Jamie Lee Curtis In Trading Places Creator-Made Video Media #867

With denholm elliott, dan aykroyd, maurice woods, richard d A snobbish wall street commodities broker and a wily street hustler find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaire brothers who run a brokerage house. Trading places is a 1983 american comedy film directed by john landis and written by timothy harris and herschel weingrod Eddie murphy, dan aykroyd, ralph bellamy, don ameche, jamie. One of jamie lee curtis' biggest early roles was ophelia in trading places, a part that would forever change the actress' career trajectory. Jamie lee curtis says 'trading places' director john landis 'stuck gum in my mouth every day' — giving her character a signature trait and helping to change the trajectory of her career. It might surprise some, but trading places holds a special place among holiday classics—arguably one of the most underappreciated christmas comedies of all time The film gave us an unforgettable trio Trading places trivia → according to john landis, jamie lee curtis was a hard sell to “paramount,” because she had only done horror films and wasn’t known for comedy → while she was making this movie, jamie lee curtis stayed in marlene dietrich’s apartment (12e) at 993 park avenue in manhattan.