Trading Places Trading Places Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. It tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker and a homeless street hustler whose lives cross paths when they are unknowingly made part of an elaborate bet. Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis also star. The storyline is often called a modern take on Mark Twain's classic 19th-century novel "The Prince and the Pauper". The film was written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod and was produced by Aaron Russo. It was released to
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Tales from the Darkside: The Movie Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a 1990 American comedy horror anthology film directed by John Harrison, and based on the anthology television series "Tales from the Darkside". The film depicts a kidnapped paperboy who tells three stories of horror to the suburban witch who is preparing to eat him, "à la" Hansel and Gretel. The film is sometimes said to have been intended as "Creepshow 3", a sequel to George A. Romero and Stephen King's popular horror anthologies "Creepshow" and "Creepshow 2". However, this is not supported by any real evidence. Tom