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Post by snsurone on May 11, 2019 22:25:31 GMT
If this movie has been discussed on an earlier thread, I apologize.
To tell the truth, I really like this film. Take away the nudity and the filthy language, and you have an old-fashioned screwball comedy.
IMHO, Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy had a marvelous chemistry together, and Jamie Lee Curtis was terrific as "the hooker with the heart of gold". Add to that the veteran actors Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy as the villains, plus Denholm Elliot as the faithful butler, and we are complete, LOL.
The only scene I really dislike was that one on the train, with our heroes in unconvincing disguise, along with a couple of unnecessary SNL players as baggage handlers. However, the climactic scene where the villains were financially ruined and the heroes ended up richer than their wildest dreams, was fantastic!
The final scene depicts our heroes luxuriating on some tropical paradise. Could someone please tell me what band sang the closing tune "Get A Job"?
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Post by politicidal on May 11, 2019 23:09:27 GMT
But I wanna see JLC nudity! It's one of Eddie Murphy's better eighties movies.
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Post by petrolino on May 11, 2019 23:21:17 GMT
John Landis is my favourite American comedy director of the time. 'Trading Places' is one reason why.
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 12, 2019 2:13:42 GMT
I'm a fan of this funny and clever comedy as well. One of Eddie Murphy's best.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on May 12, 2019 2:48:08 GMT
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Post by snsurone on May 12, 2019 14:28:17 GMT
Thank you, hitch.
Eddie Murphy was (and still is, as far as I know) one of filmdom's greatest comic actors. But, sadly, he is all but forgotten today.
I'm hoping he will make a comeback.
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Post by louise on May 12, 2019 16:40:16 GMT
It's very funny, though it doesn't remind me of a screwball comedy. I did find it a bit unlikely that, having discovered that Eddie Murphy was good at the financial stuff, the old men wouldn't have wanted to hang onto him, being such canny businessmen as they are supposed to be. And the bit about the gorilla is a bit daft.
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Post by snsurone on May 12, 2019 17:36:15 GMT
Louise, the "gorilla bit" was far more than "a bit daft". And the reason why the Dukes didn't want to hold on to Billy Ray was pure racism.
Maybe this film doesn't fit the accurate description of "screwball comedy", but it does fit the description of good old-fashioned movie making, where the "good guys" win and the "bad guys" lose.
BTW, in my OP, I forgot to mention the character of Penelope, the Dukes' niece who was engaged to Louis until she was led to believe that her fiancé was a drug dealer who consorted with a prostitute. She was the same type of character portrayed by Gail Patrick, Helen Vinson, and Astrid Allwyn in the '30's.
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Post by Prime etc. on May 12, 2019 17:47:58 GMT
I watched it for the first time in recent years and I did laugh.
The train sequence seemed like something out of an older movie--I mean where the performances and characters drive the scene, not any kind of special effects or stunts.
Beef jerky time! Ya want some beef jerky?
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 13, 2019 15:13:21 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on May 13, 2019 16:12:12 GMT
I watched the movie many times. It was one of the funniest movies, with a great story and wonderful cast. Eddie Murphy was at his top. This was probably Dan Aykroyd's best. Don Ameche & Ralph Bellamy were a perfect malicious pair. Thank you for Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Post by sostie on May 14, 2019 18:55:12 GMT
One odf those films you can watch over and over. Possibly both Ackroyd and Murphy's best.
Plus one of cinema's greatest butlers delivering one of my favourite lines....."Egg nog?"
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