Some Like It Hot [Blu-ray]

Director: Billy Wilder Billy Wilder

Overview

In 1920s Chicago, down-on-their-luck musicians Joe and Jerry inadvertently witness an organized crime mass murder. Forced to hide out from mobsters trying to kill them, they dress in drag and join Sweet Sue's all-girl band. Billy Wilder's gender-bending comedy masterpiece sparkles with witty dialogue, wonderful ensemble performances, and nonstop laughs.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/10/2011
UPC:	0883904233398
Original Release:	1959
Rating:	NR
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	2:01:00
Sales rank:	15,285

Special Features

Audio commentary featuring an interview with Tony Curtis, archived interview with Jack Lemmon and commentary by Paul Diamond (son of I.A.L. Diamond) and screenwriters Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel ; The making of Some Like It Hot ; The legacy of Some Like It Hot ; Nostalgic look back documentary ; Memories from the Sweet Sues featurette; Virtual hall of memories ; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Marilyn Monroe	Sugar Kane
Tony Curtis	Joe/Josephine
Jack Lemmon	Jerry/Daphne
George Raft	Spats Columbo
Joe E. Brown	Osgood E. Fielding III
Nehemiah Persoff	Little Bonaparte
Joan Shawlee	Sweet Sue
Billy Gray	Sig Poliakoff,Mobster at Banquet
George E. Stone	Toothpick Charlie
Dave Barry	Beinstock
Mike Mazurki	Spats' Henchman
Harry Wilson	Spats' Henchman
Beverly Wills	Dolores
Barbara Drew	Nellie
Edward G. Robinson Jr.	Johnny Paradise
Tom Kennedy	Bouncer
John Indrisano	Waiter
Adolph Deutsch	Composer
Alex Ball	le patron de bar clandestin
Brandon Beach	un invité
Phil Bloom	un gangster,un gangster
Al Breneman	Bellhop
Steve Carruthers	un invité
James J. Casino	un gangster
Kid Chissell	l'officier de police
Marian Collier	Olga
Edward G. Robinson	Johnny Paradise
Sam Bagley	Extra
Ted Christy	Small Role
Pat Comiskey	Spats' Henchman
James Dime	Gangster Convention Greeter
Joan Fields	Band Member
Duke Fishman	Gangster at Convention
Pat O'Brien	Mulligan
Mary Foley	Band Member
Paul Frees	Funeral Director/Josephine
Harold Tommy Hart	Official #2
Ted Hook	Official #1
Tipp McClure	Spats' Henchman/Driver
Penny McGuiggan	Band Member
Laurie Mitchell	Mary Lou - Trumpet Player
Colleen O'Sullivan	Band Member
Helen Perry	Rosella
Danny Richards Jr.	Fresh Bellboy
Fred Sherman	Drunk
Bert Stevens	Speakeasy Patron
Arthur Tovey	Speakeasy Patron
Tito Vuolo	Mozzarella
Sandra Warner	Emily - Band Member
Grace Lee Whitney	Band Member

Technical Credits

Billy Wilder

I.A.L. Diamond

Robert Thoeren

Doane Harrison

Michael Logan

Billy Wilder	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
I.A.L. Diamond	Screenwriter,Producer
Robert Thoeren	Screenwriter
Doane Harrison	Producer,Screenwriter
Fred Lau	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Logan	Screenwriter
Milt Rice	Special Effects
Paul Baxley	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

Billy Wilder's legendary cross-dressing comedy, Some Like It Hot, satisfies on split levels: silly and sophisticated, sweet and salacious, feminine and masculine -- often, all of these at once. Set in 1929, the film costars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis as a pair of down-and-out Chicago musicians trying to escape the wrath of vicious gangsters. Posing as women, they sign on for an all-girl gig in Florida, where they both fall for the act's sexy lounge singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe). Lemmon's classic observation about Monroe, that she moves "like Jell-O on springs," is just the tip of the iceberg here. Some Like It Hot's snappy, sexually charged dialogue never lets up. But the movie’s more than just talk: Wilder displays storytelling virtuosity, unfolding his madcap tale at a giddy pace through a series of endless twists and turns. Yet, through it all, the characters and situations are realized with a clarity on the order of a Shakespearean comedy. Some deliberate male-female stereotyping early on yields quickly to subtle, urbane explorations of sexuality and sexual roles. Lemmon and Curtis prove to be perfect matches for this material, sliding in and out of drag and female personae with ease, with Curtis indulging in a sly Cary Grant caricature to boot. Monroe, meanwhile, is at her most vulnerable and voluptuous, serving as the explosive catalyst in one of the screen's greatest love triangles. Add to this Monroe's breathy renditions of "I'm Through with Love" and "I Wanna be Loved by You," and it's easy to see why Some Like It Hot is one of the most beloved comedies ever to come out of Hollywood. They don't make them better than this.

Anyone who purchases this book will no doubt be faced with an immediate quandary: Do I read it, eat it or make love to it? To call the book luscious and sexy is barely hyperbole. In fact, it is inconceivable that there is a more alluring book on the market today.

Variety.com

Billy Wilder's 'Some Like it hot' is a tasty tidbit about the gender-bending farce's unforgetable last line (...) 'Some Like it hot' is essentially a love letter to one of the author's most revered films.

New York Post

"It was one of the easiest pictures to make including the difficulties with Marilyn Monroe," says Billy Wilder of his legendary comedy in Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, edited by Alison Castle and with interviews by Dan Auiler. This large format, suede-covered tribute replete with new interviews with all the major stars (including Jack Lemmon), behind-the-scenes dish, working drafts of the screenplay and hundreds of photos, film stills and other illustrations will dazzle fans of 1950s and '60s Hollywood. Inset into the back cover is an added gem: a facsimile of Monroe's copy of the script, bound like the original and including handwritten notes (when her character, Sugar, is supposed to be startled, Monroe wrote "freeze like a bunny" as a stage direction). Collectors will rejoice. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Publishers Weekly