As much as Dan, Eddie, and Jamie deserve all the praise for this film, I feel that Denholm Elliott's portrayal of "Coleman" the butler is under-appreciated. The many, many subtle things he does in every scene are just perfection. The weary- and worried- look on his face when he finds his employer with his pants down: perfect. His wiping his hand after hanging up with the Dukes: "What a scumbag," as though simply holding the phone feels icky when talking to those two. As much as Akroyd's character is a total douchebag at the beginning, Coleman still feels that what the Dukes are doing is horrible, and though he loyally plays his role, there is a flicker of doubt and pity in his eyes when he has to claim not to know who Louis is. The look of bemusement at the drunk naked women at Valentine's party: don't usually see that kind of thing at Mr. Winthorpe's parties. His portrayal of a drunk Irish priest is hilarious. And of course my favorite of all: "Eggnog?" He says it with such fierce determination; all of his righteous anger and resentment at the Duke brothers funneled into a single, otherwise innocuous word. Just: "Eggnog?" He delivers it so perfectly. Elliott is a tremendous acting talent, with a career spanning decades; this supporting role is up there with my favorites of all time.
It's so easy to watch this and think, "Oh, that's Eddie Murphy, fully formed movie star" without stopping to realize that when this movie was released he had just turned 22 years old and this was his 2nd movie.
"48 Hours" screws up your whole idea of his age at this time because the character was a convict in adult jail for years, but he was 19 IRL. (They never have a kid playing an adult like that, they usually cast some 27 year old as 19)
But without the train scene we wouldn't have gotten to see a young Al Franken. There are a lot of people in this movie who went on to become better known, like Giancarlo Esposito in the jail cell.
Jim Belushi as well (he was wearing the ape suit initially during the train sequence). His late brother John Belushi was one of Dan Aykroyd's best friends and one half of the Blues Brothers with him of course.
Don't ask me why but in Italy this movie has been on tv every single Christmas' eve since 1997. It has become a sort of tradition, to the point that when the channel tried to do something else in 2005 it received lots of complaints.
I know a big chunk of the movie takes place around Christmas but other than having Christmas take place in the background of the story its not really about Christmas in any way. I mean it could've just as easily been a 4th of July party they were attending.
I wanna say I was 12 or 13 when I first saw it in the 80' and it's become one of my favorites! Used to watch Eddie Murphy's stand up routines a lot as a kid too. Man was a comedy genius back in the day.
There's countless videos that explain the finale in detail, but the main thing is that *commodities futures* are contracts to either buy something that isn't actually available yet, or to sell something you don't have yet - at a specific point in the future, at a specific price. For crops like oranges, this allows people to hedge against dramatic price changes in case a harvest goes bad, but there's nothing on the books that says you can't trade futures contracts if you don't actually have the ability to produce or consume oranges. You're just promising that at a certain point (like April), you're going to pay someone for oranges, or sell oranges to someone, at an agreed price. So most of the people you're seeing in that pit have nothing to do with the actual orange juice industry - they're just speculators trading the contracts themselves around. In essence they tricked the Duke brothers into borrowing a ton of money to buy up the entire orange market, believing there will be a shortage and prices will skyrocket and cover the loan with plenty to spare. But because they got sent a fake crop report, there was no shortage, and when everyone else who tried to take advantage of the uptrend got caught out with oranges that weren't worth nearly as much as they'd hoped, Winthorpe and Valentine swooped in and bought them out at rock bottom prices as people tried to minimize their losses. It's sorta Chekhov'ed with the pork belly conversation earlier. This was so iconic that actual anti-insider-trading laws were passed that were inspired by this scene. (I'm not sure if they're still in effect, *eyeroll*)
The law prohibiting insider trading using confidential information from the government is still in effect. Has been since 2010. It's also appropriately named the Eddie Murphy Rule in reference to Trading Places.
@@bluebird3281 yeah, I government sucks and takes forever on shit like that. After the movie making it illegal was brought up, but wasn't made law until 2010.
@@danielpopp1526 Tell that to politicians like Nancy Pelosi, who complained about the "common people" engaging with Gamestop stocks, whilst being heavily involved in insider trading for years......
Trading floors are now all computerised. In the days of paper trading an exchange member would effectively have unlimited margin within the trading day before trades were reconciled, so they really could lose everything if they were sufficiently over-confident. Edit: probably what was happening is that the Dukes were buying more orange juice futures than they actually had the money to pay for (confident that the price would rise and they could sell again before having to pay for them). Valentine and Winthorpe were probably shorting them, and then closed out their position after the news came in (that was the second flurry of actiivity) to walk away with a big cash gain. Edit 2: A less realistic part is which account they would be trading - they wouldn't be membrrs of the exchange and their trader IDs would be for Duke&Duuke. Maybe Winthorpe was able to get help from a contact at another firm.
Doesn't the paper trading still occur. It's just the electronic trading occurs within the firms. With the broker houses fail when they cannot cover the paper trades made on the floor. When at the end of the day they cannot settle accounts.
@@Dularr I don't think trading with physical pieces of paper still occurs anywhere. I think it's mostly still "paper" trading in that the money/assets aren't exchanged until settling up later, but given it's electronic my guess is there are more controls in place now.
Yup - Winthorpe & Valentine were selling short. It's buy low, sell high, but in reverse. Sell first, at a high price, then buy it back, but at a much-reduced price.
You should really think about watching Brewster's Millions after this. Richard Pryor, John Candy, Rick Moranis... so many good actors. (Yakov Smirnoff anyone?)
The police officer who finds the PCP on Louis is played by Frank Oz, aka Yoda/Miss Piggy, and the director of such comedy classics as Little Shop of Horrors, and Bowfinger (also with Eddie Murphy). He also appears in the most famous Dan Aykroyd/John Landis collaboration, The Blues Brothers, as a very similar character.
If you want to see another classic Jamie Lee Curtis film, I totally recommend "A Fish Called Wanda." That film is incredible, and also features John Cleese and Michael Palin of "Monty Python" fame.
The pawn shop owner was played by Bo Diddly, one of the founding fathers of rock and roll and the creator of the Bo Diddly beat, the heartbeat of rock. This was Eddie Murphy's second movie, his first being 48 Hours. Both were box office hits. His next movie after Trading Places was Beverly Hills Cop which gave him his first solo starring role. That was a huge hit. Those first three movies solidified him as an A-list comedy actor.
Some fun facts: The woman hitting on Eddie Murphy in the fancy restaurant during dinner is Jamie Lee Curtis sister. Valentine and Winthorpe were originally supposed to be played by Richard Pryor and Geene Wilder Supposedly Don Ameche (Mortimer) hated swearing so much he initially refused to shoot the last wall-street trading floor scene but in the end agreed to do one take only, and apologizing profusely to everyone for it. An insider trading law was named after eddie murphy because of this movie. Before this movie Jamie Lee Curtis was only known as a "Scream Queen" in horror movies, it was also the first movie she showed off nudity in, which is a bit odd considering "Scream Queens" often lost pieces of clothing to reveal some skin while being chased by murderers and monsters.
