TRADING PLACES
Special Features: 40th Anniversary
"Christmas, huh? I'll give him a Christmas present he'll never forget." Nature vs. nurture is given a cynical test by the Duke brothers, Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) and Mortimer (Don Ameche), snobby Wall Street one-percenters who engineer an outrageous change of fortune — framing their star broker Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) for crimes, while giving a plum position to street hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) — to settle a bet. After Louis hits rock bottom in spectacular fashion, drunkenly confronting his clique of former friends while wearing a dirty Santa Claus costume, he and Billy Ray team up to get back at the Dukes. Crisply directed by John Landis, the excellent cast, including Jamie Lee Curtis as a financially savvy streetwalker and Denholm Elliott as a put-upon butler, give top-of-their game performances, led by the hilariously inventive Murphy. With Frank Oz, Bo Diddley and Al Franken. DIR John Landis; SCR Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod; PROD Aaron Russo. U.S., 1983, color, 116 min. RATED R
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Run Time: 116 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, December 17, 2023
Genre: Comedy-drama
