[.ca] Some Like It Hot

Amazon.com Essential Video:
Maybe "nobody's perfect," as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like It Hot is one of them. In Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), inadvertently witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. In order to escape the wrath of gangland chief Spats Colombo (George Raft), the boys, in drag, join an all-woman band headed for Florida. They vie for the attention of the lead singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), a much-disappointed songbird who warbles "I'm Through with Love" but remains vulnerable to yet another unreliable saxophone player. (When Curtis courts her without his dress, he adopts the voice of Cary Grant--a spot-on impersonation.) The script by director Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is beautifully measured; everything works, like a flawless clock. Aspiring screenwriters would be well advised to throw away the how-to books and simply study this film. The bulk of the slapstick is handled by an unhinged Lemmon and the razor-sharp Joe E. Brown, who plays a horny retiree smitten by Jerry's feminine charms. For all the gags, the film is also wonderfully romantic, as Wilder indulges in just the right amounts of moonlight and the lilting melody of "Park Avenue Fantasy." Some Like It Hot is so delightfully fizzy, it's hard to believe the shooting of the film was a headache, with an unhappy Monroe on her worst behavior. The results, however, are sublime. --Robert Horton

Hot Comedy, Hot Action, Hot Actress, Hot Jazz, Hot Movie:
too Hot to be true, Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis,Jack Lemmon star in one of the greatest and funniest comedy classics of all time. The 1959 farse about the two musicians Joe and Jerry, who disquise themselves as women under the names Josephine and Daphne to land jobs as the sax and bow fidle in an all girls jazz band.Where they meet gorgeous songbird Sugar Kane. Also where Daphne meets womanizer Osgood Fielding III.When Daphne is stuck with that "dirty old man" Joe(Curtis) borrows a cup of that sugar(Monroe)as the millionare of Sugar's dreams "Shell Oil Junior". If Your looking for a classic comedy this is a good one. It's AFI's number 1 laugh, or if you want more marilyn, you love her in this one and if your looking for more Curtis and Lemmon they're hysterical in this one. See this classic comedy and you'll get "the sweet end of the lolly pop". As Osgood said at the end "nobody's perfect" well thats true ,but Some like it Hot may be a perfect comedy and as Sugar sang "I'm through with love, well she's not through for long ,but We are not through with this movie, because we love this film so much and we all want to "borrow a cup of that sugar" every time we watch it, "ZOWIE" "Yeah real hot"

Transvestites, yipes!:
This one shows up on Turner Classics every once in a while, but I hadn't focused till the other night. There's something creepy about dressing like a woman. Some burly men may have no qualms, but I find transvestites, ahh, uncomfortable. I know. It's me and there's nothing wrong with that. In Some Like It Hot, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are cross-dressing to escape some killers. They're not very attractive as women, which allowed me to enjoy the sex identity farce. Farce in America means screwball comedy. If Monroe crawled into my Pullman berth to sleep, hmm -- Lemmon pops one no doubt, and I'm not sure it was in the script if you know what I mean. Then he's swarmed by bunches of scantily clad ladies and the fun escalates. Monroe wears two dresses that give an interesting illusion. What a bod.

Still A Gem:
"Some Like It Hot" is one of those great classics that has as much comedy in it as well as it does romance. It is the story of two musicians, Joe and Terry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), who intenvertidly stumble upon a mob squad hit (The St. Valentine's Day Massacre) and must flee from Chicago to Florida in hopes of getting away from the mobsters. Realizing that two female musicians are needed, Joe and Terry decide to dress in drag, board a bus filled with female musicians, and head to Florida. Of course, one of the leading ladies on board the bus, is the sexy Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), who has guy problems and represents the rebel. The film has such balance between the comic exploits of Curtis and Lemmon looking out for their backs and trying to pull off this whole female identity without getting caught, and the romantic parts, which involve Curtis' character trying to woo Sugar Kane. While Curtis is trying to make the moves on Sugar Kane, Lemmon's character is trying to escape the advances of a multi-millionare who continally attempts to make the moves on him/her. There is plenty of double-meaning humor, slapstick humor and fun romance in this movie. It has a little of everything, and it is understandable why most still refer to this movie as a gem.

No pastry, no butter and no sugar:
Director: Billy Wilder Format: Black & White Studio: Mgm/Ua Studios Video Release Date: May 1, 2001 Cast: Marilyn Monroe ... Sugar Kane Kowalczyk Tony Curtis ... Joe (Josephine)/Junior Jack Lemmon ... Jerry (Daphne) George Raft ... Spats Colombo Pat O'Brien ... 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 Edward G. Robinson Jr. ... Johnny Paradise Paul Frees ... Funeral Director/Josephine Joe Gray ... Mobster at banquet Harold 'Tommy' Hart ... Second Official Ted Hook John Indrisano ... Waiter Tom Kennedy ... Bouncer Fred Sherman ... Drunk Tito Vuolo ... Mozzarella Al Breneman ... Bellhop Pat Comiskey ... Spats' henchman Penny McGuiggan ... Band Member Laurie Mitchell ... Mary Lou, Trumpet Player Helen Perry ... Rosella Sandra Warner ... Emily, Band Member Grace Lee Whitney ... Band Member Marian Collier ... Olga, Clarinet Player Joan Fields ... Band Member Mary Foley ... Band Member The cops bust a "funeral" with a casket full of booze--and nothing else. Joe/Josephine (Tony Curtis) and Jerry/Daphne (Jack Lemmon), desperate for work as a bass fiddle player and saxophonist, take a spot as members of an all-girl band, in drag, for a Florida tour, and to get away from gangsters who know that they witnessed a gang war murder by Spats Colombo's (George Raft) gang. There they meet Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe) who has a drinking problem. The pair are attracting the notice not only of the mob, but also of suitors, including millionaire Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown) and others, and Joe/Josephine falls for Sugar. This is a wacky movie which provides a lot of laughs, and brings out hidden a talent for comedy from Curtis. Billy Wilder did a great job. Joseph (Joe) Pierre

A True Classic:
Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe are hilarious in this classic Billy Wilder film. Two musicians, Jerry and Joe, whitness a shooting and flee to an all-girl band and disguise themselves as Josephine and Daphne. Their job is three weeks in Florida. However, when millionaire Osgood Fielding develops a crush on Daphne and the gang catches up to them in Florida, they're in for trouble, big trouble. This DVD is great; extras are plentiful, the movie is presented in widescreen. Any fan of Jack Lemmon or Billy Wilder won't want to be without this great movie.