This film is not only a fantastic comedy, but it also became a favourite for men of all ages, due to a certain incredible scene, featuring the gorgeous Jamie Lee Curtis!
The bidding for oranges at the end is still fresh in my memory. Most traders even today reference this movie. A cult classic, despite being a mainstream hit.
Fun Fact: The cop who found the PCP in the bag during the strip search was played by Frank Oz (the voice of Yoda and voice and puppeteer of many muppets).
The two characters didn't set up the train with the party, that was a happy coincidence. Yes back in the 80's costume parties for new years was a thing. Dan's character had to dress up someway, he was too recognizable to just show up in a wig, hat or glasses. The only other choice was to not be there. As for beeks, all I have to say about him is HAHHAHAHAHAHJAJHAJAJAHJAAHAHAHAAA
The big Duke & Duke mansion at the beginning is still around, it's actually the Mill Neck Manor in Long Island. Its been used in quite a few movies and tv shows, most recently Homeland. Fun note, the extra name Buffy in the country club scene is Jamie Lee Curtis's sister.
Don Ameche (Mortimer Duke) was so against saying profanity especially the f-bomb, so when Randolph has his heart attack and Mortimer says “F… HIM”, Ameche agreed on the condition that he would only say it once and never again even if the camera didn’t get it right on take.
The actor in the cell with Eddie Murphy that you kind of knew is named Giancarlo Esposito, he was in early Spike Lee movies at this point (Do the right thing, School Daze) he was the villain in season 1 of the Mandalorian
School Daze and Do the Right Thing were five or six years away from happening. A small role in the movie Taps was about the only big thing he'd done at this point.
Also know him from the great TV series, Homicide: Life on the Streets (same creator as The Wire; also set in Baltimore). He joined the cast in latter seasons.
I simply adore your reactions! ❤️ Jim Belushi (man originally in ape costume) and AL Franken (one of the men transporting the gorilla) were both cast mates of Eddie Murphy on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I believe that's one of the reasons for that train scene. 💜
The Baggage Handlers were origiinally planned to be Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas in their SCTV roles. Franken and the other one replaced them when that fell through. So those parts for that scene were already planned. Jim Belushi got cast not so much for Eddie Murphy but as a favor from Dan Akroyd who worked with Jim Belushis brother John.
At a moment timed for maximum dramatic impact, Valentine and Winthorpe make their first move: "Sell [unintelligible] in April at 142!" They're selling short: selling contracts they don't yet hold. They are betting they will be able to buy the contracts later at a lower price so they come out making money but not holding any contracts at the end of trading. Now that there is another source of contracts available, the other agents buy from Valentine and Winthorpe as fast as the duo can write the orders. This has the effect of driving the price down somewhat, since there are now more sellers than there were before; by the time everybody pauses to hear the crop report, the price is back down to 102 cents per contract (interestingly, right where it was at the start of trading). The crop report is revealed and the price starts dropping as everyone tries to get rid of their contracts ("zero their positions") before the bottom drops out or trading ends. At a moment timed for maximum dramatic impact (about 46 cents per pound), Valentine and Winthorpe make their second move. They need to buy--a lot--to zero their position, and the crowd is more than willing to oblige. An important point here is that they don't buy any from the Dukes' agent; after all, they want him to be left holding the bag at the end of trading. When that time comes, the price is 29 cents per pound, and Valentine and Winthorpe have delivered on all their short-sold contracts. Now let's generate some brown numbers. It sounds like Winthorpe says "20,000," so let's go with that as the total number of contracts they moved. Let's assume they sold short at a constant rate from the time the price was 142 until the time the price was 102. From this, we can figure an average price per contract of 122 cents per pound. Likewise, let's assume they bought at a constant rate from the time the price was 46 cents per pound until the end (29 cents per pound), which yields an average price per contract of 38 cents per pound. Profits: (122 cents/pound - 38 cents/pound) * 15000 pounds/contract * 20000 contracts = $252,000,000.00.
Hey, don't come down on George for being stunned into silence by the Jamie Lee Curtis breastesses. That scene has got to be one of the top 10 most re-wound scenes in VHS videocassette history!
The train sequence was really hilarious back then. Also, Aykroyd and Murphy use to be on SNL. I feel the sequence was very similar to an SNL skit. Maybe they wanted Dan and Eddie to bring some of their Saturday night live stuff to the movie. Maybe? Another little fun fact. Just to let you know how excepted Black face was back then. There was a movie in 1986 called Soul Man with a white actor C. Thomas Howell that wore black face throughout most of the movie. True story.
Good ol' blackface. The question is always: Why is this funny? If you are laughing because the white dude is making fun of unflattering stereotypes when he does it, that sucks. But if the gag is just that someone is trying to portray a person they don't really understand, well that's just humor. I think that's why people stay away from it. Even if the joke is obviously on the white character, it's easy to say that it was done maliciously. Who can really say except the writer and actor.
The train sequence included some epic characters - a young Al Franken (in later years, Senator from Minnesota) as the baggage handler, and John Belushi's brother Jim as the guy in the gorilla suit. The pawn broker, if nobody has mentioned it yet, is blues legend Bo Didley.. And as others have mentioned, there were a number of other interesting actors throughout.
Ya gotta understand that the SNL alum, like Dan Akroyd, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, especially Eddie Murphy (etc) in the early 80s made some of the funniest yet raunchiest movies back in the day. Then, the inevitable happened....they grew up and started making family oriented movies. Lol! Some examples were "The Jerk ", "Dr. Detroit " and anything with early Eddie. Great reactions, you two. Always da best!!
I can get the guy not recognizing Jamie Lee Curtis, even though he hired her. I mean he hired her on the spot as a random hooker that he spotted. He didn't know her or know of her before that 10 second encounter.
My mom was an extra in this movie! I grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and she was in a lot of local theater in the period. Anyway she heard about this movie and signed up to be an extra for the Christmas party scene, where Winthorp makes his grubby Santa suit appearance. It was apparently a good shoot, and she got a chance to meet the main actors, who were all pleasant to work with, which is nice to hear. Unlike their screen personas the two Duke brother actors were quite sweet in real life, although Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) was the more gregarious of the two behind the scenes. As others have said their were a number of fun cameos in this by actors who were or would be well known for other things later. The cop who finds the pcp was the puppeteer and voice of Yoda, Frank Oz. The older cop who tells Winthorp to "Take off your clothes!" Was Eddie Jones, who later played Jonathon Kent, Clark's father on "Lois and Clark" in the 90's. The pawn shop guy that Winthorp buys the gun from is played by famous musician Bo Diddley. You noticed it was a really young Giancarlo Esposito in the cell with Eddie Murphy early in the film, the prison cop who tells Eddie he made bail was played by James Eckhouse, who would later play the dad on "Beverly Hills 90210". The main drunken Baggage Handler on the train was played by Saturday Night Live staff writer and comedian AL Franken who later became a US Senator! The partying train passenger in the black monkey suit was played by famous SNL comedian John Belushi's brother, Jim. Coleman the butler was played by the wonderful Denholm Elliott who appeared in many great movies over the years including several British Hammer Horror movies and the Indiana Jones trilogy where he played Indy's associate "Marcus Brody", he also appeared in the wonderful "Noises Off" in 1992, which was a hilarious comedy that you should really add to your list!
