Some Like it Hot

Some Like it Hot
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This 1959 comedy, directed by Billy Wilder, is a spoof on the 1920s era gangster movies. Two down-on-their-luck musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) witness a gangland slaying in Chicago and must leave town. Their only way out of town is to join an all-woman dance band for a two-week gig in Florida. Joe and Jerry dress as women and talk their way onto the train that is taking the female musical group to the sunshine state. On the train they must keep the ruse up to avoid being tossed off at the next station. Things become complicated for Joe when he meets Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe) and falls in love. How does he woo her when she thinks that Joe is a woman? Wilder took advantage of the changing entertainment landscape to make this risqué, gender-bending comedy. In 1959, the movie moguls and their studios were weakening, television was threatening and the Production Code with its censorship restrictions was losing its influence. The action is non-stop in one of the most successful films of 1959. It was nominated for six Oscars and won one academy award. -- recommended by Donna G. - Virtual Services Department

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