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Movie Description
Billy Wilder's classic comedy stars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as a pair of unemployed musicians who inadvertently become witnesses to the St. Valentine Day's Massacre. To escape the wrath of the gangsters, Joe (Curtis) and Jerry (Lemmon) are forced to hit the road in drag, taking the only jobs available with an all-girl band bound for Miami. Enroute, both men fall for lead singer and blond bombshell Sugar Kane, (Marilyn Monroe), but are unable to fulfill their desires for fear of revealing their identity. Joe tries to get around this by adopting a third identity for seduction, that of a shy millionaire who sounds strangely like Cary Grant. Meanwhile Jerry has his own problems, fighting off the advances of Osgood E. Fielding, a real millionaire hypnotized by his/her charms.
Synopsis
In this legendary comedy from director Billy Wilder, two starving musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and try to find the fastest way out of the city before they are hunted down. The only job available requires them to dress up as women and join an all-girl band. The screenplay, cowritten by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond, is considered one of the finest and funniest ever written. It was suggested by an unpublished story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan.
Film Notes
SOME LIKE IT HOT was an original selection to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1989.
The original title was NOT TONIGHT, JOSEPHINE.
Billy Wilder briefly considered Frank Sinatra for one of the lead roles.
Industry Reviews
"...Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/09/2000)
"...[Monroe's] lighter than-air work remains a divine enhancement to one of the funniest movies ever..."
Entertainment Weekly - Mark Harris (06/01/2001)
"...Elegant, sexy, energetic and side-slicingly funny, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the film all high-concept comedies want to be when they grow up..."
Total Film - Ceri Thomas (12/01/2000)
"Lemmon enacts one of moviedom's great comic creations."
Premiere - Premiere Staff (04/01/2004)
"Monroe's and Lemmon's finest two hours, and Curtis chip in a brutal Cary Grant impression." -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly - Ty Burr (07/21/2006)
5 stars out of 5 -- "Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are enormously enjoyable....While Marilyn Monroe is a vision as wide-eyed love interest, Sugar."
Empire - Empire Staff (09/01/2007)
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