Amazon.com essential video: 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
Movie that inspired me to learn trading ^ Three things influenced my financial life in the 80's and lead me to trading.
1) The movie Trading Places 2) The movie Wallstreet 3) "How to make $1,000,000 in the Stock Market Automatically" by Robert Lichello
It is because of these 3 items that when I grew up, I traded; first stocks, then commodities, then options, then taught options trading; then traded Forex; then taught Forex.
This movie, is probably my all-time favorite movie. I believe this is an inspirational movie; and unlike the movies of today, this thing has it all; plot, good guys, bad guys, and no Ben Affleck.
If you've never seen this movie, you've never lived. Three Thumbs Up!
Good Movie ^ Funny as i remembered. Had a lot of foul language though. More than you hear in movies today.
An 80s Classic ^ Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis at their best. I love also that in Eddie's next movie 'Coming To America' they had the two rich old dudes in the movie. 80s classic. Giving the movie 4 out of 5 cuz I prefer it in full screen format and the original movie cover.
Blu Ray Looking Good Edition ^ This is one of my favorite movies ever! The transfer to Blu Ray was done very well, much better than on DVD. I recommed this to anyone that loves 80's comedies.
Trading Places ^ Louis Winthorpe III is a successful Philadelphia commodity broker with mansion, manservant and girlfriend to match. Billy Ray Valentine is a hustling beggar. Winthorpe's employers, the elderly Duke brothers, make a bet that by switching the lifestyle of the two Billy Ray will make good and their man will take to a life of crime. Suddenly Louis finds himself uncomprehendingly with no job, no home and only a new acquaintance, glamorous hooker Ophelia, prepared to help him. So at least in one way things could actually be worse. Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy make a thoroughly wonderful team in this movie. A truly great hilarious comedy masterpiece and classic.
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