Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
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Actor: George Raft, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Pat O'Brien, Tony CurtisDirector: Billy Wilder
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Portuguese (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Entertaining Even To This Day!
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is still entertaining today even though much of the humour has eroded over the years although it's easy to see why this film would have been a side-splitting laugh fest when it was first released. Today, films about men in drag don't evoke as much humour as when it was first done to such blatant use in this film. I remember when I first watched "Tootsie" when it was first released that I thought it was hilarious too until I watched it again recently and then realised that most of the humour doesn't age all that well. That said, this film is still entertaining although to call it hilarious for today's audiences would be a gross exaggeration; however to call this a light-hearted, entertaining and funny film would be much more accurate.
Jack Lemmon is very deserving of his Best Actor Oscar nomination as he is excellent here and so is Tony Curtis who is great in both his drag and rich man imposter roles. Marilyn Monroe is great in her usual seductive and comedic role although I still think she was better in "The Seven Year Itch" and she certainly put on quite a bit of weight here since that film a few years earlier too.
Just like in "From Here To Eternity" set in Hawaii I think it a great waste that a film set in a place as beautiful as Florida was shot in black and white and hence failing to take advantage of the inherent beauty of the setting. I understand the intention of director Wilder to play down the garishness of the drag make-up but I think if anything that to shoot this film in colour would not only improve the setting aesthetically but it would also make it a lot more humourous and outrageous.
The dvd hasn't been restored though and so the picture quality is poor with the dreaded black circles appearing near the top right hand corner from time to time. The sound quality is good but not great and I hope they release a better quality restored picture quality on Blu-ray.
Funny, lighthearted entertainment that ages pretty well although you should probably get the better, restored version.
Recommended.
Summary of Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
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? 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)System Requirements:Run Time: 122 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 027616151209 Manufacturer No: 15120Maybe "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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