Trading Places
1983 film directed by John Landis
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Summary
Trading Places is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,156 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: John Landis[3]
- Screenwriter: Timothy Harris[4], Herschel Weingrod[5]
- Composer: Elmer Bernstein[6]
- Genre: comedy film[7], Christmas film[8]
- Cast member: Dan Aykroyd[9], Eddie Murphy[10], Ralph Bellamy[11], Don Ameche[12], Denholm Elliott[13], Jamie Lee Curtis[14], Paul Gleason[15], Frank Oz[16], Jim Belushi[17], Bo Diddley[18], Al Franken[19], Alfred Drake[20], James Eckhouse[21], Kelly Curtis[22]
- Producer: Aaron Russo[23]
- Production company: Paramount Pictures[24]
- Director of photography: Robert Paynter[25]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
- Distribution format: video on demand[27]
- Review score: 7.5/10[28], 87%[29], 69/100[30]
- Color: color[31]
- Country of origin: United States[32]
- Publication date: December 16, 1983[33], January 1, 1983[34]
- Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[35], Netflix[36]
- Narrative location: New York City[37], Philadelphia[38]
- Filming location: Philadelphia[39], United States Virgin Islands[40]
- Main subject: frozen concentrated orange juice[41]
- Film editor: Malcolm Campbell[42]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[43]
- Title: Trading Places[44]
- Has characteristic: Toplessness in film[45], blackface[46]
- Different from: Trading Spaces[47], Change of place, change of fortune[48]
- FSK film rating: FSK 16[49]
- Duration: 116[50]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Trading Places include A Milhouse Divided[51], a television series episode[52], directed by Steven Dean Moore[53] and The Frying Game[54], an animated series episode[55], directed by Michael Polcino[56].
Why It Matters
Trading Places has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for it include A Milhouse Divided[51], a television series episode[52], directed by Steven Dean Moore[53] and The Frying Game[54], an animated series episode[55], directed by Michael Polcino[56].