Some Like It Hot

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Some Like It Hot is a classic 1959 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, widely acclaimed for its witty script and cross-dressing hijinks.

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instanceOf American film
film
romantic comedy film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Costume Design
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
basedOn Fanfare of Love
castMember George Raft
Jack Lemmon
Joan Shawlee
Joe E. Brown
Marilyn Monroe
Nehemiah Persoff
Pat O’Brien
Tony Curtis
cinematographer Charles Lang
composer Adolph Deutsch
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Billy Wilder
distributor United Artists
editor Arthur P. Schmidt
filmingProcess black-and-white
genre comedy
crime comedy
romantic comedy
hasCharacter Jerry
Joe
Osgood Fielding III
Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
hasRanking AFI list of 100 funniest American movies
mainSubject cross-dressing
romantic relationships
narrativeFeature disguised as women
musician protagonists
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Director
originalLanguage English
productionCompany Ashton Productions
recognizedBy American Film Institute
releaseDate 1959-03-29
releaseYear 1959
runtimeMinutes 121
screenwriter Billy Wilder
I. A. L. Diamond
setInLocation Windy City
surface form: Chicago

Florida
setInPeriod Prohibition era
setInYear 1929
starredActor Jack Lemmon
Marilyn Monroe
Tony Curtis

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