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Some Like It Hot Movie Script Screenplay
The complete guide to Billy Wilder's masterpiece! Find out everything you could ever want to know (and more) about the movie voted best comedy of the century by the American Film Institute. A daring tale of crossdressing from a time when the subject was all but taboo, Some Like it Hot (1959) tells the story of two jazz musicians who are forced to go undercover in an all-girls? band to escape from the mob. With an ingenious screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder, and flawless performances by Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and the famously difficult Marilyn Monroe, Some Like it Hot is the embodiment of comic perfection. Interviews with Billy Wilder, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and others Complete facsimile of the screenplay with film stills from every scene Excerpts from the script's first draft Behind-the-scenes photos Original promotional materials from all around the world Annotated/illustrated Billy Wilder filmography The Alison Castle studied philosophy as an undergraduate (Columbia University) and went on to receive her graduate degree in photography and film (New York University/International Center of Photography masters program). She lives in Paris, home of the world's best cinemas. The Dan Auiler is the author of Hitchcock's Notebooks (HarperCollins/Bloomsbury) and The Making of a Hitchcock Classic (St. Martin's Press). His books on Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and Goodfellas (Putnam/Bloomsbury) were published in 2002. He lives in Long Beach, California.
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46 books49 followersBilly Wilder (born Samuel Wilder) was a Polish-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, Academy Award-winning film director and producer, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Many of Wilder's films achieved both critical and public acclaim.
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September 24, 2025
Some Like It Hot, written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond suggested by stories by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan
10 out of 10
Notes and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
Some Like It Hot is one of the best films ever made, included on various prestigious lists, including my favorite top 50.
It is on the All-TIME 100 Movies list:
- http://entertainment.time.com/2005/02...
the writer and director Billy Wilder is also one of the best in the “Screen Trade”, winner of Six Academy Awards and responsible for masterpieces like:
- Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Seven Years Itch, The Apartment and perhaps his best: Some Like It Hot
Leading the cast is the incredible Marilyn Monroe, also in one of her best, if not their top performance in this fantastic comedy.
Jack Lemmon as Jerry and then Daphne and Tony Curtis as Joe aka Josephine aka Shell Oil Junior have written pages of cinema history here.
Joe and Jerry are two musicians that are accidental witnesses of a bloody attack by mobsters led by Spats Colombo.
They are desperate to get out of town and remain alive, for they know what the mafia does to those who see their murders.
Alas, the only way out of town, in a band of musicians is to join a band of…women performers and they take the ticket.
They arrive at the train station and watch with infinite desire the passing Marilyn Monroe in a scene that is also included in cinema history.
Joe and Jerry have now become Josephine and Daphne respectively, but they both long for the beautiful Sugar Kane Kowalczyk aka Marilyn Monroe.
When they reach Florida, another historical moment is staged, where a line of men, all sitting on chairs, look after the all-girl band, moving at the same time- legs, necks and all…
Joe has an idea about how to seduce Sugar, who told him/her about her dreams of meeting a young, rich playboy.
So Joe is no longer Josephine, at least for a while, as he dresses again as a man, Shell Oil Junior to be more precise.
This rich contraption has a yacht and more importantly, a cunning plan to conquer the heart of any woman- maybe.
One could think of the greatest writer ever- Marcel Proust, who says in Remembrance of Things Past that we want what we do not have.
And Shell Oil- what a wondrous name- is not interested in women, although he has tried to see an analyst about that…
Meanwhile, Jerry stays in the shoes and clothes of Daphne and a real millionaire, Osgood Fielding III becomes infatuated with him/her.
The result is hilarious and the writers have been using comedy for what may be subversive themes for the time.
Behind all the laughter, there may be a message of tolerance and acceptance, in a period when homosexuality was illegal.
This is not a gay themed film, but the idea that a man can be attracted by another male, albeit dressed as a woman could be seen as advanced for 1959.
- “Jerry: Have I got things to tell you!
- Joe: What happened?
- Jerry: I'm engaged.
- Joe: Congratulations. Who's the lucky girl?
- Jerry: I am!”
Well, how much funnier or subversive the dialogue can get? The answer is in the next quote form this magnificent, glorious comedy:
- “Jerry: Oh no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.
- Osgood: Why not?
- Jerry: Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.
- Osgood: Doesn't matter.
- Jerry: I smoke! I smoke all the time!
- Osgood: I don't care.
- Jerry: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.
- Osgood: I forgive you.
- Jerry: [tragically] I can never have children!
- Osgood: We can adopt some.
- Jerry: But you don't understand, Osgood! Ohh...[Jerry finally gives up and pulls off his wig]
- Jerry: [normal voice] I'm a man!
- Osgood: [shrugs] Well, nobody's perfect! [Jerry looks on with disbelief as Osgood continues smiling with indifference…”
10 out of 10
Notes and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
Some Like It Hot is one of the best films ever made, included on various prestigious lists, including my favorite top 50.
