Trading Places
1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis, with a screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod.
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Jamie Lee Curtis
American actress, producer, author, and activist.
American actress, producer, author, and activist.
Curtis's film work spans many genres, including the cult comedies Trading Places (1983)—for which she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress—and A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
Elmer Bernstein
American composer and conductor.
American composer and conductor.
He is known for his work on the comedic films, Animal House (1978), Meatballs (1979), Airplane! (1980), The Blues Brothers (1980), Stripes (1981), Trading Places (1984), Ghostbusters (1984), Spies Like Us (1985), and Three Amigos (1986).
Coming to America
1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the lead role.
1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also stars in the lead role.
After a dinner date with Lisa is thwarted when Semmi furnishes their apartment with a hot tub and other luxuries, Akeem confiscates his money and donates it to two homeless men.
John Landis
American comedy filmmaker and actor.
American comedy filmmaker and actor.
He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed, such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Trading Places (1983), Three Amigos (1986), Coming to America (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), and for directing Michael Jackson's music videos for "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991).
Jim Belushi
American actor, comedian and musician.
American actor, comedian and musician.
Belushi also appeared in the film Trading Places as a drunk man in a gorilla suit during a New Year's Eve party.
Al Franken
American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018.
American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018.
They also had minor roles in All You Need Is Cash and the film Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.
Ralph Bellamy
American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, film, and television.
American actor whose career spanned 62 years on stage, film, and television.
This was quickly followed by his role as Randolph Duke, a conniving millionaire commodities trader in Trading Places (1983) alongside Don Ameche.
Dan Aykroyd
Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer.
Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer.
One of his best-received performances was as a blueblood-turned-wretch in the 1983 comedy Trading Places, in which he co-starred with fellow SNL alumnus Eddie Murphy and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Eddie Murphy
American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer.
American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer.
Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs. (1982), the Beverly Hills Cop series (1984–present), Trading Places (1983), The Nutty Professor (1996), and Dolemite Is My Name (2019).
Don Ameche
American actor, comedian and vaudevillian.
American actor, comedian and vaudevillian.
Returning to film work in his later years, Ameche enjoyed a fruitful revival of his career beginning with his role as a villain in Trading Places (1983) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Cocoon (1985).