PRODUCTION JOURNAL: An Oral History of Trading Places
Trading Places | John Landis | 1983 | USA | Format: 35mm | 116 min Business Insider gathered the recollections of director, John Landis ; writers, Tim Harris and Herschel Weingrod ; and, actress, Jamie Lee Curtis for what many consider one of the greatest Wall St. Movies ever made (I think they're right). It's a fun and intriguing look at how a great comedy was made even though it seems like no one expected it to be a great comedy while it was being made. However, I think that's more due to modesty because as you read their accounts, besides the fact that it seems like everyone was having a ball working on this, you pick up an essential element of their filmmaking strategy; they trusted their instincts even when the naysayers and higherups did not . They were a talented bunch but without the confidence and persistence to back it up it would have been a different movie. During the development of the film: TIM HARRIS, co-writer: There wer...