Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder / US, 1959 / 122 min.
Mix Billy Wilder’s dry humour, the deadpan faces of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, the sex appeal of Marilyn Monroe and a fast-paced storyline and what you get is the hilarious screwball comedy and gender-bending classic Some Like It Hot.
Chicago, the roaring twenties. Joe and Jerry are jazz musicians who witness a bloodbath between rival gangsters and hide out among an all-girl orchestra on its way to Florida by cross-dressing. Both Joe and Jerry are smitten by the sexy, ostensibly naïve Sugar (Monroe), the ukelele-playing band leader who coquettishly sings: “I wanna be loved by you”.
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Director
Billy Wilder
Production year
1959
Country
US
Original title
Some Like It Hot
Length
122 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm, DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
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