 Some Like It Hot - A Perfect Comedy Film
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Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film directed by Billy Wilder. The film was adapted by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond from the story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan. It should be taken into consideration that Logan had already written the story (but without the gangsters) for a German film, Fanfaren der Liebe (directed by Kurt Hoffman, in 1951), for which the effort of Wilder can be regarded as a remake!. In the year 2000, Some Like It Hot was regarded as the greatest American comfy film of all time.
What does the film deal with? In short, Some Like It Hot tells the story of two struggling musicians, Joe and Jerry (Curtis and Lemmon), who are on the run from a Chicago gang after witnessing theinternationally famous St.Valantine's Day massacre of 1929. Spats Columbo (Raft), the gangster in charge, orders the execution of Jerry and Joe. They escape in the confusion and decide to leave town, but the only out-of-town job they can find is in an all-girl band. The two disguise themselves as women and call themselves Josephine and Geraldine (later Jerry changes it to Daphne). They join the band and go to the city of Florida by train. Joe and Jerry both fall for "Sugar Kane" Kowalczyk (Monroe), the band's sexy Polish-American vocalist and ukulele player, and fight for her affection while maintaining their disguises. However, when theme of the story reaches the cityof Florida, Some Like It Hot takes a new turn. In Florida, Joe woos Sugar by assuming a second disguise as a millionaire (claiming to be "Junior", the heir to Shell Oil, and mimicking the voice of Cary Grant, while an actual millionaire, Osgood Fielding III (Brown), falls for Jerry in his Daphne guise. One night Osgood asks Jerry/Daphne out to his yacht. Joe convinces Jerry/Daphne to keep Osgood ashore while he goes on his yacht with Sugar. That night Osgood proposes to Daphne/Jerry who, in a state of excitement, accepts. The mob eventually finds Joe and Jerry again, when they arrive at the same hotel for a conference honoring "Friends of Italian Opera". After several humorous chases (and witnessing yet another mob rubout), Jerry, Joe, Sugar, and Osgood escape to the millionaire's yacht. Enroute, Sugar tells Joe she's in love with him, not with Junior. Jerry tries to explain Osgood that he can't marry him for many different reasons, all of which Osgood seems oblivious to. Eventually Jerry/Daphne produces his trump card, pulling off his wig and saying "I'm a man!". Thereupon Osgood simply utters the immortal line "Well, nobody's perfect".
It should be noted, that though the storyline of the film, Some Like It Hot has appeared quite feeble to many from time to time, but at the same time it's impossible to over look its commercial success. The film to its credit won an Academy Award for the Best Costume Design, Black – and – White and was also nominated for the Award of the Best Actor in the Leading Role (Jack Lemmon ) Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. In respect of other awards Some Like It Hot bagged the prestigious Golden Globe for the Best Comedy. Marilyn Monroe won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy, and Jack Lemmon for Best Actor in Musical or Comedy. In respect of the international history, the film has been acclaimed worldwide as one of the greatest film comedies ever made.
Some Like It Hot , again ranked as the #1 on the list of the greatest comedies of the American Film Institute. The very film also happens to be #14 on their list of the 100 best American films.
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