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Some Like It Hot

starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien
directed by: Billy Wilder

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MONROE,MARILYN
EAN: 9780792849605
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792849604
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 1739
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 1959



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Description:
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the twonewestand homeliestmembers of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for Josephine, an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for Daphne, and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! Nominated* for 6 Academy Awards(r), Some Like It Hot is the quintessential madcap farce and one of the greatest of all film comedies (The Motion Picture Guide). *1959: Director, Actor (Lemmon), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography (B&W), Art Direction (B&W), Costume Design (B&W, winner)

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Maybe 'nobody's perfect,' as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like It Hot is one of them. In Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), inadvertently witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. In order to escape the wrath of gangland chief Spats Colombo (George Raft), the boys, in drag, join an all-woman band headed for Florida. They vie for the attention of the lead singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), a much-disappointed songbird who warbles 'I'm Through with Love' but remains vulnerable to yet another unreliable saxophone player. (When Curtis courts her without his dress, he adopts the voice of Cary Grant--a spot-on impersonation.) The script by director Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is beautifully measured; everything works, like a flawless clock. Aspiring screenwriters would be well advised to throw away the how-to books and simply study this film. The bulk of the slapstick is handled by an unhinged Lemmon and the razor-sharp Joe E. Brown, who plays a horny retiree smitten by Jerry's feminine charms. For all the gags, the film is also wonderfully romantic, as Wilder indulges in just the right amounts of moonlight and the lilting melody of 'Park Avenue Fantasy.' Some Like It Hot is so delightfully fizzy, it's hard to believe the shooting of the film was a headache, with an unhappy Monroe on her worst behavior. The results, however, are sublime. --Robert Horton



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The best cross-dressing movie there is
"Some Like It Hot" is ranked number one on the American Film Institute's Top 100 Laughs; making the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "Boy, would I love to borrow a cup of that sugar!!"
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"Runnin' wild, lost control
Runnin' wild, mighty bold
Feelin' gay, reckless, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "Hot and Bothered"
One of the funniest movies ever made. To see Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in drag is in itself, sweet, but the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - THE GREAT COMEDY
I'm still floored. This film is pure magic. Amazing script, hilarity, tense drama, romance. This film really shook ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

1959's classic Some Like it Hot is one of the best movies of all time, the end.

When Joe(Tony ... Read More

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