DVD
Some like it hot
Call Number
- DVD COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD spcial edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (121 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry skip town by donning drag and joining an all-female band en route to Miami. The charm of the group's singer, Sugar Kane, leads them even further into extravagant lies, as Joe assumes the persona of a millionaire to woo her and Jerry's female alter ego winds up engaged to a tycoon.
Notes
Suggested by a story of the same title by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; audio commentary from 1989 featuring film scholar Howard Suber ; new short program on Orry-Kelly's costumes for the film, featuring costume designer and historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis and costume historican and archivist Larry McQueen ; three behind-the-scenes documenataries ; appearances by director Billy Wilder on The Dick Cavett Show from 1982 ; conversation from 2001 between actor Tony Curtis and film critic Leonard Maltin ; French television interview from 1988 with actor Jack Lemmon; trailer ; radio interview from 1955 with actor Marilyn Monroe ; trailer.