Trading Places (1983)
Eddie Murphy: Billy Ray Valentine
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Quotes
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Even Bigger Black Guy : I mean you beatin' 10 cops? You putting a man in the hospital? How come I don't see no bruises on you?
Big Black Guy : Yeah!
Billy Ray Valentine : 'Cause I'm a karate man! And a karate man bruises on the inside! They don't show their weakness. But you don't know that because you're a big Barry White looking motherfucker! So get outta my face!
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Billy Ray Valentine : [watches Louis clean his shotgun] You know, you can't just go around and shoot people in the kneecaps with a double-barreled shotgun 'cause you pissed at 'em.
Louis Winthorpe III : Why not?
Billy Ray Valentine : It's called assault with a deadly weapon. You get twenty years for that shit.
Louis Winthorpe III : Listen, do you have any better ideas?
Billy Ray Valentine : Yeah. You know, it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people.
Coleman : You have to admit, sir, you didn't like it yourself a bit.
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Billy Ray Valentine : Billy Ray Valentine: "Yeah well, what if I can't do it?"
Coleman : Just be yourself, sir. Whatever happens, they can't take that away from you.
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Billy Ray Valentine : [as Louis is choking him] lt - was - the - Dukes! lt - was - the - Dukes!
Louis Winthorpe III : YOU'RE A DEAD MAN, VALENTINE!
Billy Ray Valentine : [gasping, after Ophelia and Coleman stop Louis from choking Billy Ray] The Dukes used us as guinea pigs, man! It was an experiment, to see how our lives would turn out. They made a bet.
Coleman : I'm afraid it's true, sir.
Ophelia : I believe him, Louie.
Louis Winthorpe III : The Dukes... ruined my life... over a bet. For how much?
Billy Ray Valentine : A dollar.
Louis Winthorpe III : One dollar. Fine. That's the way they want it - no problem.
[cut to Louis cleaning and loading an array of shotguns in the den]
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Billy Ray Valentine : Hey that's the motherf- I mean... that's the gentleman that had me busted.
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Even Bigger Black Guy : It was a stone groove, my man! You are, the most, righteous...
Billy Ray Valentine : Yeah right, just get the fuck out, man! Let's go!
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Billy Ray : No thanks, guys, I already had breakfast this morning.
Mortimer Duke : This is NOT a *meal,* Valentine. We are here to TRY to explain to you what it is we DO here.
Randolph Duke : We are 'commodities brokers,' William. Now, what are commodities? Commodities are agricultural products... like coffee that you had for breakfast... wheat, which is used to make bread... pork bellies, which is used to make bacon, which you might find in a 'bacon, lettuce and tomato' sandwich.
[Billy Ray turns and gives a long look at the camera]
Randolph Duke : Randolph
[continuing]
Randolph Duke : And then there are other commodities, like frozen orange juice... and GOLD. Though, of course, gold doesn't grow on trees like oranges.
[chuckles]
Randolph Duke : Clear so far?
Billy Ray : [nodding and smiling, even though it ISN'T clear to him] Yeah.
Randolph Duke : Good, William! Now, some of our clients are speculating that the price of gold will rise in the future. And we have other clients who are speculating that the price of gold will fall. They place their orders with us, and we buy or sell their gold for them.
Mortimer Duke : Tell him the good part.
Randolph Duke : The good part, William, is that, no matter whether our clients make money or lose money, Duke & Duke get the commissions.
Mortimer Duke : Well? What do you think, Valentine?
Billy Ray : Sounds to me like you guys a couple of bookies.
Randolph Duke : [chuckling, patting Billy Ray on the back] I told you he'd understand.
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Billy Ray Valentine : [after demonstrating some fake karate moves] That's called the "quart of blood" technique. You do that, a quart of blood will drop out of a man's body.
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Louis Winthorpe III : [approaching the New York Commodities Exchange] Think big, think positive, never show any sign of weakness. Always go for the throat. Buy low, sell high. Fear? That's the other guy's problem. Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the absolute carnage you are about to witness. Super Bowl, World Series - they don't know what pressure is. In this building, it's either kill or be killed. You make no friends in the pits and you take no prisoners. One minute you're up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley. Are you with me?
Billy Ray Valentine : Yeah, we got to kill the motherf... - we got to kill 'em!
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Billy Ray Valentine : [Billy Ray is in jail] I wish my bitches would get here. I ain't got time to be sitting in this cell with you.
Even Bigger Black Guy : Where are your bitches, Mr. Big-Time Pimp?
Big Black Guy : Yeah!
Billy Ray Valentine : [to cellmate #2] Didn't I tell you that the phone in my limousine is busted, and I can't get in contact with my bitches?
Cellmate #2 : [to the Big Black Guy] Yeah! The phone in the limo was busted. What is ya, ignorant?
