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.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Ashton Productions (Presenter)
Mirisch Company (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: 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))
Haworth, Ted, 1917-1993 (Art director)
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 (Actor)
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010 (Actor)
Schmidt, Arthur (Editor of moving image work)
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)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.
Published: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 950.
Subjects:
Female impersonators > Drama.
Musicians > Drama.
Gangsters > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Gangsters.
Impersonation.
Man-woman relationships.
Musicians.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Romantic comedy films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Romantic comedy films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Format: Video DVD
Description
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.
Note:Title from title frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
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.
Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "How to have fun", by author Sam Wasson.
Call Number:PN1995.9.C55 S66 2018 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
ISBN:9781681435213
1681435217
Credits:Director of photography, Charles Lang, Jr. ; music, Adolph Deutsch ; art director, Ted Haworth ; editor, Arthur P. Schmidt.
System Details:DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1); mono.
Cast:
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff, Joan Shawlee.