Trading Places

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American film comedy film film

Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film that satirizes class and social inequality through a story of a wealthy broker and a street hustler whose lives are swapped as part of a cruel bet.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → comedy film → film →
award	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Denholm Elliott) →
basedOn	The Prince and the Pauper (loosely inspired) →
cinematography	Robert Paynter →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	John Landis →
distributedBy	Paramount Pictures →
editedBy	Malcolm Campbell →
featuresEvent	frozen concentrated orange juice futures trading →
genre	comedy →
hasCultFollowing	true →
hasTheme	greed → racism → revenge → wealth and poverty →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Billy Ray Valentine → Louis Winthorpe III → Mortimer Duke → Ophelia → Randolph Duke →
MPAARating	R →
musicBy	Elmer Bernstein →
narrativeDevice	life swap bet →
nominatedFor	Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED →
plotFocus	class inequality → nature versus nurture → social inequality →
portrays	Wall Street culture → commodities trading →
producer	Aaron Russo →
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures →
releaseDate	1983-06-08 →
releaseFormat	theatrical film →
releaseYear	1983 →
runtimeMinutes	116 →
screenwriter	Herschel Weingrod NERFINISHED → Timothy Harris NERFINISHED →
setIn	New York City → Philadelphia →
starring	Dan Aykroyd → Denholm Elliott → Don Ameche → Eddie Murphy → Jamie Lee Curtis → Ralph Bellamy →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dan Aykroyd → Don Ameche → Eddie Murphy →	notableWork