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Louis Winthorpe III : Nenge? Nenge Mboko? It is me, Lionel Joseph!
Billy Ray Valentine : Lionel! From the African Education Conference!
Louis Winthorpe III : Yah, mon, I was Director of Cultural Activities at the Haile Selassie Pavilion.
Billy Ray Valentine : I remember the pavilion - we had big fun there!
Both : Boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, hah! Boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, boo-boo yah, hah!
Billy Ray Valentine : Oh, memories!
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Randolph Duke : We want to help you, Mr. Valentine. My brother and I run a privately-funded program to rehabilitate culturally disadvantaged people. We'd like to supply you with a home of your own, a car, a generous bank account, and employment with our company.
Mortimer Duke : We're going to start you at $80,000 a year.
Billy Ray Valentine : $80,000?
Mortimer Duke : Mmm-hmm.
Billy Ray Valentine : Excuse me.
[Leans forward and addresses the chauffeur]
Billy Ray Valentine : This is a practical joke, right, brother?
[the chauffeur shakes his head]
Billy Ray Valentine : Then these dudes are a couple of faggots then, huh?
[the chauffeur shakes his head again]
Billy Ray Valentine : What's my next move, man?
[the chauffeur shrugs]
Billy Ray Valentine : Thank you, you've been helpful.
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Louis Winthorpe III : [after trading ends on FCOJ, he and Billy Ray are quickly finalizing up some last minute sales. Once they're finished, they both look up to see the cost at 29. They then look at one another and scream in celebration and hug. After they're finished, they see the Dukes looking at them] Happy New Year!
Randolph Duke : [He drops their now-worthless sales papers on the floor]
[hoarsely]
Randolph Duke : Winthorpe.
Mortimer Duke : [stunned] Valentine.
Billy Ray Valentine : Hey! How'd y'all make out today?
Mortimer Duke : How could you do this to us after everything we've done for you?
Billy Ray Valentine : Oh, see, I made Louis a bet here. See, Louis bet me that we couldn't both get rich and put y'all in the poor house at the same time. He didn't think we could do it. I won.
Louis Winthorpe III : [grinning] I lost.
[Pulls it out of his breast pocket and shows it]
Louis Winthorpe III : One dollar.
Billy Ray Valentine : [Accepting it] Thank you, Louis.
Louis Winthorpe III : After you.
Billy Ray Valentine : Certainly.
[They both leave with Billy Ray doing Eddie's "laugh" and Lewis giving the Dukes the Aykroyd "stare"]
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Randolph Duke : Exactly why do you think the price of pork bellies is going to keep going down, William?
Billy Ray Valentine : Okay. Pork belly prices have been dropping all morning, which means that everybody's waiting for it to hit rock bottom so they can buy cheap and go long. Which means that the people who own the pork belly contracts are goin' bat-shit. They're saying, "Hey, we're losing all our goddamn money, and Christmas is just around the corner, and I ain't gonna have no money to buy my son the G.I. Joe with the kung-fu grip, right? And my wife won't f... my wife won't make love to me 'cuz I ain't got no money, right?" So they're panicking right now, they're screaming "SELL! SELL!" to get out before the price keeps dropping. They're panicking out there right now! I can feel it! They out there!
Randolph Duke : [on the ticker machine, the price keeps dropping] He's right, Mortimer! My God, look at it!
Billy Ray Valentine : I'd wait until you get to around sixty-four, THEN I'd buy. You'll have cleared out all the suckers by then.
Randolph Duke : This is Randolph Duke. Advise our clients interested in bellies to buy at sixty-four. Mr. Valentine has set the price.
[He punches up the numbers on his calculator]
Randolph Duke : Do you realize how much money he just saved us?
Mortimer Duke : Money isn't everything, Randolph!
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Billy Ray Valentine : [after breaking a vase] Hey, sorry about that.
Randolph Duke : It's perfectly all right William. It was your vase.
Billy Ray Valentine : That was a cheap vase, right? That was a fake? Right?
Randolph Duke : I believe we paid $35,000. But if I remember correctly, we valued it for the insurance company at $50,000. You see, Mortimer? William has already made us $15,000.
[Coleman, Mortimer, Randolph, and Billy Ray start laughing]
Billy Ray Valentine : You want me to break something else?
Randolph Duke , Mortimer Duke , Coleman : NO!
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Billy Ray Valentine : [watches cops subduing an unruly suspect] May I suggest using your night stick officer?
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Newscaster on TV : In charge of security is Mr. Clarence Beeks, head of Lyndhurst Security...
Billy Ray Valentine : [speaking in perfect unison with Louis] Clarence Beeks!
Louis Winthorpe III : [speaking in perfect unison with Billy Ray] Clarence Beeks!
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Billy Ray Valentine : Get the fuck out!
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Coleman : My life's savings, sir. Try not to lose it.
