Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Some Like it Hot

Some Like it Hot 1959, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe


 

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. The supporting cast includes George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien and Nehemiah Persoff. The film was adapted by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond from the story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan. Logan had already written the story – but without the gangsters – for a German film, Fanfaren der Liebe (directed by Kurt Hoffmann, 1951), so that Wilder's film is considered by some as a remake.

During 1981, after the worldwide success of the French comedy La Cage aux Folles, United Artists re-released Some Like It Hot to theatres. In 2000, the American Film Institute listed Some Like It Hot as the greatest American comedy film of all time.



Two versions in this post - One in English and the other in German.

English language version - Some Like it Hot



Two struggling musicians witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and try to find a way out of the city before they are found and killed by the mob. The only job that will pay their way is an all girl band so the two dress up as women. In addition to hiding, each has his own problems; One falls for another band member but can't tell her his gender, and the other has a rich suitor who will not take "No," for an answer.

Deutsche Version - Manche Lieben es Heiss




Das American Film Institute wählte den Film 2000 auf Platz 1 der 100 besten amerikanischen Filmkomödien aller Zeiten
Marilyn Monroe singt in diesem Film ihren Klassiker I wanna be loved by you. Wilder entschied, dass Manche mögen’s heiß trotz der Errungenschaft des Farbfilmes in schwarz-weiß gedreht wurde. Der Grund hierfür war, dass in Farbe das Frauen-Make-up von Curtis und Lemmon neben dem Make-up von Monroe zu maskenhaft gewirkt hätte.
Die Handlung spielt während der Alkoholprohibition im Chicago der späten 1920er Jahre. Als der illegale Nachtclub, ein sogenannter „Speakeasy“, in dem sie bisher aufgetreten sind, nach einer Razzia geschlossen wird, haben die Musiker Joe und Jerry Probleme, eine neue Anstellung zu finden. Ihr Agent hat keine Verpflichtung für sie und nimmt sie auch noch mit der Anfrage einer Damenkapelle nach zwei Musikerinnen auf die Schippe.

Beide erhalten schließlich dennoch einen Tipp für eine mögliche, allerdings außerhalb Chicagos liegende Verpflichtung. Um sich dort vorstellen zu können, schwatzen sie Nellie, einer vernachlässigten Freundin von Joe, deren Wagen ab. Als sie diesen abholen wollen, werden sie beim Auftanken des Wagens in der Autowerkstatt unbeabsichtigt Zeugen eines Massenmordes.




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