TRADING PLACES (1983) | Behind the Scenes of Eddie Murphy & Dan Aykroyd Classic Movie 

One of the best movies ever made. The cameo of Randolph in Mortimer in Coming to America with Eddie Murphy was great.

Eddie Murphy breaking the 4th wall after Randolph says ‘Bacon, which you might find on a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich’…. Classic

You gotta love Akroyd for acknowledging Jamie Lee Curtis' "World Class Rack" as an essential element of the film.

It’s criminal we never got to see more of Dan and Eddie working together, they had such great chemistry

This movie is criminally underrated. Probably my all time favorite comedy. This was gold!

Trading Places, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck. Golden 80s!

They sure don't make movies like this anymore. This is an absolute classic masterpiece.

Serious moment: These two lines in the movie are quite profound and always overlooked. Billy Ray: What if I can't do this job, Coleman? What if I'm not what they expected? Coleman : Just be yourself, sir. Whatever happens, they can't take that away from you.

For me, this is the greatest and one of the most underrated Christmas movies of all time.

You know it's a great movie when after close to 40 years it's still just as funny as when you first watched it.

That final scene tho... "Looking good Billy Ray!" "Feeling good Louis!"

I love this movie. I own this movie. It never gets old, never. To this day, myself & my siblings shout out at random times, "Beef Jerky time!", "Lionel Joseph? From Cameroon?" and "Please to help me with my rucksack?" Classic!

One of the greatest movies ever

Seeing Jamie Lee Curtis for that scene was a rite of passage for many young men...I haven't seen anything that glorious since!

"your brother is having a heart attack!" "Fuck him!" best Duke scene right there

CONGRATS to Jamie Lee Curtis for FINALLY winning an Oscar after FORTY-FiVE years making movies! She's excellent in this movie - and so deserving of an Oscar for all her years in Hollywood !

If any other actors played these parts in Trading Places, it wouldn't have worked. It is like a rare alignment of the planets, it just came together perfectly.

"Billy Ray Valentine...Capricorn!" *LMAO!*

The way he delivered the line….”these men tried to have sex with me!!” Still gets a laugh from me to this day.

Ackroyd straight up admits that Jamie Lee was stacked. good for him for not wussing out and pretending it didnt happen

That train scene where Dan enters and sees the student from Cameroon Nenge Mboko and doing his welcome ceremony is among the funniest things I‘ve ever seen 😂 not to forget „these are Swedish Lederhosen“ and „can you help me with my Rucksack“ 😂😂😂

"Those clothes! And you've been fighting! And you (sniff) SMELL!" I watch this every December! Planes, Trains, and Automobiles for Thanksgiving, and Trading Places for Christmas. They never get old!

SO MANY LINES from this movie are pure gold, and I use them quite often!

"Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn" hahahahaha....movie is a classic

Jamie aged beautifully! She had the same body in "True Lies."

I absolutely can not believe that Trading Places is damn near FORTY YEARS OLD at this point! At 40 years you'd think that everything in a movie of that age would be dated, yet I watch Trading Places every single Christmas and it NEVER feels "old"...at least not 40 years old. Trading Places and Die Hard...the two best Christmas movies ever made in my book!

Whenever someone tells me "you're looking good" I always answer.... Feeling good Billy Ray!

“Penelope…. Do you realize where I’ve beeen?!” Classic. Watch it every Christmas - Captured the pulse of the 80s so eloquently.

They didn’t want Edie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd or Jamie Lee Curtis are you kidding?!...I can’t imagine anyone else staring in this film!...(greatest movie ever!)

No mention of the brothers reprising their roles in Coming to America? That was the cherry on the cake.

A brilliant, brilliant movie. Maybe one of the messages is: be careful about making judgements of people. I love the relationship between Ophelia and Louis. I love the way Valentine starts to care about his new home and Persian rugs. Classic.

Definitly a very well rounded performance from Jamie Lee Curtis!

Landis is a genius. Not one roll was miscast. I would pay to see it in the theater, again.

Twenty five year old Jamie Lee Curtis....smokin hot.

What a classic movie. I watch it every Christmas holidays...To even think Dan Ackroyd was over, was a joke in itself...

Still one of my most favorite movies, along with Blazing Saddles and the Fifth Element. Comedy is good and these movies and many others will be as fresh 50 years from now. Awesome movie !

One of the best 80s movies. As young lads in England, all we talked about was Jamie Lee..

