Trading Places (1983)

In this crowd-pleasing 1983 comedy of high finance about a homeless con artist who becomes a Wall Street robber baron, Eddie Murphy consolidated the success of his startling debut in the previous year's 48 Hours and polished his slick-winner persona. The turnabout begins with an argument between super-rich siblings, played by Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche: Are captains of industry, they wonder, born or made? To settle the issue, the meanies construct a cruel experiment in social Darwinism. Preppie commodities trader Dan Aykroyd (perfectly cast) is stripped of all his worldly goods and expelled from the firm, and Murphy's smelly derelict is appointed to take his place, graduating to tailored suits and a world-class harem in record time. Eventually the two men team up to teach the nasty old manipulators a lesson, cornering the market in frozen orange juice futures in the process. Director John Landis (The Blues Brothers) doesn't have the world's lightest touch, but he hits most of the jokes hard and quite a few of them pay off. Trading Places is also a landmark film for fans of Jamie Lee Curtis. --David Chute Amazon.com essential video

Trading Places - Blu-ray Info

Version: U.S.A / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-25
Running time: 1:56:22
Movie size: 20,97 GB
Disc size: 23,84 GB
Average video bit rate: 21.61 Mbps

Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz
Dolby Digital Audio French 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz

Subtitles: English / English SDH / French / Spanish

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trading places special collector's edition

Aside from this being one of the greatest movies of all time, the special collector's edition has some really cool special features. My husband and I really enjoyed the piece about the costuming done for the movie and the piece on the futures trade is excellent! It made our favorite movie even more interesting! August 22, 2008

The greatest comedy of all time!

This film is the absolute best comedy ever! It may not be the funniest (that probably goes to Tommy Boy - also with Dan Ackroyd - hmm - the burning model car scene makes me laugh until I cry just thinking about it), but for laughs and satisfaction it doesn't get any better. I defy viewers to stop themselves from grinning when Billy Ray explains to the Dukes how Winthorp could "do this to us after all that we've done for you"! The villains are developed admirably and then knocked down in MORE than fitting fashion (especially the loathsome Clarence Beeks).

I don't personally believe in revenge, but it's hard to feel guilty about the way our heroes turn the tables on the villains in this film - they truly appear to deserve their fates. Besides, who can forget Eddie Murphy's memorable lines "Is there a problem, officers?" (with eight guns pointed at his head) or "It was the Dukes! It was the Dukes" (while being throttled by Dan Ackroyd)?

If you haven't seen the film, you don't know what you're missing! It's a must see! August 12, 2008

And Old Time Best. Gotta have it.

This is one of the old time favorites. YOu must have it in your collections of comedies. If you can't buy it, Rent It. May 30, 2008

Great Classic

Great movie, even better in HD, one of Eddie Murphys best, If you area fan this is going to be a non stop laugh, you cant go wrong, especially with the great supporting cast. May 29, 2008

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