious chemistry between Aykroyd and Murphy."  Bill Clark, From the Balcony
"...Murphy and Akroyd at the top of their game..."  Christopher Null, FilmCritic.com
"A thoroughly entertaining romp with its lampooning of social snobbery..."  Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice
"Enjoyable star comedy with pleasant performances."  Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress
"...one of the best comedies of the 1980s..."  Almar Haflidason, BBC Online
"...a classic comedy in every sense of the word...The premise is genius, and the situational comedy could not be better."  BumsCorner.com

Editor's Note

In this screwball comedy of manners, millionaire commodity brokers 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. Eddie Murphy costars as Billy Ray Valentine, 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 posh townhouse and onto the mean city streets. The comic team of Murphy and Aykroyd is deliriously funny as they both struggle to comprehend their new lives. Billy Ray is forced to learn proper etiquette, manners, and business sense while uptight Louis scrambles to make it on the streets, befriending a prostitute (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 unite and devise a fabulous revenge to prove that their lives can't be controlled by the power-grubbing Duke brothers. The film features outstanding work by Denholm Elliott as the butler and Curtis as the prostitute with a heart of gold. Curtis especially shines in the scene in which she removes all of her hustler accoutrements to reveal her true looks.

Plot Summary

As the result of a bet between two wealthy commodities traders, the lifestyles of a street hustler (Eddie Murphy) and a blue-nosed employee (Dan Akroyd) of the brokerage are reversed. The innocent victims of the bet scramble to make it in their new foreign environments, with hysterical results. Once they discover the switch played on them, they set out to exact their comic revenge on the execs, played by the grand old actors Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche..

Features

	Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
	Audio: French, Spanish Dolby Digital Mono
	Dubbed: French, Spanish
	Interactive Menus
	Scene Selection
	Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
	This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture And Sound

Entertainment Reviews

Trading Places - DVD

By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews

Published on: 6/2/2007 6:03 AM

Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd have made some bad movies in their day, but Trading Places is one of their respective bests. Now legendary, the film has been referenced and homaged to an extent matched by few other recent films. It's a classic story: Greedy Phildadelphia commodity brokers Randolph and Mortimer Duke (the inimatable Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) bet the sum of $1 on a "scientific experiment," namely that they can depose their successful managing director Louis (Aykroyd) and replace him with a common street bum named Valentine (Murphy). ...read the full review

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Paramount
	Release Date: 5/20/2008
	Running Time: 116 minutes
	Original Release Date: 1983
	Catalog ID: 124774
	UPC: 00097361247748
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Widescreen 1.85:1

Cast & Crew

	Dan Aykroyd
	Don Ameche
	Eddie Murphy
	Jamie Lee Curtis
	Aaron Russo - Producer
	Elmer Bernstein - Original Music By
	Gene Rudolf - Production Designer
	George Folsey, Jr. - Executive Producer
	Herschel Weingrod - Writer
	John Landis - Director
	Malcolm Campbell - Editor
	Robert Paynter - Cinematographer
	Timothy Harris - Writer

Awards


Winner (1984)
	British Academy Awards, Denholm Elliot, Best Supporting Actor
	British Academy Awards, Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actress

Nominee (1984)
	British Academy Awards, Timothy Harris, Best Screenplay - Original
	Golden Globe, Eddie Murphy, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
	Golden Globe, Trading Places, Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
	Oscar, Elmer Bernstein, Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

British Academy Awards (1984)
	Denholm Elliott, Winner, Best Supporting Actor

Golden Globe (1984)
	Eddie Murphy, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

Oscar (1984)
	Elmer Bernstein, Nominee, Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

British Academy Awards (1984)
	Jamie Lee Curtis, Winner, Best Supporting Actress
	Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod, Nominee, Best Screenplay - Original

Golden Globe (1984)
	Trading Places, Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical