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Miami
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Date Night
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Some Like It Hot, 1959

Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Written by: I. A. L. Diamond

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 120 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.4

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The mood of Some Like It Hot is clever, witty, and captivating. The plot centers around gender bending, witnessing a crime, and hidden identities. It features screwball humor and a comedy of errors. Some Like It Hot is a comedy, romance, and crime movie. Stylistically, it has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Some Like It Hot is set in Miami. It happens in the 1920s. Visually, it is black and white. The musical score of Some Like It Hot is jazz. It is a remake. The movie is known for being a classic, essential viewing, and an award winner. Some Like It Hot is especially suggested for a date night.

Summary of Some Like It Hot

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.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	29 March 1959
Runtime:	120 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

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Awarded Best Costume Design at the 1959 Academy Awards

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Marilyn Monroe

as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk

Tony Curtis

as Joe - 'Josephine' / 'Junior'

Jack Lemmon

as Jerry - 'Daphne'

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Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in the all-girl band in Some Like It Hot (1959)

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Transgressive is the word that kept popping in my head during this movie, followed by, "Could they really do that back then?" The scenes of Jack Lemmon with the maracas were jarring even for a kid raised on Almodovar. Though Billy Wilder drools... Read and rate it

06.September.2010
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by: jamidwyer
jamidwyer rated this movie0/10

what a classic!

a strange and funny love triangle in this incredibly witty and clever comedy of errors. Marilyn Monroe in an unforgettable role as the sexy blonde - probably one of her best performances. simply a must-see. Read and rate it

30.July.2008
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by: may.graff
may.graff rated this movie10/10Must See

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