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Some Like It Hot*
- 1959 ----- b & w ----- 119 min ----- laserdisc
- (Directed by Billy Wilder, screenplay by Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond; with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown) A comedy set n the Prohibition era, with transvestism, impotence, role confusion, and borderline inversion--and all hilariously innocent, though always on the brink of really disastrous double-entendre. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are the musicians who witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and then hide out from the mobsters by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-girl band. Marilyn Monroe and Joe E. Brown are their somewhat confused love partners. Monroe gives perhaps her most characteristic performance, which means that she's both charming and embarrassing. (Letterboxed) [Closed Captioned] [Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature] (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)
- Topics: (History: American, Motion Pictures: Features, Psychology: Social)
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