116 mins |
Rated
15
Back by popular demand! Genuinely, we think this hidden Christmas gem deserves more air time and you've all agreed! Relive the magic of Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy & Jamie Lee Curtis; For one night only!
Duke brothers Randolph and Mortimer own a successful commodities brokerage in Philadelphia. Holding opposing views on the issue of nature versus nurture, they make a wager and agree to conduct an experiment switching the lives of two unwitting people at opposite sides of the social hierarchy and observing the results. They witness an encounter between their managing director—the well-mannered and educated Louis Winthorpe III (Ackroyd) and a poor street hustler named Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy). Valentine is arrested at Winthorpe's insistence because of a suspected robbery attempt. The Dukes decide to use the two men for their experiment.
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Back by popular demand! Genuinely, we think this hidden Christmas gem deserves more air time and you've all agreed! Relive the magic of Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy & Jamie Lee Curtis; For one night only!
Duke brothers Randolph and Mortimer own a successful commodities brokerage in Philadelphia. Holding opposing views on the issue of nature versus nurture, they make a wager and agree to conduct an experiment switching the lives of two unwitting people at opposite sides of the social hierarchy and observing the results. They witness an encounter between their managing director—the well-mannered and educated Louis Winthorpe III (Ackroyd) and a poor street hustler named Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy). Valentine is arrested at Winthorpe's insistence because of a suspected robbery attempt. The Dukes decide to use the two men for their experiment.