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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1983 DVD Release: 09/24/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 11 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Comedy of Manners See Also: Trading Places [Special Collector's Edition], Trading Places [Blu-ray], Trading Places [HD DVD], Trading Places [Spanish Version], Trading Places [I Love the 80's Edition] [DVD/CD]

The "nature-nurture" theory that motivated so many Three Stooges comedies is the basis of John Landis's hit comedy. The fabulously wealthy but morally bankrupt Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a one-dollar bet over heredity vs. environment. Curious as to what might happen if different lifestyles were reversed, they arrange for impoverished street hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) to be placed in the lap of luxury and trained for a cushy career in commodities brokerage. Simultaneously, they set about to reduce aristocratic yuppie Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd to poverty and disgrace, hiring a prostitute (Jamie Lee Curtis) to hasten his downfall. When Billy Ray figures out that the brothers intend to dump him back on the streets once their experiment is complete, he seeks out Winthorpe, and together the pauper-turned-prince and prince-turned-pauper plot an uproarious revenge. With the good-hearted prostitute and Winthorpe's faithful butler (Denholm Elliott) as their accomplices, they set about to hit the brothers where it really hurts: in the pocketbook. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Eddie Murphy - Billy Ray Valentine
Dan Aykroyd - Louis Winthorpe III
Ralph Bellamy - Randolph Duke
Don Ameche - Mortimer Duke
Denholm Elliott - Coleman
Jamie Lee Curtis - Ophelia

There's not a lot of adornment on the DVD release of Trading Places, the hysterical Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd comedy. Thank goodness Trading Places is a film worth watching. The DVD is widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound in English and Dolby Surround in English and French mono. It's also closed-captioned and subtitled in English. ~ Sharon McRill, All Movie Guide