This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Some Like It Hot. Curtis, was a bit more hesitant and had to be literally dragged out (PUN!) Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. This Article is related to: Features and tagged Hays'd. New Video. Off-screen, both Lemmon and Curtis had reservations about all the gender-bending. Make no mistake, this comedy has some serious balls. Daphne, Josephine and Sugar all get away in Osgood's motorboat. Some Like It Hot. Even though that scene was cut from the original release (only to be restored some 30 years later) Spartacus was also condemned by the Catholic League. Sweet Sue: Are you two from the Poliakoff agency?Joe: Yes, we're the new girls.Daphne: Brand new. They escape by hiding under a table in a banqueting room, where, coincidentally, gangsters from around the US are gathering. Some Like It Hot is the funniest film with actual talking in it. Monroe wanted the film to be shot in colour (her contract stipulated that all her films were to be in colour), but Wilder convinced her to let it be shot in black and white when costume tests revealed that the makeup that Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon wore gave their faces a green tinge. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. Some Like It Hot begins in the shadowy climate of the hoodlum film, loaded with autos, weapons, city sounds, and a profound murkiness, both strict and good. Starring: George Raft, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller. Samurai Heart (Some Like It Hot!!) Of course Josephine is really Joe, who goes through an elaborate ruse complete with a remarkable Cary Grant impression to lure the unsuspecting Sugar. Jerry/Daphne seems especially game. It is an act of the will to watch anyone else while she is on the screen. --Robert Horton Genre: Comedy. As for Sweet Sue, I wouldn’t be surprised if she was syncopating with some of the gals in her band. Some Like it Hot was Marilyn’s final comedic film performance before her death in 1962. It’s been one of the easiest, and progressively laziest, jokes since before the advent of sound. But even JLC must concede that Some Like It Hot trumps 302 Halloween films and her striptease scene in True Lies. Follow Les Fabian on Twitter (you know you want to). A few thoughts here: Some Like it Hot is Billy Wilder at about the height of his abilities as a director. Some Like It Hot is so delightfully fizzy, it's hard to believe the shooting of the film was a headache, with an unhappy Monroe on her worst behavior. Shopping. A dramatic film would never be able to get away with a sentiment like that. 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