It may be mid-June, but it’s never too early to think about Christmas—and one iconic festive movie has special reason to celebrate this year. Released in 1983, Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, and Jamie Lee ...

Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod.

Dan Aykroyd knows he couldn’t get away with blackface nowadays like he did 40 years ago alongside Eddie Murphy in 1983’s “Trading Places.” The 70-year-old actor spoke with The Daily Beast about the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Film critic Scott “Movie” Mantz has been ...

As ‘Trading Places’ turns 40, its star is looking back at a scene that has aged poorly Noam Galai/Getty, Courtesy Everett Collection Dan Aykroyd is looking back on what would now be considered ...

New York can claim "Elf" and "Miracle on 34th Street," but Philadelphia has "Trading Places," the raunchy retelling of "The Prince and the Pauper" that doubles as a Christmas classic. The movie shot ...

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the 1983 film “Trading Places.” The hit comedy became a classic and helped launch Eddie Murphy’s film career, but co-star Dan Aykroyd says one scene didn’t age ...

Giancarlo Esposito holding the bars and Eddie Murphy pretending to do martial arts in Trading Places Image via Paramount Pictures Over 40 years ago, one of Eddie Murphy's finest comedic triumphs first ...

Jamie Lee Curtis (pictured center alongside Eddie Murphy and Dan Akyroyd in Trading Spaces) says being "inappropriate every second of my life" helped her move from horror to comedy. (Photo: Everett ...

The actress credited the 1983 comedy with launching her career, saying it led to roles in "A Fish Called Wanda" and "True Lies." Shania Russell is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly, with five ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Inspired by the iconic and beloved 1983 Paramount Pictures film, TRADING PLACES is ...