Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives cross when they are unwittingly made the subjects of an elaborate bet to test how each man will perform when their life ...

Trading Places: Directed by John Landis. With Denholm Elliott, Dan Aykroyd, Maurice Woods, Richard D. Fisher Jr.. A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Jul 12, 2013 · Standing on the floor of the exchange, Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) yells out: Sell 30 April at 142! Here's what that means: He wants to promise to sell orange juice in April for $1.42 per pound.

Jul 19, 2024 · Dan Aykroyd reveals details about the potential Trading Places sequel, which will be set in the Caribbean. The sequel would feature Eddie Murphy as a hedge fund billionaire helping out Dan...

Dan Aykroyd is Louis Winthorpe III, the stuck-up commodities broker. And, in a masterstroke of casting, those aging veterans Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche are cast as the Duke brothers, incalculably rich men who make little wagers involving human lives.

Jul 7, 2023 · Dan Aykroyd recently shared insights about his portrayal of an investment banker in the 1983 film Trading Places, where he starred alongside Eddie Murphy’s character, a cunning con artist. One of the scenes featured Aykroyd’s character Louis Winthorpe III wearing blackface makeup with dreadlocks while speaking in a Jamaican accent.

Jun 29, 2023 · Dan Aykroyd is looking back on what would now be considered controversial: his Blackface moment in Trading Places. “I was in Blackface in that film and I probably couldn’t get away with it...

Jul 3, 2023 · It was 40 years ago when Canadian actor Dan Aykroyd participated in a Hollywood practice that has since been deemed highly inappropriate. He recently reflected on when he wore dark makeup in a scene from Trading Places, and noted that it would not fly these days.

Nov 6, 2009 · Trading Places - (Teaser Trailer) A Wall Street investor (Dan Aykroyd) and a man from the hood (Eddie Murphy) find themselves Trading Places (1983).

Trading Places: Directed by John Landis. With Denholm Elliott, Dan Aykroyd, Maurice Woods, Richard D. Fisher Jr.. A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.