Some Like It Hot (1959) directed by Billy Wilder @ Naro Expanded Cinema

Part of the Naro Summer Classics series.

RUNTIME: 120 minutes

SYNOPSIS (via Naro Expanded Cinema website: After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape from Chicago with their lives. Disguising themselves as women, they join an all-female jazz band and hop a train bound for sunny Florida. While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band’s sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters close in.

BLURBS:
“Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures of the movies, a film of inspiration and meticulous craft.” - Roger Ebert

“If Billy Wilder achieved nothing else in his entire career, he would still rank as one of the great masters of cinema for pulling off this comic tour de force.” - Marjorie Baumgartner, Austin Chronicle

“Some Like It Hot was released in 1959 but its effervescence and sparkle are timeless. I guarantee that it will make you laugh out loud.” - Anupana Chopra, Film Companion