1959 · 2h 1m · Comedy, Music, Romance
Some Like It Hot
Directed byBilly Wilder
IMDb
8.2
308K votes
Metacritic
98
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
critics
Box office
$25M
8.7x its $2.88M budget
Released Mar 19, 1959 by The Mirisch Company and United Artists
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Critics vs the crowd
Critics (Metacritic)98
Audience (IMDb x 10)82
Critics liked it more than audiences did, by 16 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Music
- Adolph Deutsch
- Cinematography
- Charles Lang
- Editing
- Arthur P. Schmidt
- Producers
- Billy Wilder
6 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 1960Jack Lemmon
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1960Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1960Billy Wilder
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1960Charles Lang, Jr.
- NominatedBest Production Design (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1960Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Edward G. Boyle
- WonBest Costume Design (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1960Orry-Kelly
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