Some Like It Hot
Academy Award × 1·AFI #22·BFI #39·National Film Registry
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In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
What critics thought
One of the most celebrated comedies ever made, Some Like It Hot earned near-universal admiration on release and has only grown in stature since, routinely topping all-time comedy polls across critics and directors worldwide. Wilder's direction and the screenplay's timing drew particular praise, with the film's blend of farce, gender-bending plot mechanics, and Marilyn Monroe's performance landing as both funny and technically precise.
“Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“a jolly, carefree enterprise”
John McCarten·The New Yorker
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorBilly Wilder
StarringTony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft, Pat O'Brien
ComposerAdolph Deutsch
Some Like It Hot
Academy Award × 1·AFI #22·BFI #39·National Film Registry
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
What critics thought
One of the most celebrated comedies ever made, Some Like It Hot earned near-universal admiration on release and has only grown in stature since, routinely topping all-time comedy polls across critics and directors worldwide. Wilder's direction and the screenplay's timing drew particular praise, with the film's blend of farce, gender-bending plot mechanics, and Marilyn Monroe's performance landing as both funny and technically precise.
“Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“a jolly, carefree enterprise”
John McCarten·The New Yorker
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorBilly Wilder
StarringTony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft, Pat O'Brien
ComposerAdolph Deutsch
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