eddie, murphy, played, billy, valentine, trading, places, 1983, american, comedy, film, directed, john, landis, plot, focuses, commodities, broker, louis, winthorpe, played, aykroyd, street, hustler, billy, valentine, played, eddie, murphy, pictured, subject, . Eddie Murphy who played Billy Ray Valentine Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis The plot focuses on commodities broker Louis Winthorpe III played by Dan Aykroyd and street hustler Billy Ray Valentine played by Eddie Murphy pictured who are the subject of a bet to test how each man will perform when their lives are swapped Trading Places was the fourth highest grossing film of 1983 in the United States and Canada and received generally positive reviews with critics praising the cast and the film s revival of the screwball comedy genre It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Score and won two BAFTA awards The film has been praised as one of the greatest comedy films and Christmas films ever made but retrospective assessments have criticized its use of racial jokes and language In 2010 the film was referenced in congressional testimony concerning the reform of the commodities trading market designed to prevent the insider trading demonstrated in Trading Places Full article Recently featured Tropical Storm Vicente 2018 British logistics in the Normandy campaign Martinus son of Heraclius Archive By email More featured articles About Did you know Space suits in A Honeymoon in Space that George Griffith s 1901 novel A Honeymoon in Space contains what may be the first space suits in fiction pictured that before being a top player at a Division I FBS school wide receiver Grant DuBose worked bagging groceries and saw limited playing time for a Division II team that to prevent bishops from opposing the Elizabethan Book of Common Prayer reformers had the entire papalist party arrested during a debate that Oscar James Campbell Jr an American scholar of Shakespeare complained in 1926 that PhD students of English had to read masses of stupid and essentially insignificant material that the prime minister of Serbia signed the 1918 Geneva Declaration after intervention from the President of France that the first song played on That s 60s was the same song Tony Blackburn had played on BBC Radio 1 more than 55 years earlier that a university student sought counseling from his pastor after attending a guest lecture on sexuality by lesbian and former novice Joanne Marrow that the BBC commissioned a painting of a 1987 Bullingdon Club photograph featuring David Cameron and Boris Johnson to circumvent copyright protection Archive Start a new article Nominate an article In the news Kakhovka Dam in 2006 In Ukraine the Kakhovka Dam pictured is breached causing flooding and prompting mass evacuations Flooding across Haiti leaves at least 51 people dead and 11 others missing At least 275 people are killed and over 1 175 others injured in a collision involving three trains in Balasore India In cricket the Indian Premier League concludes with the Chennai Super Kings defeating the Gujarat Titans in the final Recep Tayyip Erdogan is re elected President of Turkey in a runoff In auto racing Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500 Ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine Sudan conflict Recent deaths Astrud Gilberto Yukiko Takayama Kurt Widmer Robert Hanssen Cynthia Weil Natasha Al Maani Nominate an article On this day June 8 Laki as of July 2012 1783 Laki a volcanic fissure in Iceland pictured began an eight month eruption triggering a major famine and causing widespread fluoride poisoning 1950 Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal 1967 The Israeli Air Force attacked the U S Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters killing 34 and wounding 171 2007 A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales Australia 2009 Two American journalists having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later William of York d 1154 Suharto b 1921 Lauren Burns b 1974 Kim Clijsters b 1983 More anniversaries June 7 June 8 June 9 Archive By email List of days of the year, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
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