Some Like It Hot (U)

Nobody’s perfect? Billy Wilder’s classic comedy – starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon – comes close.
Wed 10 Jun and Sun 21 Jun
Wed 10 Jun
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Sun 21 Jun

Joe and Jerry are down on their luck jazz musicians who find themselves out of a job when the police raid the speakeasy they perform in. Things go from bad to worse when they inadvertently stumble upon a gang war and must go on the run after witnessing a mob hit.

With no money and nowhere to hide, a gig with Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators seems like the perfect getaway plan: the band needs a saxophone and a double bass, and Joe and Jerry need to get out of the Chicago cold and evade the mobster heat. There's just one problem: the Syncopators are an all-girl band, and Joe and Jerry aren't women - yet.

It’s hard to imagine any other actress of the era taking on the role of Sugar Kane: the ukulele-toting leader of the Syncopators who finds herself the object of desire for Joe and Jerry – and Josephine and Junior and Daphne and…

Marilyn Monroe, though, more than holds her own alongside the combined motor-mouthed comedic prowess of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. The sizzling trio race through Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond’s rat-a-tat script en route to creating one of the greatest Hollywood comedies of all time. 

Some Like It Hot (U)
Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
Duration
122 min
Opening
Wed 10 Jun
Year
1959
Country
United States
Language
English

Certificate: U

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