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'Contrasting worlds' in'Trading Places' and 'Local Hero'.
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Jamie STEVENSON English Course Work: Media Ms Makkar. Rm. 100 (1718 words) 'Contrasting Worlds' in 'Trading Places' and 'Local Hero' Trading Places is a film about contrasting people and how different people from diverse backgrounds can adapt to new surroundings. The two main characters are Lewis Winthorpe, a well off, successful businessman and Billy-Ray Valentine, a homeless man with no money or possessions. These two characters are put into an alien environment when they 'trade places' and live each other's lives, as the result of a bet between the two brothers who own the company Winthorpe works for. Local Hero concentrates more on the contrast in physical environment. In this film MacIntire, who works for a large oil company in Texas, is sent to work in a small remote village in Scotland. The locals seem to be very relaxed and the pace of life is very slow, unlike the busy employees of the...
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