The whole orange juice plot, and especially the stock exchange scene, was probably inspired by an actual attempt to corner a commodity that occurred a few years before the movie. In 1980, the Hunt brothers (which included Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt) attempted to corner the market on silver. Like the Dukes, they were unable to meet the margin call, and were left with a bill to the tune of over a billion dollars. It caused a brief stock market panic, and a bunch of banks had to band together to give them a loan big enough to pay their debts
100K at last?!?! Congrats to you both, well earned and keep up the fantastic content! Definitely among my top viewed reactors on YT. Great reaction to this classic. It's amazing how this era of film did SUCH great a-hole characters, to this day it's hard to find recent movies that do it half as well. They're so well done that you can't help but like them in the end even though they're so freaking horrible
The guy in the jail against the bars y’all said was in “the Mandalorian” was also in “the boys” and of course “breaking bad” and a lot more, but those are his current top three noticeable characters
Oh my god the tooth glint and wink!🤣 haha and i lost it when you went to share a thought with us all George before Jamie lee curtis removed her shirt and you just trailed off and every comment about her after the thirst is real haha😂
7:53 Good eye! You're right, that's Giancarlo Esposito in his mid-twenties as "Cellmate #2." He worked steadily, but didn't start to become a familiar face until he was a recurring character in the 7th season of the TV show Homicide: Life on the Street at about 40 years old (1998-99). He continued to perform in many, many things, but most audiences today know him as drug distributor/kingpin Gus Fring in Breaking Bad (2009-11) or, as you just noted, as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian (2019-present).
Going to suggest once again that you HAVE to watch "Bowfinger" with Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin. My favorite Eddie Murphy performance and a hilarious comedy about Hollywood and making movies. You would love it.
Weird curiosity: in Italy every Christmas Eve since 1997 this film is broadcasted on one of the most popular channels, and still gathers millions around the screen! I can't imagine a Christmas without it
Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers Simone and Jorge! A great way to show that, is by sharing your reactions to this comedy classic, “Trading Places!”🎉🎊💸💵💰🤡🤣👍
The butler in this movie was also in Indiana Jones . He also passed away of Aids . Also one of the 2 older brothers was in another movie called " Cocoon ".
Lol! I work in the "Duke and Duke" building, 123 South Broad Street, Center City, Philadelphia, right across the street from The Union Club and a block and a half down the street from City Hall. They've maintained the main room, which is formally called "The Duke and Duke Boardroom." Classic!
The head of the stock exchange (who seized the Dukes' holdings) was played by Alfred Drake. In the 1940s, he was the biggest male star on Broadway, playing the leads in the original productions of "Oklahoma!" and "Kiss Me, Kate."
The train sequence is important because it's got Jim Belushi as the man dressed as a gorilla and Johnny from Airplane - he's the boss of the luggage handlers.
Belushi walking back into the party in his underwear and announcing "Hey, hey, hey...look what happened to me, huh?" as everyone cheers is one of my favourite moments in a movie that's pretty much nothing but favourite moments.
You should see Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche in the old days. They were heart throbs and made many movies. They were the Brad Pitt of their time. Don Ameche was an awesome singer too. Check out their old stuff.
Here’s what gets me: Randolph and Mortimer connect this movie with Coming To America. The movies take place in the same universe. So in this universe, Price Akeem has an absolute doppelgänger in the US named Billy Ray Valentine. It would be really fun if they met each other in a later movie (I haven’t seen CTA2 so I’m assuming that didn’t happen in that movie). Fun to think about!
"That man looks familiar" Yeah, he was in star wars and mandalorian. He also used to won a cool fried chicken restaurant in Albuquerque, I don't know what's he doing now.
I used to work with someone named Luis, and every time he would butt into a conversation I would say "nobody wants to buy your drugs here, Louie!" I also love to find times to say "And she stepped on the ball!" or "Beef jerky time." :D
A friend of mine used to just randomly say the “and she stepped on the ball” with that ridiculous accent. I still don’t know why I find it so damn funny.
The guy in the jail scene is Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad, Homicide, Do the Right Thing. The two Barry Whites got a great line "It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving."
I realize the timing is probably off, somewhat but I wanted to offer you this laurel...and hearty handshake on your 100K subscribers! You deserve it! GRATS!!
Don Ameche who plays Mortimer Duke was also in the brilliant film Cocoon (1985), and its sequel Cocoon -The Return (1988), which you should add to your watchlist. The train sequence is hilarious, plus it was needed as a way to swap the genuine crop report with the fake one, and get Clarence Beeks out of the way. Did you notice that the actor who plays Clarence Beeks, also played the principal in The Breakfast Club (1985).
You guys should check out Strange Brew...the most Canadian movie with the most Canadianness of Canadians being Canadian. So I think it's a matter of national pride that you watch it. Also...I'm Gonna Git You Sucka...the movie that introduced the world to the Wayans family. PS---the "pawn shop guy" is blues legend Bo Diddley.
A few have pointed out that the cop was Frank Oz. The actor that played Wilson, the trader for the Dukes at the end, was also a Muppet performer. He was the original performer for Statler, Scooter, Janice, Sweetums and quite a few others.
I'm pretty sure the train scene was borne out of two things: One of the writers' obsession over the gorilla rape joke, and Eddie Murphy wanting to see Dan Akroyd in blackface.
I think one of the reasons the train scene went on was because they seemed to set up this Beeks character to be this big bad guy (the mini boss next to the Dukes) so they probably wanted him being beaten to be a bit more than just knocking him down and stealing his briefcase. Which wouldn't work well either because he'd probably just call the Dukes and tell them the report was taken. So they needed some sort of sneaky scene similar to that. Maybe it could've been shorter and maybe they could've cut the gorilla part out but they knew we'd all want some sort of revenge and arresting him wouldn't be enough (which would again alert the Dukes). I loved this movie though and I loved the Dukes' cameo in Coming to America. I understand some people's objections to Louis' choice of costume on the train but things like that were a lot more acceptable (sadly) back then. Can't put today's standards on the past all too much. But it was a fun movie and showed just how horrible some people can be. Also still feels weird seeing them go to the World Trade Center at the end.
