Altitude and Capelight Pictures are bringing Billy Wilder’s classic crime comedy, Some Like it Hot, to the UK for the first time in 4K on UHD Blu-ray because, you know, we haven’t seen it enough times already 🙃. To celebrate the release, a 3-disc Limited Collector’s Edition Mediabook will be available from 18th May, because who doesn’t need another collector’s edition of a movie they’ve already seen 12 times? 🤑
From writer and director Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment), Some Like it Hot stars Marilyn Monroe (All About Eve), Tony Curtis (Spartacus), and Jack Lemmon (The Apartment) in a movie that’s been praised by critics and audiences alike, but let’s be real, we’re only here for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic performance 🙌. In 1960, the film won the Oscar for Best Costume Design and three Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Comedy, Best Actor – Musical/Comedy (Jack Lemmon), and Best Actress – Musical/Comedy (Marilyn Monroe), because who needs actual talent when you have a great costume designer? 🤣
In Some Like It Hot, two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the Valentine’s Day Massacre and decide to flee, because who wouldn’t want to leave Chicago in February? 🥶 They meet Sugar Kane Kowalczyk and her all-female band and spontaneously join the group – with new identities, because cross-dressing is always a great idea 🤪. Disguised as women, they now perform as Josephine and Daphne, and hilarity ensues, or so we’re told 🎉.
This parody of gangster films and melodramas is one of Billy Wilder’s best-known and most popular works, and is also Marilyn Monroe’s most successful film, probably because she’s the only one who didn’t have to wear a dress and heels the whole time 👠. In 2000, the American Film Institute named the film the funniest American film of all time, which is a bold claim, considering the competition 🤣.
The 3-disc Limited Collector’s Edition Mediabook contains the movie on UHD-Blu-ray (in 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10) and Blu-ray, a Bonus-Blu-ray, and a 24-page booklet, because who doesn’t love a good booklet? 📚. The bonus features include:
- Bonus: Commentary featuring an interview with actor Tony Curtis, archived 1984 interview with actor Jack Lemmon, and additional commentary by Paul Diamond (Son of screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond) and screenwriters Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel, because we all love listening to old people talk about old movies 🙄
- Theatrical Trailer, which is probably just a montage of Marilyn Monroe’s best moments 📹
- Bonus-Blu-ray: The Making of Some Like It Hot, The Legacy of Some Like It Hot, “Nostalgic Look Back” Documentary, because nostalgia is the best way to sell old movies 📺
- “Memories from the Sweet Sues” Featurette, which is probably just a bunch of old ladies talking about how much they loved the movie 👵
- Virtual Hall of Memories, which is probably just a fancy way of saying “bunch of old photos” 📸
- “What Makes It Funny?” – Interview with Tony Curtis on Some Like It Hot, where he probably just talks about how funny he is 🤣
This 3-disc box set also features English and German Subtitles, because who doesn’t love reading subtitles while watching a movie? 📖. And if you act now, you’ll also get a free “I’m a film buff” t-shirt, which is perfect for wearing to your next dinner party 🎉. So, go ahead and waste your money on this overpriced collector’s edition, because you know you want to 🤑. 😂
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