It is on the All-TIME 100 Movies list:
- http://entertainment.time.com/2005/02...
the writer and director Billy Wilder is also one of the best in the “Screen Trade”, winner of Six Academy Awards and responsible for masterpieces like:
- Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Seven Years Itch, The Apartment and perhaps his best: Some Like It Hot
Leading the cast is the incredible Marilyn Monroe, also in one of her best, if not their top performance in this fantastic comedy.
Jack Lemmon as Jerry and then Daphne and Tony Curtis as Joe aka Josephine aka Shell Oil Junior have written pages of cinema history here.
Joe and Jerry are two musicians that are accidental witnesses of a bloody attack by mobsters led by Spats Colombo.
They are desperate to get out of town and remain alive, for they know what the mafia does to those who see their murders.
Alas, the only way out of town, in a band of musicians is to join a band of…women performers and they take the ticket.
They arrive at the train station and watch with infinite desire the passing Marilyn Monroe in a scene that is also included in cinema history.
Joe and Jerry have now become Josephine and Daphne respectively, but they both long for the beautiful Sugar Kane Kowalczyk aka Marilyn Monroe.
When they reach Florida, another historical moment is staged, where a line of men, all sitting on chairs, look after the all-girl band, moving at the same time- legs, necks and all…
Joe has an idea about how to seduce Sugar, who told him/her about her dreams of meeting a young, rich playboy.
So Joe is no longer Josephine, at least for a while, as he dresses again as a man, Shell Oil Junior to be more precise.
This rich contraption has a yacht and more importantly, a cunning plan to conquer the heart of any woman- maybe.
One could think of the greatest writer ever- Marcel Proust, who says in Remembrance of Things Past that we want what we do not have.
And Shell Oil- what a wondrous name- is not interested in women, although he has tried to see an analyst about that…
Meanwhile, Jerry stays in the shoes and clothes of Daphne and a real millionaire, Osgood Fielding III becomes infatuated with him/her.
The result is hilarious and the writers have been using comedy for what may be subversive themes for the time.
Behind all the laughter, there may be a message of tolerance and acceptance, in a period when homosexuality was illegal.
This is not a gay themed film, but the idea that a man can be attracted by another male, albeit dressed as a woman could be seen as advanced for 1959.
- “Jerry: Have I got things to tell you!
- Joe: What happened?
- Jerry: I'm engaged.
- Joe: Congratulations. Who's the lucky girl?
- Jerry: I am!”
Well, how much funnier or subversive the dialogue can get? The answer is in the next quote form this magnificent, glorious comedy:
- “Jerry: Oh no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.
- Osgood: Why not?
- Jerry: Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.
- Osgood: Doesn't matter.
- Jerry: I smoke! I smoke all the time!
- Osgood: I don't care.
- Jerry: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.
- Osgood: I forgive you.
- Jerry: [tragically] I can never have children!
- Osgood: We can adopt some.
- Jerry: But you don't understand, Osgood! Ohh...[Jerry finally gives up and pulls off his wig]
- Jerry: [normal voice] I'm a man!
- Osgood: [shrugs] Well, nobody's perfect! [Jerry looks on with disbelief as Osgood continues smiling with indifference…”
July 7, 2023
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November 12, 2019
خیلی فان بود. پر از دیالوگها و موقعیتهای خنده آور. البته مثل "آپارتمان" عمق نداشت
بخشی از فیلمنامه:
پولیاکف: باید زیر بیست و پنج سال باشین
جری: میتونیم خودمونو بیست و پنج ساله جا بزنیم
پولیاکف: موطلایی باشین
جری: میتونیم موهامونو رنگ کنیم
پولیاکف: و دختر باشین!
جری: میتونیم ...ا
جو: نه، نمیتونیم!
بخشی از فیلمنامه:
پولیاکف: باید زیر بیست و پنج سال باشین
جری: میتونیم خودمونو بیست و پنج ساله جا بزنیم
پولیاکف: موطلایی باشین
جری: میتونیم موهامونو رنگ کنیم
پولیاکف: و دختر باشین!
جری: میتونیم ...ا
جو: نه، نمیتونیم!
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July 25, 2008در صورت تمایل، جهت مشخصات فیلمی که بر اساس این کتاب ساخته شده است؛ میتوانید از لینک زیر استفاده بفرمایید
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291
November 6, 2021
"I don't care how rich he is, as long as he has a yacht, his own private railroad car, and his own toothpaste." -Sugar Kane, Marilyn Monroe
Classic
Classic
July 3, 2007
The Taschen Special Edition of the shooting draft is outstanding. It not only includes studio stills and behind-the-scenes photos, but also features Marilyn Monroe's notes (which may have been useful for the days that she had to tape her sides to props to remember her lines).
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March 10, 2010This was a dream project and I loved every aspect of the work.
April 29, 2012
I love this movie so when I stumbled upon this book I freaked! This is what I enjoy seeing in a movie book. Now if only I could find more books exactly like this one I would be a happy man!
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