Billy Ray Valentine : Lose it? Why, in a couple hours you gonna be the richest butler that ever lived, man.
Ophelia : I worked real hard for this, Louie. I hope you know what you're doing.
Louis Winthorpe III : Thank you, Ophelia.
Ophelia : What are you doing?
Billy Ray Valentine : [Their train number is called over the loudspeaker] That's us, Louie.
Louis Winthorpe III : Coleman, could you hold this?
[handing him Ophelia's envelope of money before he kisses her for good luck. Then just before they embrace she takes her chewing gum out of her mouth, smiles and hands it to Coleman, who rolls his eyes upwards in subtle gee-thanks look]
Coleman : [He turns to Ophelia] I could use a stiff drink. Would you care to join me?
[With a slight smile to each other, they lock arms walking of together]
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Billy Ray : [Sitting in a jacuzzi] Hey, bubbles, man! Say man, when I was growing up, if we wanted a jacuzzi, we had to fart in the tub.
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Coleman : [offering Billy Ray a sip from his flask; Coleman dressed as a priest, Billy Ray in African garb] Would you like a sip of whiskey?
Billy Ray Valentine : I do not drink, it is against my religion!
Coleman : Religion is a good thing I say, taken in moderation.
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Mortimer Duke : [after Louis and Billy Ray turn the people towards him and the price starts dropping from their short selling] That's not right. How can the price be going down?
Randolph Duke : Something's wrong. Where's Wilson?
Billy Ray Valentine : [On the floor] SELL! SELL! SELL! SELL!
Mortimer Duke : [Sees him and Lewis] What are *they* doing here?
Randolph Duke : They're *selling*, Mortimer!
Mortimer Duke : Why, that's ridiculous!
[Then a look of shock washes over him]
Mortimer Duke : Unless that crop report...
Randolph Duke : [They both look at one another, then start heading to the pit] God help us!
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Billy Ray : [posing as "Nenge Mboko," an exchange student from Cameroon] Merry New Year!
Clarence Beeks : That's "happy." In this country we say "Happy New Year."
Billy Ray : Oh, ho, ho, thank you for correcting my English which stinks!
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Louis : [after giving the secret knock] Who is it?
Billy Ray Valentine : Open the door, man!
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Billy Ray Valentine : [Both on the trading floor waiting patiently as FCOJ keeps going up] Louis?
Louis Winthorpe III : Not yet! Almost!
[the shares hit 142, to Billy Ray]
Louis Winthorpe III : Now.
[Yelling]
Louis Winthorpe III : Sell 200 April at 142!
[Everybody flocks to them]
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Officer Pantuzzi : We've had some complaints about con men pretending to be blind and crippled.
Billy Ray Valentine : Oh, I'd love to help you man, but I ain't seen nothing since I stepped on that landmine in Vietcong back in '72. It was rough, very painful.
Officer Reynolds : You were in 'Nam? So were we. Where?
Billy Ray Valentine : I was in... Sang Bang... Dang Gong... I was all over the place, basically a lot of places, a lot of places.
Officer Reynolds : What unit were you in?
Billy Ray Valentine : Uh, I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions... Commando Airborne Tactics... Specialist Tactics, uh, Unit Battalion. Yeah, it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange. That was my name, Agent Orange. Special Agent Orange, that was me.
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Billy Ray Valentine : [while acting blind and legless] Hey, baby, what's happening? How are ya doing? Once you have a man with no legs, you never go back, baby. I know what you're thinkin'. Is he funky in bed?
[the woman begins to walk away]
Billy Ray Valentine : We can make it, baby! Me and you!... You BITCH!
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Mortimer Duke : You and your Nobel Prize! You IDIOT!
Randolph Duke : [being wheeled out on a stretcher] Where's Beeks? Where in the hell is Beeks?
Louis Winthorpe III : [sardonically] Beeks!
Billy Ray Valentine : [to Winthorpe] Yeah, I forgot all about THAT guy.
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Billy Ray Valentine : [being pushed away by the doorman] Hey, man! I really don't appreciate this! I don't care what it is! A spiced ham! Anything! Some crackers!
[the Dukes enter the building]
Billy Ray Valentine : Thanks a lot. How'd you like a stump up your ass?
Heritage Club Doorman : Stay outta here!
Billy Ray Valentine : You got a lotta soul. 'Preciate it.
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Billy Ray Valentine : [28:31] I believe I can hang out with you fellas for a little while.
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Billy Ray Valentine : [28:32] I believe I can hang out with you fellas for a little while
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Billy Ray Valentine : [Starts chanting in complete gibberish, annoying Beeks]
Billy Ray Valentine : Beef jerky time! Ya want some beef jerky?
Clarence Beeks : No, please.
Billy Ray Valentine : Der's plenty, ya know!
