Talk:Trading Places

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[edit] The End of the Film

I would be grateful if someone could explain the ending of the film. I am not familiar with the workings of the commodities market and I have been trying to figure out what happened for twenty years. --Feitclub 02:11, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/board/flat/4331603 it explains it here.

Ha. I did some research on my own and added an explanation on the main page without seeing the requests on the talk page. If you still find it confusing, let me know (give me a shout-out on my talk page). Jkatzen 10:02, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

The first bullet point in the explanation isn't true. You can short sell stock as well. Margins work differently, however.

Right, but "short-selling" a stock is in actuality a futures contract -- the name is deceptive, as shares aren't immediately sold by the "short-seller". Instead he agrees to sell shares in the future for the price on the current date. If the value goes down in the future, he could buy shares at the future (cheaper) time and then immediately sell them to his optioner for a profit. Jkatzen 02:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Just a thought about the description of the ending. The article states that it isn't clear how much Valentine and Winthorp made, but doesn't mention the Dukes' statement after they are faced with the margin call. He responds with "You know perfectly well we haven't got 394 million dollars in cash!" I'm not sure if that helps or not, but it at least shows how much they lost. --joshua orvis 04:36, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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I've just made some edits to the main page, with all respect to the original author/s.

A couple of typo's were corrected, and a few scenes which were out-of-place were corrected.

For instance, the scene where the Dukes explain to Valentine just what they do doesn't take place in the car, but at the office, and Winthorp attempts to shoot himself AFTER the bus ride.

I used as much of the original text as possible when making the changes. I also added one or two extra bits for flavour.

Gardener of Geda 13:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Winthorpe Valentine

Why was the link to Winthorpe Valentine removed from the Trivia section? It's a working link, and it appears to be a legitimate site. Presumably its founders are fans of this film. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.2.124.11 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 12 December 2006.

Because the linked website has no relevancy whatsoever to the topic of this article. --Ezeu 00:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary too long

Do we really need a long form description of the entire move? I think a plot summary should be exactly that - a brief, general synopsys.

I agree. The synopsis was fine two or three months ago, but someone has gone in and done a "describe every scene in a blow-by-blow account of the film". I would suggest that the synopsis is reverted to what it was. Arthur Holland 13:12, 11 January 2007 (UTC)