Trading places

Trading Places (1983) [800 1200] by Eddie Holly

Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy

Living with a lower limb disability is an adventure. Everybody appreciates that. But the public understanding of what it's like to live disabled is lacking in a few areas- take it from someone who had to get hit by a train to learn how wrong she was about disability. Here are 11 things that, much like the train, I didn't see coming.

The 32-year-old-film, which is centered on insider trading and the culture of poverty, fits into the economic conversations America is having today.

Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd in a scene from the Paramount Pictures movie 'Trading Places' in 1983 in New York City, New York.

It has been 16 years since the devastating attacks of September 11. Coverage of the tragedy during which nearly 3,000 perished was the main priority that day for most Western news agencies (the scenes were witnessed by an estimated two billion people - a third of the human race). Together with amateur records, this has produced such an incredible amount of footage, some of it is rarely seen even today.

Trading Places...Murphy, Curtis,and Akroyd

On its 30th anniversary, we toast "Trading Places" with its cast and crew.

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