was on Comedy Central uncensored last night/early morning. I couldn't stay up to watch it all So many funny quotes, where to begin? I'll start with 3... --- I'm Randolph Duke. What up Randy? That's like Randy Jackson of the Jackson 5. I suppose. I'm Mortimer Duke. Hey Morty! I'm Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn. --- What's he doing? Singing, sir. They're a very musical people. --- Bacon comes from pork bellies. The same bacon that is in a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. Billy Ray looks at the camera.
I stayed up all last night just to watch it. lol How about... Coleman:Would you like the Jacuzzi, sir? Billy Ray: See, I knew ya'll was faggots, talkin about some zacuzi. Coleman: It's a whirlpool bath, sir, Billy Ray: Oh, this is niice. Say man, when I was growing up, we wanted a Jacuzzi, we had to fart in the tub. or Billy Ray: Hello, security?...Merry Christmas!
Oh it was just a bad dream. Coleman, Coleman. I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me. I lost my job, I lost my house, Penelope hated me and it was all because of this terrible, awful Negro.
BRV: Sit down you Barry White looking mfer. --- BRV: Excuse me. Is this a joke? Driver shakes head no. BRV: Are these guys f*ggots? Driver shakes head no. BRV: What would you do? Driver shrugs. BRV: Thank you. You've been helpful. ---- MD: We've got whiskey! --- BRV: Let me get this straight. This is Billy Ray Valentine's house, this is Billy Ray Valentine's TV, and this is Billy Ray Valentine's slave. RD: Absolutely. BRV: This is Billy Ray Valentine's vase. I can play Harlem Globetrotters with it. Crash BRV: I'm sorry. That was a cheap vase, right? RD: I believe we paid $35,000 for it but I also remember we reported it for $50,000 with the insurance company. See Mortimer. William has already earned us $15,000. BRV: Would you like me to break anything else? Collectively: NOOOOOO! --- Cop: Winthorp, Louis, the third. Please strip down. LW: Excuse me. Do you know who I am? Cop: Strip now! LW: Look everyone, this man is threatening me. I've got witnesses. You better rethink your decision, you're making a career mistake. Cop # 2: Strip mfer!!!
Forget Christmas Story. TBS should have run Trading Places for 24 hours. I think it might be my favorite movie. Damn it's good.
The greatest holiday movie......EVER!!!!!! I'm constantly quoting the movie and got my girlfriend to start qouting it also. Her favorite line is from Bo Diddley "In Philadelphia it's worth 50 bucks". Who's been putting their Kools out on my floor?!!! The phone in the limo is busted, what is you, ignorant? It's not cool being a jive turkey, so close to thanksgiving. That's because I'm a karate man. A karate man bruise on the inside, they don't show their weakness. Officer, may I suggest using your nightstick. mother******, moi? We are moving, we are moving!! Of course, not to forget the moral of the story: It seems to me the way you get back at rich people is by turning them into poor people. and lastly MERRY NEW YEAR!!! Boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, hah! Boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, hah!
Can anyone explain how the final scam worked? I've watched this movie 5 times and I still don't know what happened exactly.
Explanation of climax scene With the authentic orange crop report indicating a good harvest of fresh oranges, frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) would be less important to food producers and so would be likely to drop in price once traders heard the news. However, by way of a fraudulent report, the Duke brothers are led to believe that the orange harvest would be less successful, necessitating greater demand for stockpiled FCOJ in orange products in the coming year, thereby driving the price up. By capitalizing on this knowledge (and the Duke brothers' missteps), the protagonists are able to profit by manipulating the futures market as follows: Unlike conventional stock, futures contracts can be sold even when the seller does not yet own any of the commodity. A contract to sell, say, 1000 pounds of FCOJ at $1.50 per pound in February merely indicates the seller's obligation to provide and the buyer's obligation to purchase the product at the specified price and time. It does not matter how or where the seller gets the product, as long as, one way or another, he is able to provide it at that price at that time, even if it results in a sale at a loss to him. In this case, Winthorpe and Valentine first "sell" FCOJ futures at roughly $1.45 per unit, a price inflated by the Dukes themselves (the Duke Brothers' buying leads other traders to believe that the Dukes are trying to corner the market, causing a buying frenzy). Then, when the price falls as a result of the release of the real crop report indicating a good harvest, Winthorpe and Valentine buy futures at roughly $0.22 per unit. Thus, for every future unit they had previously sold at $1.45, they purchase a matching amount for only $0.22, resulting in a profit of over $1.20 per unit (over 545%). Though it is not stated in the movie exactly how much they make, if they invested roughly $500,000 from a combination of Winthorpe/Valentine's investment, the Duke's money from buying the "fake" report from a fake Clarence Beeks (Paul Gleason) and Coleman's and Ophelia's savings, they would have turned it into over $2.7 million. It is strongly implied that they purchased additional futures on margin and made dozens (or hundreds) of millions more, since a lesser amount would not bankrupt the Dukes. At the same time, the Duke brothers purchase enormous quantities of FCOJ futures, even at relatively high prices, because they incorrectly expect that the crop report (falsely suggesting a greater need for stockpiled orange juice) will create a demand at even higher prices, securing them a profit. When it turns out that the leaked report they were given was fraudulent and the true report is revealed, the price begins to plummet before they are able to sell off their contracts. So, they are left with an obligation to buy millions of units of FCOJ at a price more than a dollar per unit higher than they can sell them for, bankrupting them. from wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Places
Thank you SO MUCH! It is one of my favorite movies and while I laugh along with everyone in public, I was always too scared to admit that I actually didn't understand what happened. You're the best. P.S. Does EVERYONE know this or am I the only idiot?
No, the end is a bit confusing. Took me a few times to actually figure it out some years back. You're not stupid.
That's one of my fav's too. The way he shakes the bottle gets me every time. I also love the classic BLT leture and the look on Murphy's face. It's a great, great movie.
Some author (from national review I believe) used Murphy's "double take" during the BLT lecture to explain why Bush was more likable than Kerry. According to the article, Kerry was like the guy giving the lecture, and Bush just looks into the camera and give that look that says "can you believe this ivy league a**h***". Classic!