I think the idea is that he wouldn't have called the Dukes to tell them the report was taken because of the briefcase SWITCH rather than steal, which contained the fake report. That Beeks would have given them himself rather than them ending up having to do it themselves.
@@Logan_Baron Well yeah, it's also very important that he gives a fake report. But I don't think it could be all that great if they rushed that scene and had them just switch folders in his office while he was in the bathroom or something. Beeks needed to go down hard for that payoff.
The movie "Coming to America" is technically a sequel to this film. Plot is mostly unrelated but it happens in the same world and has a few characters in common.
The pawn shop guy is Bo Diddley, music legend. I don't know why, but that's him. "I walked 47 miles of barbed wire, got a cobra snake for a necktie, got a brand new house by the roadside, and it's made of rattlesnake hide, got a brand new chimney built on top, made out of human skull, c'mon take a little walk with me baby and tell me who do you love. Who do you love?"
PLEASE WATCH RAT RACE!!! SO SO FUNNY!! Old men put random people to a race for a million dollars left in a locker and a train station!! Amazing actors and seriously funny film!! Love you guys
I am glad you liked this movie overall. Can I suggest another Dan Aykroid movie that came out around the same time with a similar feel. It's called Doctor Detroit it's another little nugget that I am sure you would find funny.
I saw this a few times in the 80s or early 90s and had forgotten about most of the film. Two things stood out besides the finale: the "yeah" that I'd kept using for 30 years, and the fact that this film was where I learned that PCP is a thing.
As much as Dan, Eddie, and Jamie deserve all the praise for this film, I feel that Denholm Elliott's portrayal of "Coleman" the butler is under-appreciated. The many, many subtle things he does in every scene are just perfection. The weary- and worried- look on his face when he finds his employer with his pants down: perfect. His wiping his hand after hanging up with the Dukes: "What a scumbag," as though simply holding the phone feels icky when talking to those two. As much as Akroyd's character is a total douchebag at the beginning, Coleman still feels that what the Dukes are doing is horrible, and though he loyally plays his role, there is a flicker of doubt and pity in his eyes when he has to claim not to know who Louis is. The look of bemusement at the drunk naked women at Valentine's party: don't usually see that kind of thing at Mr. Winthorpe's parties. His portrayal of a drunk Irish priest is hilarious. And of course my favorite of all: "Eggnog?" He says it with such fierce determination; all of his righteous anger and resentment at the Duke brothers funneled into a single, otherwise innocuous word. Just: "Eggnog?" He delivers it so perfectly. Elliott is a tremendous acting talent, with a career spanning decades; this supporting role is up there with my favorites of all time.
Agree 100%
Denholm Elliott's acting was always on another level - from day one.
He was an underrated character actor. His comedy chops were great in Indiana Jones. His role in Zulu Dawn is tempered seriousness.
It's so easy to watch this and think, "Oh, that's Eddie Murphy, fully formed movie star" without stopping to realize that when this movie was released he had just turned 22 years old and this was his 2nd movie.
HOLY S
"48 Hours" screws up your whole idea of his age at this time because the character was a convict in adult jail for years, but he was 19 IRL. (They never have a kid playing an adult like that, they usually cast some 27 year old as 19)
George's "considering" of Jamie Lee's form when she takes off her top was both my reaction when I was a kid and hilarious.
As was said in Scream, "She didn't show her tits til she went legits."
No man on earth could continue that sentence
I mean, her breats are astounding.
I was about 10 when I saw this part in the movie. Fell I. Love with Curtis
I guess we all felt the same ;-)
But without the train scene we wouldn't have gotten to see a young Al Franken. There are a lot of people in this movie who went on to become better known, like Giancarlo Esposito in the jail cell.
Jim Belushi as well (he was wearing the ape suit initially during the train sequence). His late brother John Belushi was one of Dan Aykroyd's best friends and one half of the Blues Brothers with him of course.
It's Al & his writing partner on SNL, Tom Davis.
That's former US Senator Al Franken.
Don't ask me why but in Italy this movie has been on tv every single Christmas' eve since 1997. It has become a sort of tradition, to the point that when the channel tried to do something else in 2005 it received lots of complaints.
That's kind of awesome lol
Why?
I mean, it is a Christmas movie in a way, seeing how it takes place around that time of year.
I know a big chunk of the movie takes place around Christmas but other than having Christmas take place in the background of the story its not really about Christmas in any way. I mean it could've just as easily been a 4th of July party they were attending.
Just like "Home alone" in Poland 😆
It was a child appropriate comedy…. In the 80s!
Exactly. My little brother was around 11-12 when this came out & we watched it a bunch of times.
I wanna say I was 12 or 13 when I first saw it in the 80' and it's become one of my favorites! Used to watch Eddie Murphy's stand up routines a lot as a kid too. Man was a comedy genius back in the day.
Ii first saw this around 12-13 years old as well in the 80's on cable.
It was actually R rated at its release so no. European countries were a lot more lenient back then so I think it was rated lower over here.
Hell yeah. We grew up on HBO and titties.
“Hello, I am Inga from Sweden.”
“But…you’re wearing lederhosen.”
“Ya, Sweden for sure.”😂😂😂
I love this movie!!!!👍
Which was actually done because Jamie Lee Curtis couldn't do the appropriate accent and could only do a Swedish accent.
Please to help me vit my roooksack?
There's countless videos that explain the finale in detail, but the main thing is that *commodities futures* are contracts to either buy something that isn't actually available yet, or to sell something you don't have yet - at a specific point in the future, at a specific price. For crops like oranges, this allows people to hedge against dramatic price changes in case a harvest goes bad, but there's nothing on the books that says you can't trade futures contracts if you don't actually have the ability to produce or consume oranges. You're just promising that at a certain point (like April), you're going to pay someone for oranges, or sell oranges to someone, at an agreed price. So most of the people you're seeing in that pit have nothing to do with the actual orange juice industry - they're just speculators trading the contracts themselves around.
In essence they tricked the Duke brothers into borrowing a ton of money to buy up the entire orange market, believing there will be a shortage and prices will skyrocket and cover the loan with plenty to spare. But because they got sent a fake crop report, there was no shortage, and when everyone else who tried to take advantage of the uptrend got caught out with oranges that weren't worth nearly as much as they'd hoped, Winthorpe and Valentine swooped in and bought them out at rock bottom prices as people tried to minimize their losses. It's sorta Chekhov'ed with the pork belly conversation earlier.
This was so iconic that actual anti-insider-trading laws were passed that were inspired by this scene. (I'm not sure if they're still in effect, *eyeroll*)
Thank you! An excellent explanation.
The law prohibiting insider trading using confidential information from the government is still in effect. Has been since 2010. It's also appropriately named the Eddie Murphy Rule in reference to Trading Places.
