De Mendigo a Millonario
Director: John Landis
Starring: Dan Aykroyd,Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Jamie Lee Curtis
But what's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other.
It's easily the best of the movies I've seen by the various "Saturday Night Live" alumni, and part of the reason it's funny and satisfying is that it doesn't strain.
makes Trading Places something more than a good-hearted comedy. He turns it into an event.
Trading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
Saturday Night Live activist Murphy, capitalising on the promise he showed in "48 Hrs.," steals the show as the quick-witted Billy Ray Valentine in what is certainly more mainstream fare than the earlier SNL staffed capers.
Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score
Academy Awards (1984)
Best Supporting Actor
BAFTA Awards (1984)
Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Golden Globes (1984)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Image Awards (1983)
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1984)
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