The genius of Eddie Murphy that EVERYBODY misses is the scene on the train where he's chanting. He is actually saying the name of the African Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. CLASSIC! I didn't even realize it until years after LOST was off the air.

It's a wonderful film, and the casting was utter perfection.

First Eddie Murphy movie with my parents, I was 10. In Paris, on the Champs Elysees, blown away at the time....the gorilla scene on the train at the end was hilarious. The 80s were amazing if you were a teen....

My favorite Eddie Murphy movie

Arguably one of the best movies ever made.

Whisky, all you want.. In Philadelphia its 50 bucks.. 2 fantastic lines Lmao 😂 Absolutely brilliant movie!

One of the greatest comedies and Christmas films of all time. Never feels old. Timeless classic.

The scene in this film that gets me is when they were explaining the commodities market to Eddie Murphys character and one of them mentioned Pork bellies. Pork bellies which make bacon and you might find in a bacon and lettuce tomato sandwich. Eddie Murphy looks straight at the camera he doesn't say anything just the expression on his face cracked me up.

Let’s also not forget it has one of the best Openings in movie history.

"Trading Places" is one of my all time favorite movies, EVER!!!! I've probably watched it 300 times. I never get enough.

I was 12 years old when Trading Places came out. We didn't have HBO to watch it so, I called and had it installed while my mom was at work. Eventually, my mom found out what I did, cancelled our HBO channel, and beat my ass with a belt. Hard!! I didn't care, I wanted to see Eddie Murphy! 😂

Dan should be proud. He gave an Academy Award level performance as Winthorpe. I don't know who won that year, but he better have been great.

It's not Christmas until I've watched this movie..

I watch it every year between December 15 - December 20. That’s about when all the Christmas parties are in full swing just like in the movie. R.I.P. to those cast members that have went to that big “Trading Place” in the sky.

Well, true measure of a successful classic is on full display in the the comments by the type of comments. A good movie gets the usual praise and adulations from the fans, comments like, “Great Movie”, “One of the best”, “great cast” and on and on and so forth…BUT the true measure of greatness as shown by the above comments are the types of praise, in which commenting strangers all come together with the unintentional result of, in a way acting like like friends and acquaintances sharing their favorite moments and lines, reliving the movie scene by scene with each other as though we had all literally just stepped out of the theater on the original night of its release repeating our favorite lines and moments with the same level of heartfelt joy we experienced so long ago. Now that is the true measure of a great film. To feel nearly the same emotions and the joy of sharing them with others after so many years have past. True thanks to ALL involved with this film and the joy, entertainment and memories it created and brought to so many.

35 years later, still crushes.

It's a shame their will never be movies like this again. Thank God for the 80s and 90s!!

Sir John Gielgud in “Arthur” and Denholm Elliot in “Trading Places” proves that English actors are perfect for Butler roles for the Nouveau Riche of America in films.

I love Denholm Elliot in this film. When I first saw it as a quite young man, naturally Jamie Lee caught my adolescent attention and held it for some time. She still does, of course! But on many, many re-watchings, my appreciation for the work that Denholm Elliott did as Coleman the butler rises every time. He is so mellow, so under-stated, yet his micro-expressions are on point every single time. Two of my favorites: When he is pretending not to know his old boss Winthorpe and is about to close the door on him. He is very stern, and plays his role (I refer to Coleman playing the role of someone who doesn't know Winthorpe) so convincingly: "Coleman? There's no Coleman here. You've made a mistake." But just before he closes the door, there is a flash of pity on his face, of self-disgust, of "my old boss Winthorpe may be an asshole, but my real bosses the Duke brothers are major total assholes; I hate myself for doing this terrible thing to Winthorpe, who may be a snob, but doesn't deserve this." All said with a single expression in a fraction of a second before he closes the door. It is all written on his face, and you can tell. Brilliant acting! Then near the end of the film, as they are hatching the plot to get back at the Dukes. Two words: "Egg nog?" Decades of resentment, class warfare, pent-up frustration boiled into two seemingly innocuous words, delivered with more vitriol than they have ever held before. Denholm is a genius.

The 2 brothers make an appearance in coming to America anyone remember that scene

I named my 92 Volvo "Inga" after Jamie Leigh Curtis in this movie because she is from "Sveeden" has great headlights and has a lot of miles on her. Great movie!