@@danielpopp1526 Wow I thought it was illegal since I saw this at the movies as a kid. That law should have come out in the 1810's.
@@bluebird3281 yeah, I government sucks and takes forever on shit like that. After the movie making it illegal was brought up, but wasn't made law until 2010.
@@danielpopp1526 Tell that to politicians like Nancy Pelosi, who complained about the "common people" engaging with Gamestop stocks, whilst being heavily involved in insider trading for years......
Trading floors are now all computerised. In the days of paper trading an exchange member would effectively have unlimited margin within the trading day before trades were reconciled, so they really could lose everything if they were sufficiently over-confident. Edit: probably what was happening is that the Dukes were buying more orange juice futures than they actually had the money to pay for (confident that the price would rise and they could sell again before having to pay for them). Valentine and Winthorpe were probably shorting them, and then closed out their position after the news came in (that was the second flurry of actiivity) to walk away with a big cash gain. Edit 2: A less realistic part is which account they would be trading - they wouldn't be membrrs of the exchange and their trader IDs would be for Duke&Duuke. Maybe Winthorpe was able to get help from a contact at another firm.
Doesn't the paper trading still occur. It's just the electronic trading occurs within the firms. With the broker houses fail when they cannot cover the paper trades made on the floor. When at the end of the day they cannot settle accounts.
@@Dularr I don't think trading with physical pieces of paper still occurs anywhere. I think it's mostly still "paper" trading in that the money/assets aren't exchanged until settling up later, but given it's electronic my guess is there are more controls in place now.
They were also paying for inside information.
Yup - Winthorpe & Valentine were selling short. It's buy low, sell high, but in reverse. Sell first, at a high price, then buy it back, but at a much-reduced price.
Sell 200 in April at 142!!!
You should really think about watching Brewster's Millions after this. Richard Pryor, John Candy, Rick Moranis... so many good actors. (Yakov Smirnoff anyone?)
Just thought about that movie yesterday! Great suggestion. They should do that one!
You don't get diddly!!! Lmao 😆
Moranis wasn't in Brewster's Millions. That was Stephen Collins.
"Easy as cake"
"Pie"
"Easy as pie"
- excerpt from 2010: The Year We Make Contact (Yakov vs Lithgow)
The police officer who finds the PCP on Louis is played by Frank Oz, aka Yoda/Miss Piggy, and the director of such comedy classics as Little Shop of Horrors, and Bowfinger (also with Eddie Murphy). He also appears in the most famous Dan Aykroyd/John Landis collaboration, The Blues Brothers, as a very similar character.
Frank Oz know as voice of Yoda and Sesame street cookie monster 1969 - 2014 .
He also played a small role in the Ackroyd/Chase comedy Spies Like Us...he pops up in all kinds of interesting places. LOL
@@pete_lind And Fozzie...
Frank Oz is not the voice of Kermit. Jim Henson voiced Kermit.
Frank Oz was never Kermit.
If you want to see another classic Jamie Lee Curtis film, I totally recommend "A Fish Called Wanda." That film is incredible, and also features John Cleese and Michael Palin of "Monty Python" fame.
"K-K-K-Ken is coming to K-K-Kill me!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"You're a DEAD MAN, Valentine!!!"
"It...was...the...Dukes! It...was...the...Dukes!"
Such a classic comedy for all times!!! 😂😂
I like how Akeem saves the Dukes in Coming to America
The pawn shop owner was played by Bo Diddly, one of the founding fathers of rock and roll and the creator of the Bo Diddly beat, the heartbeat of rock. This was Eddie Murphy's second movie, his first being 48 Hours. Both were box office hits. His next movie after Trading Places was Beverly Hills Cop which gave him his first solo starring role. That was a huge hit. Those first three movies solidified him as an A-list comedy actor.
AND he did all of it while still being the savior cast member of SNL in its post Belushi/Murray dark days haha
They're all very strong movies. In all three there are times where he acts serious too. This contrast works, you believe it.
I loved seeing Bo in this... I know Aykroyd pulled some strings to put him in it!
Some fun facts:
The woman hitting on Eddie Murphy in the fancy restaurant during dinner is Jamie Lee Curtis sister.
Valentine and Winthorpe were originally supposed to be played by Richard Pryor and Geene Wilder
Supposedly Don Ameche (Mortimer) hated swearing so much he initially refused to shoot the last wall-street trading floor scene but in the end agreed to do one take only, and apologizing profusely to everyone for it.
An insider trading law was named after eddie murphy because of this movie.
Before this movie Jamie Lee Curtis was only known as a "Scream Queen" in horror movies, it was also the first movie she showed off nudity in, which is a bit odd considering "Scream Queens" often lost pieces of clothing to reveal some skin while being chased by murderers and monsters.
This film is not only a fantastic comedy, but it also became a favourite for men of all ages, due to a certain incredible scene, featuring the gorgeous Jamie Lee Curtis!
Not all men.
The train sequence is worth it for “Merry New Year! Beef jerky time.”
The bidding for oranges at the end is still fresh in my memory. Most traders even today reference this movie. A cult classic, despite being a mainstream hit.
Fun Fact: The cop who found the PCP in the bag during the strip search was played by Frank Oz (the voice of Yoda and voice and puppeteer of many muppets).
That's Bo Diddley as the pawn shop broker.
Even more fun fact, this is the companion to his cult favorite appearance in The Blues Brothers. "One soiled"
I am surprised reaction to Jaime Lee presenting her Curtis' was so short but George getting rebooted mid sentence was hilarious :D
Monkey brains took over for a second (or 2!), I know mine does.
The two characters didn't set up the train with the party, that was a happy coincidence. Yes back in the 80's costume parties for new years was a thing. Dan's character had to dress up someway, he was too recognizable to just show up in a wig, hat or glasses. The only other choice was to not be there. As for beeks, all I have to say about him is HAHHAHAHAHAHJAJHAJAJAHJAAHAHAHAAA
The pawn shop clerk is Bo Diddley, famous guitar and blues singer.
The big Duke & Duke mansion at the beginning is still around, it's actually the Mill Neck Manor in Long Island. Its been used in quite a few movies and tv shows, most recently Homeland. Fun note, the extra name Buffy in the country club scene is Jamie Lee Curtis's sister.
Woah! I never realized that. I can literally walk there. haha
At the time of the movies filming Mill Neck Manor was a school for the deaf. Hasn't been since 2001 when another center was built nearby.
Mill Neck? John Wick's house is nearby (121 Mill Neck)
Don Ameche (Mortimer Duke) was so against saying profanity especially the f-bomb, so when Randolph has his heart attack and Mortimer says “F… HIM”, Ameche agreed on the condition that he would only say it once and never again even if the camera didn’t get it right on take.
