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Overview
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Release Date:
8 June 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
They're not just getting rich... They're getting even. morePlot:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Comedian Matt Lucas Picked Up by 'Astro Boy' (From Aceshowbiz. 8 October 2008, 1:26 AM, PDT)
Astro Boy Release Date Announced (From Screen Rant. 23 September 2008, 9:37 PM, PDT)
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Ahmwoonanawoonanawoonana-huh! moreUS TV Schedule:
| Mon. Oct. 13 | 8:00 PM | MAX |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Denholm Elliott | ... | Coleman | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Louis Winthorpe III | |
| Maurice Woods | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| Richard D. Fisher Jr. | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| Jim Gallagher | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| Anthony DiSabatino | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| Bonnie Behrend | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| Sunnie Merrill | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| James Newell | ... | Duke & Duke Employee (as Jim Newell) | |
| Mary St. John | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| Bonnie Tremena | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| David Schwartz | ... | Duke & Duke Employee | |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | Randolph Duke | |
| Don Ameche | ... | Mortimer Duke | |
| Tom Degidon | ... | Duke Domestic |
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Also Known As:
Black or White (USA) (working title)Glücksritter, Die (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Un fauteuil pour deux (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
De mendigo a millonario (Argentina) [es]
Entre pillos anda el juego (Spain) [es]
Kolo srece (Serbia) [sr]
Ombytta roller (Sweden) [sv]
Poltrona per due, Una (Italy) [it]
Ricos e os Pobres, Os (Portugal) [pt]
Rollebyttet (Norway) [no]
Trocando as Bolas (Brazil) [pt]
Vaihtokaupat (Finland) [fi]
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
118 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:S | Norway:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16MOVIEmeter: 
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The premise is similar to that of Hoi Polloi (1935), The Three Stooges film. Two rich guys are arguing about what matters most: breeding or upbringing. One bets the other they can take any bum off the street and make him a gentleman. moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When telling the Duke brothers where to rendezvous to pick up the crop report, Beeks tells them to meet him at "...2400 hours..." In Greenwich time (military time), there is no 2400. It goes from 2359 to 0000. This was most likely to show that Beeks is not the tough guy he wants you to think he is, but just a guy with a gun and connections. moreQuotes:
Louis Winthorpe III: He was wearing my Harvard tie. Can you believe it? My Harvard tie. Like oh, sure he went to Harvard. moreSoundtrack:
DO YOU WANNA FUNK moreFAQ
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This is one of the best comedies out there, made back in the days when John Landis was still good. It is bursting with brilliant scenes for fans to act out and loads of hilarious lines to recite. I find myself doing this quite a lot. Who cannot resist Eddie Murphy's foreign exchange student disguise or Ackroyd's Lionel Josef. The ape in the train is a thigh-slapper too.
For a comedy it has a great plot and a decent running time but it has dated quite a bit. Please though, no remake. Let this film stand on it's own as proof that Ackroyd, Murphy and Landis were once brilliant at what they did.