Some Like It Hot | 
 enlarge | Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'brien
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  245 reviews
Sales Rank: 1013
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 122
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 027616860385
ISBN: 0792849604
UPC: 027616860385
EAN: 9780792849605
ASIN: B00005A06N
Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 1959
Release Date: May 22, 2001
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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
Product Description
When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry witness a gangland murder they realize that their only escape is to dress as women and join an all-girls band on the way to a tour of Florida.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 22-MAY-2001
Media Type: DVD
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 Still funny after all these years! August 17, 2008
2009 marks the 50th anniversary of this release by Billy Wilder. To this date it's a movie that has stood the test of time in comedy!Tony Curtis,Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe are first rate funny in this hilarious romp of a 1929 all girls band with Curtis and Lemmon dressed up in drag to avoid being caught George Raft and company. It's comedy at its best! I am glad to add this to my collection!
CLASSIC FILM WITH A NICE NEW DVD UPGRADE! August 4, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I bought the new collector's edition of 'Some Like It Hot' a few months ago and I am just getting around to watching it. The film is a classic with Lemmon, Curtis and Monroe in top form with help from a great cast of character actors. This Billy Wilder film has held up really well and now it's got a worthy release. The new 2 disc edition sports a ton of extras and a fantastic print and transfer!
In the top 10 of funniest movies of all time August 3, 2008
If you love comedy, this movie is one of the funniest movies ever made - Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe in their prime. An absolute must have in any DVD collection.
Some Like it Hot July 29, 2008
Delightful/High Energy comedy involving 2 guys who become cross dresser to escape the mob and find work in an all-girl jazz band during the roaring 20's. Marilyn Monroe is fabulously sexy as the dizzy blond who Tony Curtis pursues when not working. Jack Lemmon is a riot as the reluctant partner of Tony who is pursued by Joe E. Brown, a dirty old man. Although the movie is presented in black and white it was a "hoot" and very enjoyable to watch.
'Some Like It Hot' : Dizzy Delight July 29, 2008
'Some Like It Hot' is hilarious. It is a movie I saw in the theater when it first came out. It was funny then; it is funnier now. My sister and I watched the movie together and laughed out loud all the way through. We had both forgotten how the movie began and how it ended. It has, as indicated, been a long time! The movie begins with THE shoot-out in Chicago where two musicians get an eyeful of the exits of gangland's worst. The musicians (guys, of course) make their escape from Chicago by going under cover with an all-girl band headed for Miami. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis were in their youthful heydays, both falling for Marilyn Monroe's character, "Sugar". Watch it and have fun. It's in black and white for those who prefer their "drama" that way.
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