Love when Jamie took her shirt off and George was speechless and the second time she disrobed Simone was speechless !!❤️❤️
The train sequence may have been runtime filler, but it's pretty hilarious.
The actor in the cell with Eddie Murphy that you kind of knew is named Giancarlo Esposito, he was in early Spike Lee movies at this point (Do the right thing, School Daze) he was the villain in season 1 of the Mandalorian
He is also fantastic as the villain in the film Fresh from the early 1990s.
School Daze and Do the Right Thing were five or six years away from happening. A small role in the movie Taps was about the only big thing he'd done at this point.
@@kathyastrom1315 He's mostly known for playing Gus Fring in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Also know him from the great TV series, Homicide: Life on the Streets (same creator as The Wire; also set in Baltimore). He joined the cast in latter seasons.
I simply adore your reactions! ❤️
Jim Belushi (man originally in ape costume) and AL Franken (one of the men transporting the gorilla) were both cast mates of Eddie Murphy on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I believe that's one of the reasons for that train scene. 💜
The Baggage Handlers were origiinally planned to be Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas in their SCTV roles. Franken and the other one replaced them when that fell through. So those parts for that scene were already planned. Jim Belushi got cast not so much for Eddie Murphy but as a favor from Dan Akroyd who worked with Jim Belushis brother John.
Franken became a US Senator
@@conureron3792 and then became a victim of Democrats eating their own.
@@conureron3792 There must have been some raucous laughter in the committee rooms where Franken served.
This movie came close to being the US Senatorial equivalent of Predator and it’s connections to US governors.
At a moment timed for maximum dramatic impact, Valentine and Winthorpe make their first move: "Sell [unintelligible] in April at 142!" They're selling short: selling contracts they don't yet hold. They are betting they will be able to buy the contracts later at a lower price so they come out making money but not holding any contracts at the end of trading.
Now that there is another source of contracts available, the other agents buy from Valentine and Winthorpe as fast as the duo can write the orders. This has the effect of driving the price down somewhat, since there are now more sellers than there were before; by the time everybody pauses to hear the crop report, the price is back down to 102 cents per contract (interestingly, right where it was at the start of trading). The crop report is revealed and the price starts dropping as everyone tries to get rid of their contracts ("zero their positions") before the bottom drops out or trading ends.
At a moment timed for maximum dramatic impact (about 46 cents per pound), Valentine and Winthorpe make their second move. They need to buy--a lot--to zero their position, and the crowd is more than willing to oblige. An important point here is that they don't buy any from the Dukes' agent; after all, they want him to be left holding the bag at the end of trading. When that time comes, the price is 29 cents per pound, and Valentine and Winthorpe have delivered on all their short-sold contracts.
Now let's generate some brown numbers. It sounds like Winthorpe says "20,000," so let's go with that as the total number of contracts they moved. Let's assume they sold short at a constant rate from the time the price was 142 until the time the price was 102. From this, we can figure an average price per contract of 122 cents per pound. Likewise, let's assume they bought at a constant rate from the time the price was 46 cents per pound until the end (29 cents per pound), which yields an average price per contract of 38 cents per pound.
Profits: (122 cents/pound - 38 cents/pound) * 15000 pounds/contract * 20000 contracts = $252,000,000.00.
200. He's selling 200 contracts.
George's brain malfunctioning at 17:55 - PRICELESS!!! 🤣🤣
Hey, don't come down on George for being stunned into silence by the Jamie Lee Curtis breastesses. That scene has got to be one of the top 10 most re-wound scenes in VHS videocassette history!
The train sequence was really hilarious back then. Also, Aykroyd and Murphy use to be on SNL. I feel the sequence was very similar to an SNL skit. Maybe they wanted Dan and Eddie to bring some of their Saturday night live stuff to the movie. Maybe? Another little fun fact. Just to let you know how excepted Black face was back then. There was a movie in 1986 called Soul Man with a white actor C. Thomas Howell that wore black face throughout most of the movie. True story.
A good book and movie.
I love Soul Man!!
Future SNL writer and performer Al Franken (former US Senator also lol) is one of the gorilla handlers.
The train scene is still hilarious. People these days are just easily offended wimps that need to develop their sense of humor.
Good ol' blackface. The question is always: Why is this funny? If you are laughing because the white dude is making fun of unflattering stereotypes when he does it, that sucks. But if the gag is just that someone is trying to portray a person they don't really understand, well that's just humor. I think that's why people stay away from it. Even if the joke is obviously on the white character, it's easy to say that it was done maliciously. Who can really say except the writer and actor.
The train sequence included some epic characters - a young Al Franken (in later years, Senator from Minnesota) as the baggage handler, and John Belushi's brother Jim as the guy in the gorilla suit. The pawn broker, if nobody has mentioned it yet, is blues legend Bo Didley.. And as others have mentioned, there were a number of other interesting actors throughout.
Franken was an SNL writer too.
And his fellow baggage handler was Tom Davis, the other half of the "Franken & Davis" comedy duo who had several appearances on SNL.
The guy leaning against the bars in the cell with Billy Ray Valentine was in that one show: The Barium and Bromine Comedy Hour with Macolm's dad
@@Me-cu8wr They were writers.
Bo was known for his square guitar. He said he got his rhythm sound from hearing trains go down the track.
Frank Oz at 12:43: Puppeteer/voice of Yoda, Grover, Bert, Cookie Monster, Miss Piggy, Fozzy Bear, etc.
Ya gotta understand that the SNL alum, like Dan Akroyd, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, especially Eddie Murphy (etc) in the early 80s made some of the funniest yet raunchiest movies back in the day. Then, the inevitable happened....they grew up and started making family oriented movies. Lol!
Some examples were "The Jerk ", "Dr. Detroit " and anything with early Eddie. Great reactions, you two. Always da best!!
Steve Martin gold: the Man with Two Brains and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
I can get the guy not recognizing Jamie Lee Curtis, even though he hired her. I mean he hired her on the spot as a random hooker that he spotted. He didn't know her or know of her before that 10 second encounter.
My mom was an extra in this movie! I grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and she was in a lot of local theater in the period. Anyway she heard about this movie and signed up to be an extra for the Christmas party scene, where Winthorp makes his grubby Santa suit appearance. It was apparently a good shoot, and she got a chance to meet the main actors, who were all pleasant to work with, which is nice to hear. Unlike their screen personas the two Duke brother actors were quite sweet in real life, although Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) was the more gregarious of the two behind the scenes. As others have said their were a number of fun cameos in this by actors who were or would be well known for other things later. The cop who finds the pcp was the puppeteer and voice of Yoda, Frank Oz. The older cop who tells Winthorp to "Take off your clothes!" Was Eddie Jones, who later played Jonathon Kent, Clark's father on "Lois and Clark" in the 90's. The pawn shop guy that Winthorp buys the gun from is played by famous musician Bo Diddley. You noticed it was a really young Giancarlo Esposito in the cell with Eddie Murphy early in the film, the prison cop who tells Eddie he made bail was played by James Eckhouse, who would later play the dad on "Beverly Hills 90210". The main drunken Baggage Handler on the train was played by Saturday Night Live staff writer and comedian AL Franken who later became a US Senator! The partying train passenger in the black monkey suit was played by famous SNL comedian John Belushi's brother, Jim. Coleman the butler was played by the wonderful Denholm Elliott who appeared in many great movies over the years including several British Hammer Horror movies and the Indiana Jones trilogy where he played Indy's associate "Marcus Brody", he also appeared in the wonderful "Noises Off" in 1992, which was a hilarious comedy that you should really add to your list!
