Some like it hot / Ashton Productions Inc. presents a Mirisch Company picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond ; produced and directed by Billy Wilder.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff. Suggested by a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: Audio commentary by Howard Suber; new program on Orry-Kelly's costumes for the film; three making-of documentaries; appearance from 1982 by Billy Wilder on The Dick Cavett Show; conversation from 2001 between Tony Curtis and Leonard Maltin; French television interview from 1988 with Jack Lemmon; Radio interview from 1955 with Marilyn Monroe; trailer; essay by Sam Wasson.
Summary:
Two musicians in drag (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) dodge mobsters until a singer (Monroe) falls for one of them!
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