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIE, I never tire watching it again and again. This was a great documentary.

The number of amazing classic movies from the eighties is ridiculous!

Jamie-Lee topless made my 10 year old eyes pop out like a Loony Toons cartoon.

One of my all time favorite movies. And the cast was perfect.

When Eddie Murphy came to Philly to film Trading Places that's when I met him and got his autograph.

I was sitting on the bench in front of a 7-11 at 2am, very drunk, eating my microwave 7-11 hotdog. About halfway through, I started eating the cellophane plastic that was rolled down. I immediately thought of Winthorp eating the salmon and beard. I started to laugh out loud. The more I thought about it the more I laughed. No one would come near me.

This movie is an timeless classic. I went and seen this in the cinema as a teen, expecting Eddie Murphy at his best and that AND Jamie Lee Curtis in those two scenes! A great movie, superb acting, great script and a perfect cast. Something that has been missing for a few decades, 80s comedies like this.

This movie is by far one of the best movies ever made. Definitely one of my favourites. I can't count how many times I've watched it.

This and Airplane are my favorite comedies of all time. I like to laugh.

One of my absolute favorite movies. Always watch it when I see it on.

"Nobody wants your drugs here.... LOUIE!" classic

The way the message behind this movie was portrayed was a work of art. Definitely one of the most thoughtful comedies of all time :)

The two most best Eddie Murphy movies ever made is Trading Places, and Harlem Nights hands down!!! And every time they both are on I watch them over, and over again.

"You was in the tank last night bragging on about your..limousine" " YEAH". 😊 Best Christmas movie ever.

I feel like it's not Christmas unless TV is showing Trading Places. One of the best all time.

Love love love this movie! One thing I love is that they bring Mortimer and Randolph to Coming to America, giving them a second chance. Totally awesome move.

Trading Places. One excellent comic film of all time. Great story lines and just the perfect cast. 10/10

Cool story about Don not wanting to say the f word. For me that line & how he delivered it is one of the best bits in the film. All in one single take, doff my cap to you Sir. Complete pro.

"Yeah, the phone in the limo is busted! What is ya, ignorant?"

This movie is such a classic that I first saw when I was seven and it has been an honor to be a fan of the whole cast over the last 40 years, thank you!

I first watched this movie in 1987 and have watched it for the last 40 years on every long airline flight since. It never gets old. Thanks for making such a great movie……and Jamie’s bodacious TaTa’s.

Oh, Coleman! I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me.

This movie is a classic, I loved every character in this movie.

I just watched this classic last weekend. No matter how many times I watch it, It leaves me cracking up.

A true and genuine comedy classic.

The line that stuck with me is when Jamie says "Please to help me with my Rucksack" lol

By far one of the funniest films ever made ... The casting was pitch perfect

would love to see an Eddie Murphy comeback.... as long as the movies are going to be good :-)

Why can't Hollywood make good movies anymore?

among my all-time FAVORITE movies. One of the best comedies ever made. Trading Places will live on forever.

Eddie at his funniest. One of his best movies. Jamie and dan are just as good. Great movie with an even better cast. Thanks for sharing. Made me wanna watch the film again now 😂

In arguably one of the greatest comedies ever made. Everything just comes together perfectly. It’s hilarious, but it also has plenty of heart without being too mushy about it. Every performance is literally spot on. The movie feels timeless. I’ve watched it over and over the decades and it holds its weight brilliantly. No doubt generations will appreciate love and laugh this masterpiece.

3 comic talents. 3 great stars! John Landis always had the talent to understand big mega hits

“It ain’t cool bein’ a jive turkey this close to Thanksgiving.”

One of the classics. A true masterpiece that I have seen over and over again since it’s release. Will never get bored of it. If it’s on tv I always have to watch it.

One of my favorite Christmas movies. When I moved to Philadelphia 30+ years later I was surprised how many of the locations still look the same.

Brilliant timeless classic. Having been an extra for several years, thank you Dan for some recognition.

One of the funniest most brilliant movies ever made. So perfectly cast

Can not believe it took me so long to watch this movie. Glad I finally did see it. It awesome!

One of my very favorite "Christmas" movies. Possibly my favorite

6:42 Acting ability, check. A compassionate heart of gold, check. One of the greatest racks in Hollywood history, priceless!

I had this film on VCR. Watched it a few times & it never gets old to me. Legend actors and actresses & John Landis is a fantastic Director 👍🏻