Once he was inside the plane, Mason reminded him about the valuable cargo: "Trust me, boss, even one of those boxes and we are set for life.(1982)and henTrading Places (1983).Murphy became one of the first black movie stars to be widely accepted by white America.The film was the biggest box-office hit of the year (at $234.8 million), barely edging outGhostbusters (1984)at $229.2 million (domestic).However, afterGhostbusters"" re-release in 1985, it became the # 1 highest-grossing box-office (domestic) film of 1984 (with box-office success of $243.The play reworked the traditional love story material (of lovers that crossed racial/ethnic barriers) and translated it, in a radical, novel and revolutionary style for a musical, to include racial strife between rival New York street gangs (newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families), juvenile delinquency and inner-city problems of the mid-twentieth century - in exhilarating musical and dance form.The weathered, tough-talking, aging, white-haired, crusty old Mickey (Burgess Meredith) was disgusted with Rocky""s poor training habits and lack of ambition to be a great fighter.Garland""s realistic performance reflected the upheavals in her own personal life that led to her death from a drug overdose - and ironically, this film""s co-star James Mason delivered her funeral""s eulogy in New York in 1969.