Jamie Lee Curtis in lederhosen makes the train scene worth it.
The whole orange juice plot, and especially the stock exchange scene, was probably inspired by an actual attempt to corner a commodity that occurred a few years before the movie. In 1980, the Hunt brothers (which included Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt) attempted to corner the market on silver. Like the Dukes, they were unable to meet the margin call, and were left with a bill to the tune of over a billion dollars. It caused a brief stock market panic, and a bunch of banks had to band together to give them a loan big enough to pay their debts
I have always found the ending of this movie to be supremely satisfying.
George's reaction to the glory that is Jamie Lee was pure gold :P
100K at last?!?! Congrats to you both, well earned and keep up the fantastic content! Definitely among my top viewed reactors on YT.
Great reaction to this classic. It's amazing how this era of film did SUCH great a-hole characters, to this day it's hard to find recent movies that do it half as well. They're so well done that you can't help but like them in the end even though they're so freaking horrible
The hilarious stunned speechlessness at JLC's gifted divestment occurs at 17:54 . This pairs well with her hotel scene in "True Lies".
11:24 The late Paul Gleason, also Police Chief Robinson from another Christmas classic 'Die Hard'
The guy in the jail against the bars y’all said was in “the Mandalorian” was also in “the boys” and of course “breaking bad” and a lot more, but those are his current top three noticeable characters
Giancarlo Esposito
Oh my god the tooth glint and wink!🤣 haha and i lost it when you went to share a thought with us all George before Jamie lee curtis removed her shirt and you just trailed off and every comment about her after the thirst is real haha😂
Your disdain for those characters using those words is intentional. The film is not condoning them, it's mocking those who would use them.
7:53 Good eye! You're right, that's Giancarlo Esposito in his mid-twenties as "Cellmate #2." He worked steadily, but didn't start to become a familiar face until he was a recurring character in the 7th season of the TV show Homicide: Life on the Street at about 40 years old (1998-99). He continued to perform in many, many things, but most audiences today know him as drug distributor/kingpin Gus Fring in Breaking Bad (2009-11) or, as you just noted, as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian (2019-present).
C’mooooon…how can you diss the train sequence? It’s provided the classic lines ‘Merry New Year!’ and ‘Beef Jerky time’.
My sister and I have wished each other “Merry New Year” every year since we first saw this. 😁👍
Going to suggest once again that you HAVE to watch "Bowfinger" with Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin. My favorite Eddie Murphy performance and a hilarious comedy about Hollywood and making movies. You would love it.
I love Bowfinger. I mean this with full sincerity: Eddie Murphy should have gotten an Oscar nomination for that (those?) performance(s).
Directed by Frank Oz (Kermit, Miss Piggy), who appears in this movie as the cop who finds the PCP on Louis.
Keep it together!
This is probably my favorite “Christmas movie”….LOOK, if people consider Die Hard a Christmas movie, then dammit so is Trading Places 😊
And First Blood. Christmas decorations are up in the police station.
Doesn't someone need to be shot to make that list?
I agree. This is also my favourite Christmas movie 👍
Die Hard, Trading Places .... and Lethal Weapon. None are Christmas movies. Nope, not one... 🤣
It's a New Year's movie. Beef jerky time!
This was the first Jamie Lee Curtis film I ever saw, and I must confess that my jaw dropped as badly as George's.
The actor who played Mortimer Duke was a gentleman and was very uncomfortable using that language until Eddie Murphy told him it would be okay.
The balding policeman that booked Winthrop was none other the Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda
Weird curiosity: in Italy every Christmas Eve since 1997 this film is broadcasted on one of the most popular channels, and still gathers millions around the screen!
I can't imagine a Christmas without it
Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers Simone and Jorge! A great way to show that, is by sharing your reactions to this comedy classic, “Trading Places!”🎉🎊💸💵💰🤡🤣👍
The train scene is hilarious. Also it was considered a family-friendly movie. People back then in the days didn't have a corn cob up their ass.
I miss those day when people had a sense of humor! I saw this movie when it came out and I was 14. It's hilarious!
Beautifully stated. It's depressing today.
It absolutely wasn't family friendly back then.
@@mandalore1089 Rightwingers make up things to push their nonsense ideology.
Eddie Murphy's fourth-wall-break in this movie is the best ever!
The butler in this movie was also in Indiana Jones . He also passed away of Aids . Also one of the 2 older brothers was in another movie called " Cocoon ".
Yes, Don Ameche (Randolph Duke); he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that role.
@@Gameflyer001 one thing that Don said for the making of " Trading Places " . That he didn't feel comfortable saying the F word.
Lol! I work in the "Duke and Duke" building, 123 South Broad Street, Center City, Philadelphia, right across the street from The Union Club and a block and a half down the street from City Hall. They've maintained the main room, which is formally called "The Duke and Duke Boardroom." Classic!
The head of the stock exchange (who seized the Dukes' holdings) was played by Alfred Drake. In the 1940s, he was the biggest male star on Broadway, playing the leads in the original productions of "Oklahoma!" and "Kiss Me, Kate."
"That's a lot of wood."
Me: "That's what she said."
The train sequence is important because it's got Jim Belushi as the man dressed as a gorilla and Johnny from Airplane - he's the boss of the luggage handlers.
Those actors came all from Saturday Night Live, so the sequence was basically a SNL skit.
Belushi walking back into the party in his underwear and announcing "Hey, hey, hey...look what happened to me, huh?" as everyone cheers is one of my favourite moments in a movie that's pretty much nothing but favourite moments.
Spot the moment when George forgets what he was about to say... 😁
In his defense, he had a couple really good reasons to lose his train of thought.
You should see Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche in the old days. They were heart throbs and made many movies. They were the Brad Pitt of their time. Don Ameche was an awesome singer too. Check out their old stuff.
The cop with the glasses processing Dan Aykroyd in the beginning is the voice of Yoda.
Here’s what gets me: Randolph and Mortimer connect this movie with Coming To America. The movies take place in the same universe. So in this universe, Price Akeem has an absolute doppelgänger in the US named Billy Ray Valentine. It would be really fun if they met each other in a later movie (I haven’t seen CTA2 so I’m assuming that didn’t happen in that movie). Fun to think about!
