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Some like it hot  Cover Image DVD DVD

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.

Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 (film director,, screenwriter,, film producer.). Diamond, I. A. L., (screenwriter.). Lang, Charles, 1915-2004 (director of photography.). Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 (composer (expression)). Schmidt, Arthur, (editor of moving image work.). Haworth, Ted, 1917-1993 (art director.). Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 (actor.). Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010 (actor.). Lemmon, Jack, (actor.). Raft, George, (actor.). O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 (actor.). Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (actor.). Persoff, Nehemiah, 1919-2022 (actor.). Shawlee, Joan, (actor.). Ashton Productions, (presenter.). Mirisch Company, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff, Joan Shawlee. (Cast).

Summary:

Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781681435213
  • ISBN: 1681435217
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (121 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
  • Edition: Two-DVD special edition.
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from title frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Suggested by a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan.
Special features: Audio commentary by Howard Suber (recorded in 1989); 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; in insert, essay by Sam Wasson.
Formatted Contents Note:
Grandma's funeral -- A bass and a sax -- Josephine and Daphne -- Slumber party -- Feminine intuition -- Shell oil -- "I wanna be loved by you" -- "I'm harmless" -- A proposal -- Cast off -- "Friends of the Italian opera" -- "I'm through with love" -- Color bars
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Charles Lang, Jr. ; music, Adolph Deutsch ; art director, Ted Haworth ; editor, Arthur P. Schmidt.
Participant or Performer Note:
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff, Joan Shawlee.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1); mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Home use only.
Copy protected.
Language Note:
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Subject: Female impersonators > Drama.
Musicians > Drama.
Gangsters > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Gangsters
Female impersonators
Man-woman relationships
Musicians
Genre: Comedy films
Drama
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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