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| Trading Places |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 07 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Jamie Lee Curtis. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Paramount Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
LV1551-WS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
118 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1983 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/93 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
John Landis |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Timothy Harris & Herschel Weingrod |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Elmer Bernstein |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Gene Rudolf |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Malcolm Campbell |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
George Folsey, Jr. |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Aaraon Russo |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Trading Places features two “Saturday Night Live” alumni, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. Murphy is the streetwise hustler Billy Ray Valentine and Aykroyd is Louis Winthorp II, a wealthy investment executive at Duke Brothers, a Wall Street firm. The stingy rich and wealthy Duke Brothers (Don Amache and Ralph Bellamy) wager a bet over whether born loser Valentine could become as successful as the priggish Winthorpe if circumstances were reversed. But when Valentine and Winthorpe catch on, they arrange for quite a payback surprise. This movie is a lot of fun, with great comic performances by Murphy and Aykroyd.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture definition is mediocre with a soft, filtered film-like quality. There are inconsistencies in color fidelity with fleshtones that appear slightly unnatural. Overall the picture looks a bit dark and grainy with blacks and darker colors over-saturated. The aspect ratio is 1.85:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is unfortunately monaural but is distinguished by Elmer Bernstein’s wonderful music. The soundtrack has apparently been re-equalized and the music and dialogue sound particularly bright and stringent.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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