"That man looks familiar" Yeah, he was in star wars and mandalorian. He also used to won a cool fried chicken restaurant in Albuquerque, I don't know what's he doing now.
Love this Classic! Watching these young people get uncomfortable and squirm over politically incorrect jokes was Awesome!
Waiting for it on Italian tv like every Xmas . Jamie Lee Curtis said:”So Italians can see my boobs for Christmas?” 😂
PS: congrats for the 100k!
I used to work with someone named Luis, and every time he would butt into a conversation I would say "nobody wants to buy your drugs here, Louie!"
I also love to find times to say "And she stepped on the ball!" or "Beef jerky time." :D
“Beef jerky time” has been used by me since the 80’s. My wife used to look at me like I was nuts🤣
A friend of mine used to just randomly say the “and she stepped on the ball” with that ridiculous accent. I still don’t know why I find it so damn funny.
The guy in the jail scene is Giancarlo Esposito, Breaking Bad, Homicide, Do the Right Thing. The two Barry Whites got a great line "It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving."
I realize the timing is probably off, somewhat but I wanted to offer you this laurel...and hearty handshake on your 100K subscribers! You deserve it! GRATS!!
Don Ameche who plays Mortimer Duke was also in the brilliant film Cocoon (1985), and its sequel Cocoon -The Return (1988), which you should add to your watchlist. The train sequence is hilarious, plus it was needed as a way to swap the genuine crop report with the fake one, and get Clarence Beeks out of the way. Did you notice that the actor who plays Clarence Beeks, also played the principal in The Breakfast Club (1985).
You guys should check out Strange Brew...the most Canadian movie with the most Canadianness of Canadians being Canadian. So I think it's a matter of national pride that you watch it.
Also...I'm Gonna Git You Sucka...the movie that introduced the world to the Wayans family.
PS---the "pawn shop guy" is blues legend Bo Diddley.
Strange Brew was my favorite growing up(in USA). Classic for sure.
Strange Brew is a MUST.
The short animal handler is United States Senator Al Franken (ret)...back in his early days as a comic actor and SNL cast member.
Future Eddie Murphy to watch is Beverly Hills Cop or 48 Hrs. And for Dan Aykroyd if you haven't seen Blues Brothers that is a must.
The cop with the mustache who finds the PCP is Frank Oz, the voice of Yoda.
The fumbling of the money clip was actually not scripted. They decided to leave it in.
"I don't know how he didn't recognize her"
Because it's Jamie Lee Curtis, he might not have been looking at her face...
A few have pointed out that the cop was Frank Oz. The actor that played Wilson, the trader for the Dukes at the end, was also a Muppet performer. He was the original performer for Statler, Scooter, Janice, Sweetums and quite a few others.
I'm pretty sure the train scene was borne out of two things:
One of the writers' obsession over the gorilla rape joke, and Eddie Murphy wanting to see Dan Akroyd in blackface.
I think one of the reasons the train scene went on was because they seemed to set up this Beeks character to be this big bad guy (the mini boss next to the Dukes) so they probably wanted him being beaten to be a bit more than just knocking him down and stealing his briefcase. Which wouldn't work well either because he'd probably just call the Dukes and tell them the report was taken. So they needed some sort of sneaky scene similar to that. Maybe it could've been shorter and maybe they could've cut the gorilla part out but they knew we'd all want some sort of revenge and arresting him wouldn't be enough (which would again alert the Dukes).
I loved this movie though and I loved the Dukes' cameo in Coming to America. I understand some people's objections to Louis' choice of costume on the train but things like that were a lot more acceptable (sadly) back then. Can't put today's standards on the past all too much. But it was a fun movie and showed just how horrible some people can be. Also still feels weird seeing them go to the World Trade Center at the end.
I think the idea is that he wouldn't have called the Dukes to tell them the report was taken because of the briefcase SWITCH rather than steal, which contained the fake report. That Beeks would have given them himself rather than them ending up having to do it themselves.
@@Logan_Baron Well yeah, it's also very important that he gives a fake report. But I don't think it could be all that great if they rushed that scene and had them just switch folders in his office while he was in the bathroom or something. Beeks needed to go down hard for that payoff.
That guy Beeks, whom you recognized as the Vice Principal in Breakfast Club, was also the lieutenant in Die Hard.
"did people just have higher hairlines in the 80s?" No, they just didn't have the hair transplants like today.
The "guy leaning against the bars" in jail was Gus Fring from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul
The movie "Coming to America" is technically a sequel to this film. Plot is mostly unrelated but it happens in the same world and has a few characters in common.
We see Eddie Murphy practicing for his African prince role during the train scene.😁
yay cg on 100k guys. been watching for a long time. love you both.
Giancarlo Esposito also plays Stan Edgar on series 'The Boys' ⭐️
The pawn shop guy is Bo Diddley, music legend. I don't know why, but that's him. "I walked 47 miles of barbed wire, got a cobra snake for a necktie, got a brand new house by the roadside, and it's made of rattlesnake hide, got a brand new chimney built on top, made out of human skull, c'mon take a little walk with me baby and tell me who do you love. Who do you love?"
Another Eddie Murphy movie worth a watch: 48 Hours
The pawn shop guy is Legendary guitarist Bo Diddley.
PLEASE WATCH RAT RACE!!! SO SO FUNNY!! Old men put random people to a race for a million dollars left in a locker and a train station!! Amazing actors and seriously funny film!! Love you guys
Rat Race is such an underrated comedy. Me and my friends saw it in the theater and we were absolutely dying of laughter in some places.
@@jculver1674 no way I theater? The atmosphere must have been amazing! I'm glad you agree
"Look at all that wood" that's what she said.
Now you guys need to see the Bachelor Party starring Tom Hanks . It's another great 80's film!!
“I just bet my balls, and shook on it.” 😂
the house in the movie is a landmark and museum. It's on schkyill
Drive, Philadelphia pa
I was waiting and waiting for the Winthorpe blackface reveal and these two did not disappoint with their reaction.
congrats on the 100k!!!! you guys totally deserve it!!!
I am glad you liked this movie overall. Can I suggest another Dan Aykroid movie that came out around the same time with a similar feel. It's called Doctor Detroit it's another little nugget that I am sure you would find funny.
We never did get the sequel,
"Doctor Detroit II: The Wrath Of Mom".
I still tell people: "MERRY NEW YEAR!!! HA-HAHAHAHA!" and say: "Yeah!" in an exaggerated deep voice when I really agree with someone.
I saw this a few times in the 80s or early 90s and had forgotten about most of the film. Two things stood out besides the finale: the "yeah" that I'd kept using for 30 years, and the fact that this film was where I learned that PCP is a thing.