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Some Like It Hot

1959 film directed by Billy Wilder
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Some Like It Hot
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Summary

Some Like It Hot is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,184 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: Billy Wilder[5]
  • Screenwriter: I. A. L. Diamond[6], Billy Wilder[7], Robert Thoeren[8]
  • Composer: Adolph Deutsch[9]
  • Genre: romantic comedy film[10], LGBTQ-related film[11], crime film[12], musical film[13], screwball comedy film[14], drama film[15], gangster film[16]
  • Based on: Fanfares of Love[17]
  • Cast member: Marilyn Monroe[18], Jack Lemmon[19], Tony Curtis[20], George Raft[21], Pat O'Brien[22], Mike Mazurki[23], Joe E. Brown[24], Nehemiah Persoff[25], Joan Shawlee[26], Dave Barry[27], George E. Stone[28], Beverly Wills[29], Grace Lee Whitney[30], Tom Kennedy[31]
  • Producer: Billy Wilder[32]
  • Production company: The Mirisch Company[33], United Artists[34]
  • Director of photography: Charles Lang[35]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[36]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[37]
  • Commons category: Some Like It Hot (1959 film)[38]
  • Distribution format: digital download[39], video on demand[40]
  • Review score: 9.1/10[41], 94%[42], 98/100[43], 8.2/10[44]
  • Color: black-and-white[45]
  • Country of origin: United States[46]
  • Publication date: March 19, 1959[47], September 17, 1959[48]
  • Distributed by: United Artists[49], Netflix[50], iTunes[51], Xfinity Streampix[52]
  • Narrative location: Miami metropolitan area[53], Chicago[54], Miami[55]
  • Filming location: San Diego[56]
  • Inspired by: Fanfare of Love[57]
  • Film editor: Arthur P. Schmidt[58]

Why It Matters

Some Like It Hot has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

FAQs

What awards did Some Like It Hot receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

Billy Wilder film George Raft Harry Wilson Jack Lemmon Marilyn Monroe Netflix Tony Curtis United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [18] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [25] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [27] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [28] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [29] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  29. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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