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Ode to Ladislav Sutnar plus Trading Places with Planet Money

99% Invisible

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The Rise and Fall of the Duke Brothers

There's a sort of reverence for the movie that lines from the script have become part of commodities trading. "Our heroes basically stole inside information," says Tom Peronus, who traded orange juice futures in Trading Places. Some of these lines have become stock phrases: "Sell mortem or sell mortem"

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