BILLY WILDER S SOME LIKE IT HOT

The funniest movie ever madeThe complete guide to Billy Wilder's masterpiece"This book is a joy and almost as good as seeing the film." - TheIndependent, LondonThe complete guide to Billy Wilder's masterpiece—made incollaboration with the great man himself and published just before hisdeath. Find out everything you could ever want to know (and more) about themovie voted best comedy of the century by the American Film Institute. Adaring tale of cross-dressing from a time when the subject was all buttaboo, Some Like it Hot(1959) tells the story of two jazz musicians who areforced to go undercover in an all-girls' band to escape from the mob. Withan ingenious screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder, and flawlessperformances by Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and the famously difficult MarilynMonroe, Some Like it Hot is the embodiment of comic perfection.This special edition includes* 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 on-set color photos* Original promotional materials and a wealth of supporting ephemera* Annotated/illustrated Billy Wilder filmography* And the DVD of the original version of this phenomenal movie