Some Like It Hot (1959)
Genre:
Comedy / Crime / Music / Romance / Thriller (more)
Tagline: The movie too HOT for words! (more)
Plot Outline: When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. (more) (view trailer)
User Comments:
A well timed comedy with a wonderful dialogue
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User Rating:
 
8.4/10 (29,833 votes)
top 250: #70
Also Known As:
Not Tonight, Josephine! (USA) (working title)
Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Mexico:A / Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) / USA:Approved / Canada:A (Nova Scotia) / Canada:G (Quebec) / Argentina:13 / Australia:PG / Chile:14 / Finland:K-16 (original rating) / Finland:S (re-rating) / France:-12 (original rating) / France:U (re-rating) / Spain:13 / Sweden:11 (re-release) / Sweden:15 / UK:A (original rating) / UK:U (video rating) (1989) / West Germany:16
Trivia:
The movie's line "Well, nobody's perfect." was voted as the #48 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The trumpet solo during "I Wanna Be Loved by You" is heard even though the Sweet Sue's trumpet player behind Daphne and Josephine is not playing her instrument.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Mulligan:
All right, Charlie; that the joint?
Toothpick Charlie:
Yes, sir.
Mulligan:
Who runs it?
Toothpick Charlie:
I already told you.
Mulligan:
Refresh my memory.
Toothpick Charlie:
Spats Columbo.
Mulligan:
That's very refreshing; what's the password?
Toothpick Charlie:
"I've come to Grandma's funeral." Here's your admission card.
[he gives Mulligan a mourning armband]
[...]
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 10 wins
&
8 nominations
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User Comments:
9 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
A well timed comedy with a wonderful dialogue, 22 January 2001
Author:
Svend Novrup ([email protected]) from Kerteminde, Denmark
Some Like it Hot will have a Danish re-premiere on Marilyn Monroes 75th
birthday June 1st 2001, and making the text for some advertising material
in
that connection I saw the movie again and liked it more than ever. Most
comedies about men in womens' clothings have a vulgar humour. This is, of
course, not the case for films like "Tootsie" and "Some Like it Hot" in
which Billy Wilder using black and white instead of colours turns down the
importance of the change of sex in many ways so that you can concentrate
on
the comedy which is extraordinarily well timed with a spiritual dialogue.
The acting of Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe, not to mention
Joe E Brown, Pat O'Brien and George Raft is out of this world, and of
course
it is possible to make a mafia war comical. Some scenes almost remind you
of
a Marx Brothers' movie. Like when a small berth in a train sleeping car in
a
few seconds is overcrowded with beautiful girls mixing Manhattan-drinks in
their hot-water bottle while Jack Lemmon is desperately trying to remind
himself that -- just then -- he is a girl, and Marilyn Monroe in seconds
(with her back towards the camera!) produces perfect small, square
ice-cubes
out of a huge ice block. The music is enchanting like the Marilyn
Monroe-songs which are all so well known.
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