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“Look at that! Look how she moves! It’s like Jell-O on
springs. Must have some sort of built in motor or something. I tell you it’s a
whole different sex!” Some Like It Hot (1959)
Another first edition post – this week it is Sunday Classics.
We had a heat wave in July and the August sun is just about hanging around in
the UK so I thought I would keep the hot theme running with a Hollywood
classic, Some Like It Hot.
The movie sees musicians Joe and Jerry escape Chicago after
accidently witnessing the St Valentine’s Massacre. They’re on the run from the
gangster responsible, Spats Colombo, and are desperate to get work out of town.
The only jobs going though are for a saxophonist and bass player in an all
female band. Disguised as women, they join the band but there are complications when they meet the attractive blonde bombshell, Sugar, played by the iconic Marilyn
Monroe.
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If you haven’t seen this film, you’ve most certainly seen
the moment where the brilliant Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon strut down the
station platform masquerading as rather convincing women with legs that any female
would kill for. Of course, you can’t help but stare at the beauty of Monroe in
this film, just as Joe and Jerry do before they get on the train and during the
number ‘I Wanna Be Loved By You’, where her costume leaves very little to the
imagination.
It’s a screwball comedy of mistaken identity that makes me
laugh out loud no matter how many times I see it. It also holds one of my
favourite last lines of a movie ever. Don’t worry, I won’t spoil it for you –
just go watch it.
Dir. Billy Wilder
Starring: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
Genre: Comedy/Musical
Running Time: 122 mins
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