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Some Like It Hot
1959
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southband train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for ".. Read more
| Starring | Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Joe E. Brown |
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| Director | Billy Wilder |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Some Like It Hot
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southband train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for "Josephine," an ancient play-poy (Joe E Brown) falls for "Daphne," and a mob bass (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, Some Like It Hot is the quintessential madcap farce and "one of the greatest of all film comedies" (The Motion Picture Guide)
| Starring | Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Joe E. Brown, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Nehemiah Persoff, George E. Stone, Billy Gray, Mike Mazurki, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Shawlee, Tom Kennedy, Harry Wilson |
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| Director | Billy Wilder |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 must-see movies, 100 Rom-Coms |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Subtitles | Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 26 Nov 2001 Production year: 1959 |
| Format | DVD |
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Based on Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler's Broadway flop The Great Magoo — which was filmed in 1934 as Shoot the Works — this musical comedy was retitled Rhythm Romance for US television broadcast to avoid confusing it with Billy Wilder's 1959 cross-dressing classic. In only his sixth feature, Bob Hope ably holds the action together, as the fairground shyster exploiting girlfriend Shirley Ross's singing talent in the hope of making it big. But this is moderate fare, despite being directed with brisk efficiency by journeyman George Archainbaud, whose 40-year career would culminate in countless Hopalong Cassidy and Gene Autry westerns. Gene Krupa's drum routine is worth catching, though.
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A milestone of film comedy which keeps its central situation alive with constant and fresh invention; its wit, combined with a sense of danger, has rarely been duplicated and never equalled.
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13 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Wins my vote!
"Some like it Hot" often makes it to the top 20 of Best Film Ever charts, and generally No 1 for Best Comedy ever!
This movie deserves all the praise it gets! It's a witty, sharp and purely entertaining movie. All the components, be it script, acting, directing, all come together to form what a comedy should be.
Rent this one, you won't be disappointed! And after that check out any of Billy Wilder's movies such as "Sunset Boulevard".
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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This is the bee's knees!! Funny, slick, well written and beautifully acted. A gem.
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Lohan wants to play Monroe in Some Like it Hot remake
- 31 Jul 2009
Lindsay Lohan is desperate to take her obsession with Marilyn Monroe to the big screen and star in a remake of movie classic Some Like It Hot. The actress has posed for two Monroe-themed photoshoots, in Spanish Vogue and New York magazine, and famously has a quote from Some Like it Hot tattooed on her wrist. Sources close to Lohan claims she sees real parallels between her life and that of the tragic star and is pitching a remake to Hollywood bosses. According to OK! magazine, director Brett... Read more
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Some Like It Hot
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southband train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (...
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