Corrected entry: In the very last scene, Eddy Murphy is on the beach, and Dan Ackroyd, with Jamie Lee Curtis is on a yacht. They exchange what are now classic lines: "Looking good, Billy Ray!" "Feeling good, Louis!" But the yacht is way off shore. There's no way they could hear each other at such a distance, even at the loud voice that we as viewers hear. (01:52:05)
HuskyMiller
26th Dec 2007
Trading Places (1983)
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Correction: They could have easily heard each other. #1 - They both deliver their lines in a louder than a normal speaking voice to compensate for the distance: something just shy of shouting. #2 - They are at what appears to be a private cove. One of the things people find attractive about a private beach is that it is quiet. There are no other people in that scene creating noise, and there is no noise from waves crashing against the shore. The water is perfectly calm. #3- There is an overhead helicopter shot at the end of this scene where we can see the exact distance between the yacht and the Billy Ray on the shore. And you can see it really isn't anchored that far from the edge of the beach. Certainly within loud voice on a quiet beach distance. If it were far away, that would defeat the purpose of getting to and from the shore. So between the quiet shore and lack of surf noise, them speaking much louder than normal, and the yacht not being that far away, Billy Ray and Louis could EASILY hear each other.
HuskyMiller