Review of Trading Places (1983) by Lee K — 08 Jun 2010

Just added this gem from the 80's into the Kyle movie collection. Great storyline combined with a stellar cast make for a hilarious flick. Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd fresh from their s.n.l. runs.

.back when it was saturday night live not saturday night dead. I have owned this flick before but on vhs and now I get to see Jamie Lee Curtis's alltime great cinematic scene stealer when she exposes her fantastic chest for all to bear, keeping in mind that paused movies look better on dvd.

Watch out for the exceelent casting decision of Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy who are superb as mortimer and randolf duke. Directed by the awesome John Landis. some trivial faqcts that you may not have known about this film are: Richard Pryor was originally considered for the role of Billy Ray Valentine.

The film was conceived as a vehicle for Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. But when Pryor dropped out and Eddie Murphy came on board, he made a motion to get Wilder replaced because he didn't want people to think he was just trying to be another Pryor.

The original title: "Black and White". The electronic status board at Duke & Duke's (seen prominently in the Christmas scene) is the "Big Money" board from "Family Feud" (1976).

And lastr but not least John Gielgud and Ronnie Barker were offered Coleman the butler. If you have never seen this film and are starting to watch Ediie Murphy movies when he was actually still doing good movies make sure not to miss this one!