Film: Some Like It Hot (1959)
Showing: New Year’s Day, 12.30pm, ITV1
Why It’s A Must-See: Because it’s simply one of the best Hollywood comedies ever made. This is thanks in part to the unusual black-and-white fusion of grit and slapstick in a tale about two witnesses to a mob hit attempting to flee the scene in drag.
But it’s mostly down to the dream buddy pairing of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, neatly offset the smouldering presence of one Ms Marilyn Monroe. An inspired flourish of casting that has seldom, if ever, been bettered since.
Don’t Get Up For A Mince Pie...when either of the male leads are clattering along in stiletto heels and flouncy blouses; particularly behind a steam-blasted Monroe in that iconic train station sequence.
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sleepwalker
Dec 8th 2009, 12:52
Wasnt Sparrow's rum burning tantrum in the first one!
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sleepwalker
Dec 8th 2009, 12:54
Wasnt Sparrows rum burning tantrum in the first one!
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MarkPowell
Dec 8th 2009, 16:55
Quite right sleepwalker...good spot, dunno quite how I managed that one! Amended to what it was supposed to have been originally now, ta.
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hughjass1970
Dec 8th 2009, 22:04
Dances With Wolves - catch the James Cameron remake in theatres from 17th Dec!
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Ali1748
Dec 9th 2009, 1:32
Midnight Run is such a vastly underrated film.
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lpatterson
Dec 9th 2009, 10:51
This is a brilliant feature! Now I don't have to spend two hours with the frickin Radio Times.
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Hadouken76
Dec 9th 2009, 12:59
dick tracys 'The Blank' was basically a rip off of Rorschach
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KerrAvon
Dec 9th 2009, 15:15
No Scrooged, shocking.
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KerrAvon
Dec 9th 2009, 15:16
Or Bad Santa Christmas is ruined.
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badblokebob
Dec 11th 2009, 15:18
And there I was thinking Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was an adaptation of a book by this guy called Roald Dahl.
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