Some Like It Hot

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American film film romantic comedy film

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 NERFINISHED →
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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Billy Wilder → directed → Some Like It Hot →
Hotel del Coronado → featuredIn → Some Like It Hot →
this entity surface form: film "Some Like It Hot"
Billy Wilder → notableWork → Some Like It Hot →
Jack Lemmon → notableWork → Some Like It Hot →
Marilyn Monroe → notableWork → Some Like It Hot →
United Artists → produced → Some Like It Hot →