Trading Places

Summary

Trading Places is a film^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,003 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Trading Places's instance of is recorded as film^[3].
• Trading Places's director is recorded as John Landis^[4].
• Trading Places's screenwriter is recorded as Timothy Harris^[5].
• Trading Places's screenwriter is recorded as Herschel Weingrod^[6].
• Trading Places's composer is recorded as Elmer Bernstein^[7].
• Trading Places's genre is recorded as comedy film^[8].
• Trading Places's genre is recorded as Christmas film^[9].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Dan Aykroyd^[10].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Eddie Murphy^[11].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Ralph Bellamy^[12].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Don Ameche^[13].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Denholm Elliott^[14].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Jamie Lee Curtis^[15].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Paul Gleason^[16].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Frank Oz^[17].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Jim Belushi^[18].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Bo Diddley^[19].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Al Franken^[20].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Alfred Drake^[21].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as James Eckhouse^[22].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Kelly Curtis^[23].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Robert Earl Jones^[24].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Ron Taylor^[25].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Tom Davis^[26].
• Trading Places's cast member is recorded as Robert Curtis Brown^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Trading Places's producer is recorded as Aaron Russo^[28]. Its director is recorded as John Landis^[4]. Screenwriters include Timothy Harris^[5] and Herschel Weingrod^[6]. Cast members include Dan Aykroyd^[10], Eddie Murphy^[11], Ralph Bellamy^[12], Don Ameche^[13], Denholm Elliott^[14], and Jamie Lee Curtis^[15].

Publication

Publication dates include +1983-12-16T00:00:00Z^[29] and +1983-01-01T00:00:00Z^[30]. Trading Places's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English^[31]. Genres include comedy film^[8] and Christmas film^[9].

Subject and Themes

Trading Places's main subject is recorded as frozen concentrated orange juice^[32].

Reception

Reviews include 7.5/10^[33], 87%^[34], and 69/100^[35].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Trading Places include A Milhouse Divided^[36], a television series episode^[37], directed by Steven Dean Moore^[38] and The Frying Game^[39], an animated series episode^[40], directed by Michael Polcino^[41].

Why It Matters

Trading Places ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,003 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for it include A Milhouse Divided^[36], a television series episode^[37], directed by Steven Dean Moore^[38] and The Frying Game^[39], an animated series episode^[40], directed by Michael Polcino^[41].