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
Places in the Heart Heart" grossed $274,279 in its opening week-end. The film grossed $34.9 million in the US. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 96% based on reviews from 27 critics and a rating average of 8.1 out of 10. The consensus is: ""Places in the Heart" is a quiet character piece with grand ambitions that it more than fulfills, thanks to absorbing work from writer-director Robert Benton and a tremendous cast." Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" wrote in his review: "Robert Benton has made one of the best films in years about growing up American." Canby