簡介:路易斯·溫索普三世(丹·艾克羅伊德 Dan Aykroyd飾),一位功成名就的華爾街投資家。黑人比利·雷·瓦倫丁(艾迪·墨菲 Eddie Murphy飾),一個為了討口飯吃而裝扮成殘廢軍人沿街乞討的流浪漢。兩個生活在天壤之別世界里的人,居然因為一次打賭而改變了他們的命運。路易斯在蘭道夫莫蒂默公爵兄弟公司里工作,有著顯赫的地位和優(yōu)厚的待遇。比利在一次警察的追捕中誤入上等俱樂部,遇見了路易斯。而路易斯將他交給了警察,目睹全過程的莫蒂默公爵兄弟對此事持有不同的觀點,竟用打賭的方式將二人的身份和地位調(diào)換,一場荒誕不羈的命運互換隨即上演。 本片榮獲1984年第56屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳歌曲提名,1984年第41屆金球獎電影類-音樂喜劇類最佳影片提名及最佳男主角提名。
With no immediate family to live for, Joseph is haunted by a past he has tried, for decades, to forget - if not actively obscure with drink and drugs. Suffering the hangover from hell - the dry spell over - he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront hazy, fear-inducing memories from a childhood spent in the care system that he's had to forget. Emotionally and physically wrecked, Joseph reunites with an incredulous Anna (Helen Behan, This is England '88 and '90), the sister he hasn't seen since childhood. Anna persuades her wary husband Michael (Frank Laverty; Michael Collins) to let Joseph stay and give him work in the family-owned building company. There, Joseph is forced to directly confront the demons of his past when he comes face to face with Craigy (Mark O'Halloran), a shadowy figure who is dogged by dark rumors, and who won't leave Joseph alone. Joseph's precarious family reunion is further complicated when he is immediately drawn to ...