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Some Like It Hot (1959)
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Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are ideally matched in this crackling cross-dressing comedy, as the 1920s musicians who join an all-girl band to escape the Mob after witnessing a St Valentine's Day Massacre. Yet, amazingly, Billy Wilder had originally wanted Bob Hope and Danny Kaye, and even considered casting Frank Sinatra instead of Lemmon. Curtis didn't always get along with Marilyn Monroe and compared their embraces to kissing Hitler (ironically, the name she gave the bullying Wilder). Yet sparks fly when she falls for Curtis's bogus oil tycoon — who not only boasts the voice of Cary Grant but also the body language of Grace Kelly! Lemmon's fling with his own (even more eccentric) millionaire is equally hilarious. Clearly, the personality clashes both on- and off-screen were crucial to this becoming a true film classic, for, as Joe E Brown famously says in the last line, “Nobody's perfect!” DP
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Running time
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121min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Classic Comedy
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Billy Wilder, lAL Diamond, from the film Fanfares of Love by Robert Thoeren, M Logan
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Theatrical distributor
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BFI
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UK cinema certificate
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U
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UK cinema release date
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October 2000
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Award |
Category |
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Nominee/Winner |
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| Academy 1959 |
Actor |
Jack Lemmon |
Nominee |
| Academy 1959 |
Directing |
Billy Wilder |
Nominee |
| Academy 1959 |
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) |
Billy Wilder |
Nominee |
| Academy 1959 |
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) |
I A L Diamond |
Nominee |
| BFAA 1959 |
Best Film from any Source |
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Nominee |
| BFAA 1959 |
Best Foreign Actor |
Jack Lemmon |
Winner |
| Golden Globe 1959 |
Best Motion Picture Comedy |
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Winner |
| Golden Globe 1959 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
Jack Lemmon |
Winner |
| Golden Globe 1959 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
Marilyn Monroe |
Winner |
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