Some Like It Hot (1959)

Regisseur:

Billy Wilder

Drehbuchautoren:

Robert Thoeren (story) and
Michael Logan (story) ...

Premierendatum:

29. März 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Krimi | Drama | Musik | Romanze

Werbezeile:

The movie too HOT for words!

Plot:

When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.

Plot Keywords:

Ulcer | Deception | Claim In Title | Con | Leg

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A gender-bending comedy ahead of its time

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28

12:00 PM

TCM

US Showtimes:

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Besetzung

Marilyn Monroe	...	Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Tony Curtis	...	Joe - 'Josephine' / 'Junior'
Jack Lemmon	...	Jerry - 'Daphne'
George Raft	...	Spats Colombo
Pat O'Brien	...	Det. Mulligan
Joe E. Brown	...	Osgood Fielding III
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Little Bonaparte
Joan Shawlee	...	Sweet Sue
Billy Gray	...	Sig Poliakoff
George E. Stone	...	Toothpick Charlie
Dave Barry	...	Beinstock
Mike Mazurki	...	Spats' henchman
Harry Wilson	...	Spats' henchman
Beverly Wills	...	Dolores
Barbara Drew	...	Nellie

Alternativ:

Not Tonight, Josephine! (USA) (working title)
Manche mögen's heiß (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

120 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.66 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

USA:Approved (PCA #19281) | Finland:K-16 (1959) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Mexico:A | South Korea:15 | Brazil:Livre | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | USA:PG-13 (DVD version) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:S (1987) | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | 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

Drehorte:

Coronado Beach, Coronado, California, USA

Firma:

Ashton Productions

Dies und das:

Anthony Perkins auditioned for the Jack Lemmon role.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: When Spats's men are searched for weapons at the Hotel, the man doing the pat-down can be seen placing the gun behind the gangster's leg, just before it is supposed to drop out of his pants leg.

Dialogzitate:

[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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Soundtrack:

Park Avenue Fantasy (Stairway To The Stars)

A gender-bending comedy ahead of its time

What Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis do in "Some Like it Hot" would be par for the course in modern movies – every other month, similar fish-out-of-water movies premiere with men posing as women ("Tootsie"), women posing as men ("The Associate"), black people posing as white people ("White Chicks"), and on and on. What makes "Some Like it Hot" different is two things: the strength of its comedy, and the presence of Marilyn Monroe, then at the height of stardom.

Lemmon and Curtis turn in admirable performances both as Joe and Jerry, and as Josephine and Daphne. Tony Curtis does Lemmon one better by creating a third identity, "Junior", in order to woo Sugar Kane (Monroe).

Tying the pair's story into the Chicago Valentine's Day Massacre, where a gang war spilled over into a parking garage, leaving a number of people lined up against the wall and shot, is a deft touch (though the serious tone of these gang sequences contrasts sharply with the bulk of the movie).

The movie does an excellent job building the far-fetched stakes of the movie ever-higher, from their finding refuge from vengeful gangs in a women's jazz band, to their showdown in the Florida hotel, to the eventual revealing of Curtis' and Lemmon's identities. The movie's surprisingly suggestive and risque content is at odds with the time frame of the movie, and even with the period of the movie's creation. The many smart double-entendres and plays on words are very well-written, and alternate between lowbrow and highbrow comedy,

The films only fault might be a couple of overlong musical numbers, performed either by the whole band or soloed by Sugar Kane. Though to be expected in a Marilyn Monroe film, these musical acts are literal "show stoppers" that bring the comedic momentum of the film to a screeching halt. However, it is easy to over look these minor defects in the movie as a whole, because by and large it is quite funny – no wonder it s considered a classic – and after all, "nobody's perfect".