TRADING PLACES Film 1983. Written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Directed by John Landis. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis and Paul Gleason.

Source Features: BBB (7) TIMELINE (4) MAP (2) OTHER (16) THEMES (5) Key Word Search SourceRecord Name/DescriptionRecord Comments All MediaAdvertisingAnimated FilmAnimated SeriesComedy ActsComic BooksComic StripsFilmLiteratureMagazinesMusicOtherRadioTheaterTV SeriesVideo Games Source All SourcesTrading Places Categories All GroupsBogus Business BureauFictitious TimelineMake Believe MapOther Order by Record Name SourceSource YearGroupCategorySubcategory ASCDESC

Total Records: 29 - Medium: FILM

#	Record Name	Group	Category	Subcategory
BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1	April Wheat	BBB	Food Industries	Food Companies
	April Wheat Food company - mentioned first to Valentine at the restaurant, then Winthorpe sells on the market floor.
2	Duke & Duke	BBB	Financial Companies	Financial Services
	Duke & Duke Brothers Randolph and Mortimer Duke's commodities brokerage firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3	The Financial Journal	BBB	Periodicals	Journals
	The Financial Journal Newspaper headline: NEW APPOINTEE VALENTINE ELECTRIFIES DUKE & DUKE.
4	First National Bank	BBB	Financial Companies	Banks
	First National Bank Winthorpe's bank, from which he is thrown out while attempting to access his accounts.
5	The Heritage Club	BBB	Entertainment	Private Clubs
	The Heritage Club The Duke brothers' private club.
6	Lyndhurst Security	BBB	Services	Security Services
	Lyndhurst Security Security expert Clarence Beeks' company.
7	See You Next Wednesday	BBB	Cinema	Movies
	See You Next Wednesday Movie poster in Ophelia's apartment. Directed by William Wyler and starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven. The poster features the quote, "L'un des 10 meilleurs Films du Monde", which translates as "One of the 10 Best Movies in the World". Reference to Frank Poole's father's last line in his video letter, from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
8	December 24, 1982	Dates	20th Century: 80s	Events
	December 24, 1982 Winthorpe gets drunk and sneaks into Duke and Duke wearing a Santa Claus outfit, attempting to frame Valentine. After he is thrown out, Valentine overs the Dukes discussing their plan, and he goes looking for Winthorpe to fill him in.
9	December 25, 1982	Dates	20th Century: 80s	Events
	December 25, 1982 Winthorpe and Valentine begin to formulate their plan for revenge on the Duke brothers while watching a report on the crop report coming out soon.
10	December 31, 1982	Dates	20th Century: 80s	Events
	December 31, 1982 Winthorpe and Valentine intercept the crop report from Clarence Beeks.
11	January 2, 1983	Dates	20th Century: 80s	Events
	January 2, 1983 The day the crop reports come out. Louis and Penelope discuss the date prior to the Duke brothers ruining his life.
MAKE BELIEVE MAP
12	Dang Gong	Map	Geographic Areas	Territories
	Dang Gong Billy Ray Valentine: Oh, I'd love to help you, man, but I ain't seen nothing since I stepped on that landmine in Vietcong back in '72. It was very rough, very painful... I was in Sang Bang, Dang Gong. I was all over that place, basically a lot of places, a lot of places.
13	Sang Bang	Map	Geographic Areas	Territories
	Sang Bang Billy Ray Valentine: Oh, I'd love to help you, man, but I ain't seen nothing since I stepped on that landmine in Vietcong back in '72. It was very rough, very painful... I was in Sang Bang, Dang Gong. I was all over that place, basically a lot of places, a lot of places.
OTHER
14	Billy Ray Valentine	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Billy Ray Valentine Billy Ray Valentine: Yeah, we got to kill the mother- we got to kill 'em!
15	Billy Ray Valentine	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Billy Ray Valentine Billy Ray Valentine: It seems to me that the best way to hurt rich people is by making them poor.
16	Billy Ray Valentine	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Billy Ray Valentine Billy Ray Valentine: Hey, baby, what's happening? How you doing? Once you have a man with no legs, you never go back, baby. I know what you're thinking. You seen Porgy and Bess? We can make it, baby. Me and you. You bitch!
17	Billy Ray Valentine	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Billy Ray Valentine Billy Ray Valentine: Oh, I'd love to help you, man, but I ain't seen nothing since I stepped on that landmine in Vietcong back in '72. It was very rough, very painful... I was in Sang Bang, Dang Gong. I was all over that place, basically a lot of places, a lot of places.
18	Billy Ray Valentine	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Billy Ray Valentine Billy Ray Valentine: It's Christmas time. Everybody's uptight... Okay, pork belly prices have been dropping all morning. So everybody's waiting for them to hit rock bottom so they can buy cheap. The people with pork belly contracts are thinking, "Hey, we're losing all our money and Christmas is coming. I won't be able to buy my son the G.I. Joe with the Kung Fu grip. And my wife won't make love to me 'cause I ain't got no money." They're panicking, screaming, "Sell, sell." They don't want to lose all their money. They are panicking right now. I can feel it. Look at them.
19	Clarence Beeks	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Clarence Beeks Clarence Beeks: I will rip out your eyes and piss on your brain!
20	Harvey	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Harvey Harvey: Ever make it with an ape?
21	Louis Winthorpe III	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Louis Winthorpe III Louis Winthorpe III: Think big, think positive, never show any sign of weakness. Buy low, sell high. Fear? That's the other guy's problem. Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the unlimited carnage you are about to witness. Superbowl, World Series - they don't know what pressure is. In this building, it's either kill or be killed. You make no friends in the pits and you take no prisoners. One moment you're up half a mil in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley. Are you with me?
22	New Year's Eve	Other	Themes	Flatliners 2
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23	Operation Strange Fruit	Other	Plans	Operations
	Operation Strange Fruit Clarence Beeks' plan to get the Duke brothers the crop report before it is released to the public.
24	Penelope	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Penelope Penelope: I want you, Louis, now.
25	Penelope & Louis	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Penelope & Louis Penelope: Mumsy wants to have party for us right after New Year's. January 2. Is that good? Louis: A-okay with me, hon. Darn nice of her, too. Oh, heck, second of January, can't do it, boo. It's the day the crop reports come out.
26	Untitled	Other	Themes	Flatliners 2
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27	Untitled	Other	Themes	Gray Eagle
	#2a4536 #3c634e #589272
28	Untitled	Other	Themes	Pleasantville
	#330800 #916c67 #b79f9c
29	Untitled	Other	Themes	Shield, The
	#e6050b #467b9b #076636

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