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Some like it hot [videorecording] /United Artists Pictures Inc. ; Ashton Productions Inc. presents a Mirisch Company picture ; screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond ; produced and directed by Billy Wilder.

Contributor(s): Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 | Curtis, Tony, 1925- | Lemmon, Jack | Raft, George | O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 | Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892- | Persoff, Nehemiah, 1920- | Lang, Charles B | Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 | Schmidt, Arthur | Diamond, I. A. L | Wilder, Billy, 1906- | Thoeren, Robert, 1903-1957 | Logan, M | Maltin, Leonard | MGM Home Entertainment Inc | United Artists Corporation | Ashton Productions | Mirisch Company.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 2001, c1959Edition: Widescreen format; special ed.Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0792849612.Subject(s): Musicians -- Drama | Impersonation -- Drama | Female impersonators -- Drama | Man-woman relationships -- Drama | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Musicians -- Fiction | Impersonation -- Fiction | Female impersonators -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Musicians -- Fiction | Female impersonators -- Fiction | Man-woman relationship -- Fiction | Closed caption video recordingsGenre/Form: Videodiscs. | Comedy films. | Feature films.DDC classification: [Fic] | 813/.54
Production Credits: Director of photography, Charles Lang, Jr. ; film editor, Arthur P. Schmidt ; background score, Adolph Deutsch ;songs supervised by Marty Malneck.
Awards: Golden Globe Award winner, Best Picture, Comedy; Best Actor, Musical/Comedy (Jack Lemmon); Best Actress, Musical/Comedy (Marilyn Monroe)Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff.Summary: In order to escape retaliation after they witness a gangland murder, two unemployed musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band headed to Miami. En route, one falls for the band's lovelorn singer, who thinks she loves an aged playboy. Their cover is blown by his love interest and by a mob boss, who refuses to fall for their hoax.
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DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English; Dolby digital mono. in English, French or Spanish; region 1.

Soundtrack in English, French or Spanish; subtitles in French or Spanish.

Closed-captioned.

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Nehemiah Persoff.

Director of photography, Charles Lang, Jr. ; film editor, Arthur P. Schmidt ; background score, Adolph Deutsch ;songs supervised by Marty Malneck.

Suggested by a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.

Includes Nostalgic look back documentary featuring Leonard Maltin, Memories from the Sweet Sues featurette, virtual hall of memories (with 5 vignettes), original pressbook gallery, original theatrical trailer, and original theatrical trailers for the Billy Wilder films Avanti, The private life of Sherlock Holmes, The fortune cookie, Kiss me stupid, Irma la douce, and The apartment.

Golden Globe Award winner, Best Picture, Comedy; Best Actor, Musical/Comedy (Jack Lemmon); Best Actress, Musical/Comedy (Marilyn Monroe)

In order to escape retaliation after they witness a gangland murder, two unemployed musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band headed to Miami. En route, one falls for the band's lovelorn singer, who thinks she loves an aged playboy. Their cover is blown by his love interest and by a mob boss, who refuses to fall for their hoax.

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