Trading Places 1983 123movies

Watch: Trading Places 1983 123movies, Full Movie Online – Louis Winthorpe is a businessman who works for commodities brokerage firm of Duke and Duke owned by the brothers Mortimer and Randolph Duke. Now they bicker over the most trivial of matters and what they are bickering about is whether it’s a person’s environment or heredity that determines how well they will do in life. When Winthorpe bumps into Billy Ray Valentine, a street hustler and assumes he is trying to rob him, he has him arrested. Upon seeing how different the two men are, the brothers decide to make a wager as to what would happen if Winthorpe loses his job, his home and is shunned by everyone he knows and if Valentine was given Winthorpe’s job. So they proceed to have Winthorpe arrested and to be placed in a compromising position in front of his girlfriend. So all he has to rely on is the hooker who was hired to ruin him..
Plot: A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 152,384
	88% | RottenTomatoes
	69/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 2708 Popularity: 34.531 | TMDB

Reviews:

The Prince and the Pauper with Eddie & Dan on sparkling form.

Mortimer & Randolph Duke are two repugnantly rich brothers, they make a bet that sees the role reversal of top toff yuppie, Louis Winthorpe, and wise cracking street hustler bum, Billy Ray Valentine. That’s about the strength of the films plot, yet it makes for a very funny film that crackles with glee due to it’s excellently written script. Watching the respective characters rise and fall respectively creates laughs aplenty whilst asking the question of how we all would cope in similar circumstances?

Sure the film does beat one over the head with its social message, we are in no doubt from the off about the gap between the rich and the poor, and yes the colour of a persons skin also rears its ugly head here to make this one of the more braver comedies of the 80s. Billy Ray Valentine (a brilliant dual performance from Eddie Murphy) is elevated up the social ladder, he becomes a force in industry, but as the progression enthrals him it also makes him aware that the things at the top end of the ladder aren’t exactly stand up doings. Winthorpe (a perfectly casted Dan Ackroyd) drops further down the social ladder and resorts to behaviour that nobody from the upper echelons could ever have dreamed he would be capable of – it’s only an encounter with prostitute Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis at the peak of her sexiness), and her good heart, that starts to see an upturn in his now dead bottom fortunes.

The gags come thick and fast, both verbally (Murphy on fire) and visually, as the film sees the whole cast fusing together to create a cracking comedy. Come the denouement on Wall Street we are privy to a joyous and savage turn of events that ice the clever Christmas cake we have just digested. It does have an 80s sheen about it, and viewing now in post 9/11 times it’s got a tint of nostalgia value to it, but really it’s all about the script, the stars and a kick in the eye for those who think nothing of treading on the people below them, enjoy. 8/10

Is it offensive? Very much. Is it worth watching? Absolutely. Is it funny as hell? Hell yeah!

This classic OUTRAGEOUS comedy caper is the perfect holiday film to watch in between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

Hugely funny film – Eddie Murphy’s finest moment
Right from the opening credits, this film shows quality. It stands above other comedies due to the lack of filler material – every line is memorable. The cast is great; the two leads make the most of their characters (both as brokers and bums) but never overstep the mark, thanks partly to the tight editing. The plot becomes a little bizarre, but by that time you’re already hooked, and the ending of the film is pure joy. To my mind, no recent comedy has been this good; it mixes high and low brow jokes without resorting to toilet humour, it doesn’t pull any punches (spot the social commentary), the performances are masterful and the script achieves depth without sacrificing the one-liners or slowing the pace.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min)
Budget 15000000
Revenue 90404800
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy
Director John Landis
Writer Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
Actors Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Cameras and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Metrocolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 3,191 m (6 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm