Trading Places
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	John Landis
Produced by	George Folsey Jr. Aaron Russo Irwin Russo Sam Williams
Written by	Timothy Harris Herschel Weingrod
Starring	Dan Aykroyd Eddie Murphy Jamie Lee Curtis
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Robert Paynter
Editing by	Malcolm Campbell
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	June 8, 1983 (USA)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$28,000,000 (estimate)
All Movie Guide profile
IMDb profile

Philadelphia Portal

Trading Places is a 1983 comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis. It was directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. It was produced by Aaron Russo. Image File history File links Trading_Places. ... John Landis (born August 3, 1950 in Chicago) is an American movie actor, director, writer, and producer. ... Aaron Russo is a Jewish American entertainment businessman, film maker, hi denverLibertarian political figure and a tax protester. ... Author of the OReilly book Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallmans Crusade for Free Software. ... Weingrod co-wrote the script for Kindergarten Cop Herschel Weingrod (30 October 1947 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) is an American screen writer. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City[1]) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is a two time Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy Award-nominated American film actress and a successful writer of books for children. ... Elmer Bernstein (pronounced Bern-steen[1]) (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American film score composer. ... Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Liberty Bell; public domain. ... Trading Places International is an independent California corporation providing a full spectrum of vacation services to vacation interval owners, resort associations and resort developers. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City[1]) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is a two time Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy Award-nominated American film actress and a successful writer of books for children. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... John Landis (born August 3, 1950 in Chicago) is an American movie actor, director, writer, and producer. ... Aaron Russo is a Jewish American entertainment businessman, film maker, hi denverLibertarian political figure and a tax protester. ...

This film is number 74 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". This article is about the U.S. cable network. ...

Plot

The plot is similar to the Three Stooges 1935 short film Hoi Polloi. The movie's premise features two immensely wealthy and patrician brothers, Mortimer and Randolph Duke (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy), who find themselves on opposite sides of the nature versus nurture argument. The brothers decide that the best way to resolve the argument is to ruin a successful man's life, dramatically improve the fortunes of the street hustler, and see how they respond. Mortimer believes that regardless of their shifting fortunes, the well-bred subject will rise to the challenge and the riff-raff will fail no matter what opportunities are presented to him. Randolph insists the well-bred subject will unravel in society while the hustler will take full advantage of his new situation and become a changed man. Both satisfied with the plan, the Duke brothers shake hands to seal a wager for their "usual amount". The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the mid 20th century best known for their numerous short films. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... The Hoi Polloi march in a protest for more rights. ... This article is about the social and political class in ancient Rome. ... Not to be confused with former NBA player John Amaechi. ... Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning sixty-two years. ... The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individuals innate qualities (nature) versus personal experiences (nurture) in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits. ...

Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) is a respected senior employee of the Dukes who manages their Philadelphia commodities brokerage firm, Duke & Duke. His bona fides are impeccable, having attended Exeter and Harvard. Louis has reached the ideal level of detached self-satisfaction, complete with the superficial fiancée, Penelope. However, the Dukes arrange to shatter Louis' reputation by having one of their operatives, Clarence Beeks (Paul Gleason), "expose" him as a petty thief. As Louis is processed in jail, a scene featuring a cameo by Frank Oz, Louis finds that another item has been planted in his clothing — a cellophane bag containing angel dust. Louis does not fare well in jail — by the time Penelope arrives to post bail, he is disheveled and bruised. When he finally appears to convince Penelope he has been falsely accused, a prostitute, Ophelia, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, lustily kisses Louis and begs him for a dime bag, promising to do all the things he likes. Louis Winthorpe III, or Louie, is a fictional character from the movie Trading Places, played by Dan Aykroyd, Louis Winthorpe III, a graduate of Exeter and Harvard, is a respectable senior employee of Duke & Duke, a commodities brokerage in Philadephia. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... A commodity broker is a broker who acts between the buy and seller in commodity trading. ... Phillips Exeter Academy (most commonly called Exeter, also Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9–12, located on 619 acres[1] in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, fifty miles north of Boston. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Gleason in his role as Principal Richard Vernon in 1985s The Breakfast Club Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor. ... Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor and puppeteer. ... Phencyclidine (a contraction of the chemical name phenylcyclohexylpiperidine), abbreviated PCP, is a dissociative drug formerly used as an anesthetic agent, exhibiting hallucinogenic and neurotoxic effects. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is a two time Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy Award-nominated American film actress and a successful writer of books for children. ...

Penelope flees in a state of shock, while Ophelia explains to Louis that someone (Beeks) paid her so Louis would enjoy the "prank." His life continues to deteriorate. His bank accounts have been frozen and he has been locked out of his home by his devoted butler, Coleman (Denholm Elliott). Ophelia takes pity on the broken man (hooker with a heart of gold) and takes Louis back to her apartment. Elliott in The Signal-Man Denholm Mitchell Elliott (May 31, 1922 – October 6, 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Meanwhile, street hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) had been arrested when he innocently bumped into Louis, his action perceived as a robbery attempt. When Billy Ray is briefly jailed, he attempts to intimidate his hulking cellmates with his purported karate abilities, such as the Quart of Blood Technique. The Dukes bail him out and invite him into their limousine, and then into their supposed program that assists underprivileged members of society. Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City[1]) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... For other uses, see Karate (disambiguation). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

Billy Ray is brought to his new house (formerly Louis') and eventually accepts his new luxury, inviting all of the patrons from his favorite bar back to the house for a party. However, Valentine already starts to show signs that he has been changed by wealth, seeing his guests as freeloaders. On his first day at his new job, the Dukes give Billy Ray a brief primer on their business, explaining the concept of commodities in the simplest possible terms. Billy Ray catches on in that the Dukes "make bets" and invest money on behalf of clients on whether stocks will go up or down (Billy Ray compares them to bookies). Eventually, Billy Ray's real-world perspective proves to be an accurate predictor of a commodity's movement.

Both characters' plights come to a head during a Duke & Duke Christmas party. Much to Mortimer's chagrin, Louis shows up dressed as Santa Claus, but attempts to steal food and frame Billy Ray, also brandishing a pistol. The Dukes see that Louis has hit bottom, and in a washroom conversation, Mortimer concedes defeat in the bet and pays off that usual amount, one dollar. Billy Ray, however, hears the conversation, which also reveals the Dukes' plan to push Billy Ray back on the streets while declining to restore Louis' position. The Dukes reveal their real contempt for Valentine, when Mortimer remarks in the washroom: "Do you really believe I would have a nigger run our family business, Randolph?" A typical depiction of Santa Claus. ... // Nigger is a racial slur used to refer to dark-skinned people, especially those of African ancestry. ...

Billy Ray finds Louis, who could not even kill himself properly (though his suicide attempt is played for comedy), and brings Louis back to his real home. As the two plan their revenge, when Billy Ray theorizes "the best way to get back at rich people is to turn them into poor people". They discover the Dukes plan to purchase (through Beeks) an advance copy of the official orange crop report, to help them corner the market in frozen concentrated orange juice. In the end, Louis and Billy Ray obtain the real report, the Dukes read one with opposite information, causing the Dukes to bankrupt themselves, while Louis, Billy Ray, Coleman and Ophelia become rich. Rather than surrender to US soldiers, the Mayor (Bürgermeister) of Leipzig, Germany, committed suicide along with his wife and daughter on April 20, 1945. ... In business, cornering the market is an illegal attempt to buy up enough of a particular commodity to allow the price to be manipulated. ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...

Explanation of climax scene

With the authentic orange crop report indicating a good harvest of fresh oranges, frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) would be less important to food producers and so would be likely to drop in price once traders heard the news. However, by way of a fraudulent report, the Duke brothers are led to believe that the orange harvest would be less successful, necessitating greater demand for stockpiled FCOJ in orange products in the coming year, thereby driving the price up. By capitalizing on this knowledge (and the Duke brothers' missteps), the protagonists are able to profit by manipulating the futures market as follows: A concentrate is a form of substance which has had the majority of its base component (in the case of a liquid: the solvent) removed. ... Orange juice is sometimes artificially colored to match the color of orange rinds. ... The protagonist is the central figure of a story, and is often referred to as a storys main character. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

• Like conventional stock, futures contracts can be sold even when the seller does not yet own any of the commodity. A contract to sell, say, 15,000 pounds of FCOJ at $1.50 per pound in February merely indicates the seller's obligation to provide and the buyer's obligation to purchase the product at the specified price and time. It does not matter how or where the seller gets the product, as long as, one way or another, he is able to provide it at that price at that time, even if it results in a sale at a loss to him.

• In this case, Winthorpe and Valentine first "sell" FCOJ futures at roughly $1.45 per unit, a price inflated by the Dukes themselves (the Duke Brothers' buying leads other traders to believe that the Dukes are trying to corner the market, causing a buying frenzy). Then, when the price falls first as a result Winthorpe and Valentine's eager selling, then to a much greater degree upon the release of the real crop report indicating a good harvest, Winthorpe and Valentine buy futures at roughly $0.29 per unit. Thus, for every future unit they had previously sold at $1.45, they purchase a matching amount for only $0.29, resulting in a profit of over $1.20 per unit. In the futures market, the value of the contracts you can purchase is limited by the balance of your margin account with the clearinghouse. With a typical requirement of 4%, you can purchase roughly 25 times the balance of your margin account. Though it is not stated in the movie exactly how much they make, if they invested roughly $500,000 from a combination of Winthorpe/Valentine's investment, the Duke's money from buying the "fake" report from a fake Clarence Beeks (Paul Gleason) and Coleman's and Ophelia's savings, they would have turned it into over $10 million. It is strongly implied that they purchased additional futures on margin and made dozens (or hundreds) of millions more, since a lesser amount would not bankrupt the Dukes.

• At the same time, the Duke brothers purchase enormous quantities of FCOJ futures, even at relatively high prices, because they incorrectly expect that the crop report (falsely suggesting a greater need for stockpiled orange juice) will create a demand at even higher prices, securing them a profit. When it turns out that the leaked report they were given was fraudulent and the true report is revealed, the price begins to plummet before they are able to sell off their contracts. So, they are left with an obligation to buy millions of units of FCOJ at a price more than a dollar per unit higher than they can sell them for, bankrupting them. The Dukes too, are trading on margin, in order to magnify their profits (or losses, as it turns out). The first words that the exchange representative says to them after their disastrous trading session are "Margin call, gentlemen," requiring them to deposit more money with the exchange to cover their open lossmaking position. Randolph whines, "You know perfectly well that we don't have $394 million in cash!" Since their open position is hundreds of millions of dollars in the red, leaving no further margin to deposit, they are effectively ruined.

• The $1.20 per pound price change on FCOJ futures that generated Winthorpe and Valentine's huge profit would be unlikely in the real FCOJ market. The exchange that houses the FCOJ futures trading imposes a daily limit of 10 cents per pound on the price movement of the near month contract from its previous day's settlement price. Most commodities futures contracts have daily limits. After the FCOJ price is 10 cents away from the prior settlement price, trading is halted and the market is referred to as "limit up" or "limit down". Trading reopens if prices are again within the limit, and the next day the price can change 10 cents again. The price limit can be widened under certain market conditions.

In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. ... In business, cornering the market is an illegal attempt to buy up enough of a particular commodity to allow the price to be manipulated. ... Gleason in his role as Principal Richard Vernon in 1985s The Breakfast Club Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor. ... In finance, a margin is collateral that the holder of a position in securities, options, or futures contracts has to deposit to cover the credit risk of his counterparty. ... A margin call is the demand, in a margin account, for additional funds, additional money or securities, to be deposited into the account. ...

Cast

• Dan Aykroyd as Louis Winthorpe III
• Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine
• Ralph Bellamy as Randolph Duke
• Don Ameche as Mortimer Duke
• Denholm Elliott as Coleman
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia
• Kristin Holby as Penelope Witherspoon
• Paul Gleason as Clarence Beeks
• Alfred Drake as President of Exchange
• Maurice Woods as a Duke & Duke employee
• Kelly Curtis as Muffy
• Robert Curtis-Bown as Todd, Louis' rival for Penelope's affections
• Nicholas Guest as Harry (one of Louis Winthorpe III's preppy friends)
• Avon Long as Ezra, Randolph and Mortimer's manservant
• Tom Mardirosian as Officer Pantuzzi
• Robert Earl Jones as attendant
• Ron Taylor as the big bearded black guy who menaces Valentine in jail
• Giancarlo Esposito as one of Valentines cellmates that he impresses with his stories
• James Eckhouse as the prison guard who comes to get Valentine after the Dukes bail him out
• Frank Oz as the cop itemizing Louis' possessions. Oz played a similar role at the start of Landis and Aykroyd's movie The Blues Brothers.
• Eddie Jones as a cop with Oz
• Bill Cobbs as the bartender at the bar Valentine goes to
• Bo Diddley as Pawnbroker
• Philip Bosco as the doctor who treats Louis
• James Belushi as Harvey (Gorilla suit partygoer)
• Al Franken as Baggage handler #1
• Tom Davis as Baggage handler #2
• Stephen Stucker as the baggage handlers' boss, the stationmaster
• Richard Hunt (Oz's co-Muppeteer) as Wilson, the Dukes' representative at the Exchange.
• Gary Klar as one of the longshoremen with the gorillas at the end.

Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City[1]) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning sixty-two years. ... Not to be confused with former NBA player John Amaechi. ... Elliott in The Signal-Man Denholm Mitchell Elliott (May 31, 1922 – October 6, 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is a two time Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy Award-nominated American film actress and a successful writer of books for children. ... Kristin Holby is a Canadian actress. ... Gleason in his role as Principal Richard Vernon in 1985s The Breakfast Club Paul Xavier Gleason (May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006) was an American film and television actor. ... Alfred Drake (born Alfred Capurro) (October 7, 1914 - July 25, 1992) is a Broadway theater performer best known for his appearances in the musicals Babes in Arms, Oklahoma!, Kiss Me, Kate, and Kismet. ... Kelly Lee Curtis (born June 17, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is the eldest child of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and the sister of actress Jamie Lee Curtis. ... Nicholas Guest (born Nicholas Haden-Guest, May 5, 1955, New York, New York) is an American actor who is the brother of Christopher Guest and brother-in-law of Jamie Lee Curtis. ... Avon Long - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Tom Mardirosian (born December 14, 1947) is an American actor, born and raised in Buffalo, New York. ... Robert Earl Jones (February 3, 1910 - September 7, 2006) was an American actor and the father of actor James Earl Jones. ... Ronald James Taylor (October 16, 1952 Galveston, Texas–January 16, 2002) was an American actor. ... Giancarlo Esposito (b. ... James Eckhouse (born February 14, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor best known for playing Jim Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210. ... Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor and puppeteer. ... The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a Saturday Night Live musical sketch. ... Eddie Jones is an American actor. ... Bill Cobbs (born June 16, 1935) is an African-American film actor. ... Bo Diddleys emphasis on rhythm largely influenced popular music, especially that of rock and roll in the 1960s. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... James Edgar Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, musician and younger brother of the late comedian John Belushi. ... Alan Stuart Al Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an Emmy Award–winning American comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, radio host and, recently, politician. ... Tom Davis is a prolific comedy writer and performer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Richard Hunt (August 16, 1951 - January 7, 1992) was an American puppeteer best known for his association with The Muppets. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ...

Awards

• Curtis and Elliott received BAFTA awards for their roles.

BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

Rating

The film was rated R by the MPAA, for brief nude scenes when Jamie Lee Curtis takes off her top in front of Dan Aykroyd and several topless women dancing at the party held by Valentine. There was also some strong language used in the movie, most notable scene was when Beeks was using a pay phone a women walked by for she had to use the phone and Beeks put the person on hold to tell the women, "Fuck Off". Other scenes include Winthorpe cleaning a double-barreled shotgun and Valentine remarks "Man, you can't just go round shooting people in the kneecaps with a double-barreled shotgun just because you're pissed at them" and Valentine's continual usage of the term "Mother Fucka", due to his ghetto upbringing, and at Valentine's party,Coleman asks "Should I prepare some more hor'dourves for the guests, sir?" and Valentine replies, "Fuck them", and at the end of the movie, when Randolph Duke collapses as he and his brother have just lost millions, a debt collector exclaims "Mortimer, your brother's just collapsed!", and Mortimer Duke replies, "Fuck him!". The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is a two time Golden Globe-winning, and Emmy Award-nominated American film actress and a successful writer of books for children. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ...

Production

Most of the movie was filmed on location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Portions were set in New York, at the World Trade Center and the New York Board of Trade exchange floor at 4 World Trade Center. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... NY redirects here. ... “WTC” redirects here. ... The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) is a physical commodity futures exchange located in New York, New York. ... World Trade Center 4 was a 9-story low-rise office building in the southeast corner of the site, in Lower Manhattan, New York City. ...

The final scene was filmed in St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

Television Broadcasts

Some elements are added or removed from the film for television.

• The only deleted scene, in which Clarence Beeks drugs a security guard and steals the crop report while Sunset Boulevard plays on television, was included in television versions.
• Occasionally broadcasts of the film will edit out either the entire scene of Louis and Billy Ray walking into the WTC or simply edit Louis' statement about the WTC "In this building it's either kill or be killed" out of respect for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

It has been suggested that Norma Desmond be merged into this article or section. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

Trivia

• The score for this film is largely from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which features the story of a lower-class person getting the best of his upper-class master.
• The punch line of the story Bunny (Susan Fallender) tells at the tennis club ("... and she stepped on the ball") is a reference to Auntie Mame (1958), in which Gloria Upson, a snob, tells a joke with the same punch line (to which no one laughs).
• The phrase "See You Next Wednesday" appears in all of Landis' films in some fashion. In this film, it appears printed on a poster in Ophelia's apartment.
• The Duke brothers appear as two homeless men in Murphy's 1988 movie Coming to America. Murphy's character hands a wad of cash to a homeless man, who is revealed to be Mortimer. Randolph observes and says, "Mortimer, we're back," as a snippet of the score from Trading Places can be heard. Both films were directed by John Landis.
• In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Trading Places the 33rd greatest comedy film of all time.
• In the Spongebob Squarepants Episode Spy Buddies the Mr. Krabs and Plankton characters switch lives to see if they could do each others jobs well or not and bet one dollar, an obvious reference to the plot

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ... Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ... See You Next Wednesday is a fictional film that is the trademark of film director John Landis. ... For the reality television series starring Victoria Beckham, see Victoria Beckham: Coming to America. ... Total Film, published by Future Publishing, is the United Kingdoms second best-selling film magazine, after the longer-established Empire from Emap. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

External links

• Trading Places at the Internet Movie Database
• Learning the Ropes: The Basics of Futures from World Link Futures, Inc.