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Some Like It Hot (DVD, 2009)
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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 es...Read more
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Some Like It Hot
One of the best comedies ever!!! Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis did a perfect job at playing two musicians hiding from a Chicago mob by crossdressing. Marilyn Monroe's most renou...Read more
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Some Like It Hot~Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis,Jack Lemmon
Someone loaned this to me a while back and I thought it was one of the most hilarious movies I have ever seen. So I bought a copy for myself and have watched it 5 times. One...Read more

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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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  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • UPC: 027616151209

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Format:DVD

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Director:Billy Wilder
Leading Role:Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
eBay Product ID: EPID53660215
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Movie trailer and editorial reviews

"...Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/09/2000)

"...[Monroe's] lighter than-air work remains a divine enhancement to one of the funniest movies ever..."
Entertainment Weekly - Mark Harris (06/01/2001)

"...Elegant, sexy, energetic and side-slicingly funny, SOME LIKE IT HOT is the film all high-concept comedies want to be when they grow up..."
Total Film - Ceri Thomas (12/01/2000)

"Lemmon enacts one of moviedom's great comic creations."
Premiere - Premiere Staff (04/01/2004)

"Monroe's and Lemmon's finest two hours, and Curtis chip in a brutal Cary Grant impression." -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly - Ty Burr (07/21/2006)

5 stars out of 5 -- "Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are enormously enjoyable....While Marilyn Monroe is a vision as wide-eyed love interest, Sugar."
Empire - Empire Staff (09/01/2007)

"This was the film Marilyn Monroe made immediately after THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, and the artistic apex of her career."
Wall Street Journal (11/25/2011)

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Some Like It Hot

Created: 03/08/09
One of the best comedies ever!!! Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis did a perfect job at playing two musicians hiding from a Chicago mob by crossdressing. Marilyn Monroe's most renounced films as Sugar Cane. The first of many brilliantly dark comedies by Billy Wilder. Highly recommend it!!!
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Some Like It Hot~Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis,Jack Lemmon

Created: 31/12/08
Someone loaned this to me a while back and I thought it was one of the most hilarious movies I have ever seen. So I bought a copy for myself and have watched it 5 times. One of the funnier seens is as Tony and Jack are dressed as women and Marilyn runs by and the train steams at her, and just make me really laugh. There is no cursing or sex scenes whatsoever! It's just good clean fun! It really is one of the greatest comedies of all time and one you want, want to miss. There is nothing I say bad about this great classic, besides I wouldn't have enough space......LOL...... Be sure and get this one, cause you don't want to miss Marilyn, Tony, and Jack at their best~!!!!!!

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"Some Like it Hot"

Created: 18/03/09
I've loved this movie for years! I wanted this 2-disk collectors edition as it also has "the making of" and the actors/directors commentary on it.
The premise of the movie is that Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis are musicians on the run from the mob. They end up dressing up as women to join an all female band on thier way down to Florida. Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis are hilarious as men dressed up as women and trying to keep in thier female characters so that they won't be caught out; difficult to do as they are surrounded by a bevy of beauties, which include Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe & Tony Curtis's characters are always given as the top billing, but I think that Jack Lemmon just steals the show. The last few lines of this movie will make you laugh out load! :)
This movie was shot in Coronado Island in California, which probably put the Coronado Hotel on the map.
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One of Hollywood's best comedies!

Created: 07/09/10
A must-have for true lovers of American cinema! A hilarious comedy from Billy Wilder, one of America's best directors. This edition is no longer in print, so you best get it on eBay!
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Some Like it Hot

Created: 02/07/08
Classic comedy, good for the whole family. This is my 10 year old's new favorite movie. Marylyn Monroe is so beautiful and Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon are hilarious as cross dressing musicians. Oldie but goodie. Just wish it was in color!
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